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Overview

Votaw Precision Technologies is a leader in manufacturing precision components for aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. The Weld Inspector will assist in daily inspection operations of the Welding Department, ensuring compliance with specifications and supporting welding audits.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret complicated aerospace and defense engineering and specifications.
  • Lead and streamline visual, mechanical, and operational inspection requirements of all Welding and Tooling components.
  • Use various metrology tools to measure and compare actual features on components to part requirements.
  • Work closely with the Welding Supervisor and Tooling/GSE Manager to streamline the manufacturing process.
  • Coordinate with the Quality Assurance team to ensure requirements are met.
  • Incorporate quality assurance into the manufacturing process.
  • Coordinate short-range production schedule with scheduling.
  • Use various types of benching equipment, machine tools, precision measurement tools, and hand tools.
  • Lay and fabricate metal weldments and assemblies.
  • Perform rework assignments as required.
  • Position parts and subassemblies using templates or measurements.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Familiar with MIG, TIG, stick, or other welding processes.
  • Knowledgeable of AWS D1.1 standard.
  • Familiar with fabrication skills including complicated layouts and shrinkage calculations.
  • Proof loading experience is preferred.
  • Knowledge in use of hand tools such as drill motors and grinders.
  • Ability to lift and carry objects weighing from 15 to 50 pounds.
  • Familiarity with welding aluminum, stainless steel, and steel.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
  • Knowledge of Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Ability to relate to officials, staff, and public in a courteous manner.
  • Willingness to work overtime and night shifts as required.
  • Able to use Microsoft applications and learn new computer programs.
  • Ability to operate industrial lifting devices specific to overhead cranes and forklifts.
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • Dependable and punctual with initiative.
  • Ability to work in poor weather conditions.

Additional Information

  • This position requires access to hardware subject to ITAR regulations; all applicants must be U.S. persons.
  • Ability to work onsite and outside of normal working hours to meet deadlines.
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How this job compares in Santa Fe Springs, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 322 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 Santa Fe Springs, CA

Santa Fe Springs, CA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 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 205 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Santa Fe Springs, or widen the search to California.

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 and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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