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Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider that offers strategic talent solutions. The Assembler position involves assembling and testing products, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring quality in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Setup new production work areas, including layouts, tooling and equipment setup.
  • Assist with transition from development to production, including first articles.
  • Manufacture, assemble, and test mechanical, fluid and electrical measurement equipment assemblies according to written procedures and engineering models.
  • Perform precision seam welding work for long periods of time seated at machine.
  • Interface with production leads, supervisors, manager and QA inspection to ensure timely customer delivery.
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, and correct discrepancies by modification, rework, repair, and/or maintenance.
  • Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for recurrence control.
  • Setup and operate precision calibrated tools including weld controllers and gauges.
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement projects for area safety and efficiency.
  • Perform routine maintenance functions such as daily clean-up of work areas to support 6S and Lean initiatives.
  • Other duties as assigned or otherwise beneficial to achieving organizational success.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • 3-5 years direct experience in industrial manufacturing, integration, or other relevant field.
  • Ability to work effectively with a strong work ethic and close attention to detail in a fast-paced dynamic team environment.
  • Ability to interpret engineering models, drawings, specifications, written work instructions, and test procedures.
  • Basic mathematics skills such as calculating spring rates.
  • Hand dexterity required to assemble small mechanical or electrical components.
  • Basic computer skills such as Windows, Microsoft Office.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to climb ladders/stairs and work in small restricted areas.
  • Perform repetitive work including lifting of heavy items up to 44 lbs.
  • Work off-shift, extended hours overtime, and weekends if/when necessary.

Additional Information

  • Duration: 4 Months
  • Work Location: Whittier, CA 90601
  • Job Type: Temporary Assignment
  • Work Type: Onsite
  • Pay Rate: $21.00 - $21.00/Hr
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How this job compares in Whittier, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 42% 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 3% 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 Whittier, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Whittier, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 239 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

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.

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