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Job Description

Overview

The Classified Manufacturing Specialist is responsible for monitoring equipment and production to enhance output and provide recommendations. The role includes assisting staff with production preparation and training new employees while requiring a government secret clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble, align, and adjust parts, components, or units according to specifications.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, and other manufacturing assembly line equipment to assemble units.
  • Test and calibrate parts and mechanisms to ensure all components meet tolerances and quality standards.
  • Repair or refit parts or units that fail tests or tolerance levels.
  • Keep daily labor tracking.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work environment.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and follow English verbal and written instructions.
  • Able to use measuring tape and weighing devices.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Knowledge of basic math and computer skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to measure a metal or rubber part.
  • Mechanical aptitude and ability to occasionally lift/push more than 50 pounds.
  • US Citizen for Defense Products department; US Citizen or US Person status for commercial aerospace departments.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Trained on general and/or authorized LOTO as applicable.
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How this job compares in Brea, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting comes in about 27% below the $48/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$68/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% 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 Brea, CA

Brea, CA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 239 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Brea, or widen the search to 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Classified Manufacturing Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.