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Job Description

Overview

We are an established manufacturing company specializing in the design and production of precision-engineered equipment and custom fabricated components. We take pride in quality craftsmanship and offer a hands-on, team-oriented environment for employees to develop their skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with fitting, fabricating, and welding assemblies using TIG and MIG welding processes.
  • Read basic blueprints and engineering drawings.
  • Work with welding fixtures and perform quality welding and fabrication work.
  • Assist with the assembly and fitting of fabricated parts.
  • Weld components to specifications.
  • Operate hand grinders and other shop equipment.
  • Support the fabrication process as needed.

Requirements

  • At least two years of welding experience or completion of a welding trade school or vocational program.
  • Experience with TIG and MIG welding.
  • Ability to read blueprints and engineering drawings.
  • Experience in metal fabrication is preferred.
  • Must have the ability to perform hands-on physical work.
  • Must provide their own welding hood.
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How this job compares in El Cajon, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$48/hr across 373 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 24% 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 El Cajon, CA

El Cajon, CA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 240 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in El Cajon, or widen the search to California.

Jobot currently has 12 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 (37), Relativity Space (18), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (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 El Segundo at $53/hr, Los Angeles at $51/hr, and Pasadena at $50/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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