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Overview

Motivo is a project-based company specializing in mechanical and electrical system design and prototype builds across various market segments. They are seeking a hands-on Fabricator to work on diverse projects in a team environment.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3-5 years of hands on shop experience
  • Automotive technical or trade school degree
  • Ability to multi-task and demonstrated attention to quality, timing, awareness of budget constraints
  • Good verbal and written communications skills
  • Driven and self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to work with little to no supervision
  • US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
  • Must be able to read and work from engineering drawings, schematics, sketches, or verbal instructions
  • Experience working with drill press, sheer, press brake, box/pan brake, pattern generation, sheet metal layout
  • Experience with MIG and TIG welding processes: steel aluminum and stainless steels
  • Solid understanding of mechanical assemblies and experience with automotive assembly and disassembly
  • Vertical Mill and Lathe experience
  • Experience with composites and exposure to non-traditional types of manufacturing
  • Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures
  • Ability to recognize areas for process improvement and increase safety awareness
  • Exposure to Solidworks CAD program fundamentals

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Monday–Thursday 4/10 work week
  • Profit-sharing bonuses tied to overall company performance

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in West Rancho Dominguez, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $30/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 15% 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 West Rancho Dominguez, CA

West Rancho Dominguez, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Motivo 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 (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). 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 Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/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.

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