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Job Description

Overview

A growing fabrication and event production shop in Shadow Hills is seeking a hard-working installer/fabrication assistant. The position involves installing custom backdrops and displays throughout Los Angeles, with opportunities for overtime, bonuses, and advancement.

Responsibilities

  • Install custom backdrops, signage, displays, and event builds throughout Los Angeles.
  • Assist in the fabrication shop with building, painting, assembling, wrapping, loading, and preparing projects.
  • Clean, organize, and load trucks as needed.

Requirements

  • Valid driver's license with a clean driving record for company insurance.
  • Comfortable driving Sprinter vans and U-Haul style box trucks.
  • Ability to lift 50+ lbs.
  • Punctual and reliable.
  • Comfortable using basic hand and power tools.
  • Willingness to work on ladders.
  • Ability to take direction and corrections without taking it personally.
  • Ideally live reasonably close to Sun Valley.
  • Experience in construction, carpentry, event production, signage, vinyl installation, painting, or fabrication is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Starting pay is $19/hour for the first two weeks, then $21/hour on the 3rd week.
  • Weekends and late nights may be required occasionally.
  • Fast-paced work environment with early mornings, late nights, long days, and last-minute changes.
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How this job compares in Shadow Hills, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $30/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, where the middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Shadow Hills, CA

Shadow Hills, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 416 other active welding openings from 204 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 17 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 (27), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (13). 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, Torrance at $47/hr, and Long Beach at $42/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. Installer / Fabricator– $21/hr figures were last recalculated when this page was built.