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Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sheet Metal Fabricator to join our dynamic manufacturing and fabrication team. The ideal candidate will have strong blueprint-reading skills, attention to detail, and experience working with precision sheet metal fabrication equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret detailed blueprints, shop drawings, schematics, fabrication drawings, and engineering specifications.
  • Fabricate electrical enclosures, control cabinets, electrical panels, junction boxes, covers, brackets, and custom sheet metal assemblies.
  • Measure, mark, cut, bend, punch, drill, form, and assemble sheet metal components according to specified dimensions and tolerances.
  • Operate press brakes, shears, punches, plasma cutters, saws, drills, grinders, and other sheet metal fabrication equipment.
  • Set up and operate press brake equipment to accurately form sheet metal components and maintain required bend angles and dimensions.
  • Perform layout, drilling, tapping, punching, cutting, and other machining operations required for electrical enclosure fabrication.
  • Install and assemble hinges, latches, handles, brackets, mounting plates, hardware, and other enclosure components.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, calipers, micrometers, tape measures, squares, levels, and other precision measuring instruments.
  • Work with materials including galvanized steel, cold-rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other sheet metal products.
  • Follow engineering drawings and specifications to ensure proper hole locations, cutouts, bends, dimensions, and component placement.
  • Inspect completed parts and assemblies to verify dimensions, fit, finish, workmanship, and compliance with specifications.
  • Identify and correct fabrication issues, dimensional discrepancies, and fit-up problems.
  • Work closely with engineering, electrical assembly, quality control, and production teams to resolve fabrication and assembly issues.
  • Maintain accurate production and quality records as required.
  • Safely operate material-handling equipment such as forklifts and overhead cranes when qualified.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area while following all company safety procedures.
  • Follow established quality-control procedures and production standards to ensure consistent, high-quality electrical enclosure products.
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How this job compares in Rancho Cordova, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across California currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$36/hr across 56 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Rancho Cordova, CA

Rancho Cordova, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 436 other active welding openings from 211 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Rancho Cordova, or widen the search to California.

Welding Shop in Sacramento, CA currently has 6 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (28), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18), and Honeywell Aerospace (14). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $48/hr, Long Beach at $43/hr, and El Segundo at $43/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. We are seeking a Highly Skilled Sheet Metal Fabricator!! figures were last recalculated when this page was built.