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Overview

At Singer Vehicle Design, we believe Everything is Important. We’re looking for a Bodying Technician to bring their passion, precision, and problem-solving skills to our team in Torrance, CA, where we restore and reimagine Porsche 911s into beautiful and respected cars.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a team of technicians to trim, assemble, fixture, and bond composite body panels to high-end automotive chassis.
  • Assist in special projects and setup of fixtures as required.
  • Prepare and stage upcoming production builds before they enter the department.
  • Adjust and repair steel chassis as necessary for panel fitment.
  • Prep, fixture, and bond composite panels to achieve gap and flush specifications.
  • Report any issues/delays in production line to lead and ensure correction in a timely manner.

Requirements

  • Effective communicator that works well on a team and can multitask efficiently.
  • Meticulous in work and constantly striving for improvement.
  • Ability to follow precise work instructions while maintaining accountability and accurate work documentation.
  • Basic competency in GMAW (MIG) welding process.
  • Basic competency with manual and pneumatic hand tools.
  • Basic competency with panel trimming and body panel alignment.
  • General knowledge of composite fabrication methods with carbon fiber materials.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday – Friday 5am-1:30pm with potential overtime.
  • Location is Torrance, CA.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Torrance, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting comes in about 24% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA, where the middle half runs $36–$78/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% 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 Torrance, CA

We're tracking 32 other active welding openings in Torrance, CA right now, from 11 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 418 other active welding openings from 206 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Torrance, or widen the search to California.

Singer Vehicle Design 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 (27), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (16), and Honeywell Aerospace (15). 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 Los Angeles at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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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. Bodying Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.