Fabricator, Stainless Steel - 1st Shift
Location
Tulare, CA
Wage
$30 – $34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 9, 2026
Location
Tulare, CA
Wage
$30 – $34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 9, 2026
Are you motivated to hit production goals? A well known industry leader in manufacturing is looking for a highly enthusiasticand mechanically inclined fabricator to work on first shift. If you are looking for your next opportunity at a stable company where you can help lead and produce change, we want to talk to you!
salary: $30 - $34 per hour shift: First work hours: 6 AM - 6 PM education: High School
Responsibilities
Read and Interpret Blueprints: Study project blueprints, drawings, and specifications to understand the requirements and dimensions of the fabricated components.
Material Selection: Choose appropriate materials for the project, considering factors like strength, durability, and cost-effectiveness.
Cutting and Shaping: Use tools such as saws, drills, shears, and CNC machines to cut and shape materials according to the project design.
Welding and Joining: Weld, bolt, screw, or otherwise join materials together, ensuring the components are securely connected.
Assembly: Assemble fabricated components into larger structures, following detailed instructions and project plans.
Repair and Maintenance: Perform repairs and maintenance on fabricated structures or equipment when necessary.
Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, engineers, and other team members to ensure the project's successful completion.
Problem Solving: Identify and troubleshoot issues or deviations from the project plan, proposing and implementing solutions.
The essential functions of this role include:
• wearing steel toe shoes • working in a non-temperature controlled environment • manual lifting up to 50lbs • standing for 12 hours at one time • working up to 4 hrs of overtime per week • working weekends Skills • Cutting • Shaping • Material Selection • Blueprint Reading • Specification Interpretation • Welding • Joining • Assembly • Quality Control • Safety • Repair • Maintenance • Collaboration • Problem Solving • Documentation • Tool Maintenance • Fabrication Qualifications • Years of experience: 2 years • Experience level: Experienced Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $27–$42/hr across 337 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 47% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tulare, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 439 other active welding openings from 212 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
Randstad USA currently has 1 other opening 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fabricator, Stainless Steel - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.