Sheet Metal Worker - Metal Fabrication

Hppmf; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Hughes Circuits is seeking a motivated Metal Fabrication Technician to join our assembly team in San Marcos, CA. You will cut, machine, bend, fabricate, weld, and assemble metal components with precision to produce durable parts meeting industry standards.

Shifts: first 6:00 am - 2:30 pm and second 2:30 pm - 11:00 pm. Onsite full-time role with hourly pay $19–$30 based on experience. Requires reading blueprints, using calipers and micrometers, and welding with MIG/TIG.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.
• Proficient with calipers, micrometers, and precision measurement tools.
• Skilled in MIG welding.
• Knowledge of sheet metal fabrication processes.
• Strong math skills for measurements and calculations.
• Able to work in a team or independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret detailed blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to guide fabrication.
• Operate punch press, waterjet, laser, press brake and machining equipment to shape sheet metal.
• Perform MIG and TIG welding to join parts.
• Use precision tools to ensure parts meet exact specifications.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Precision measurement

MIG welding

TIG welding

Fabrication knowledge

Math basics

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Punch press

Waterjet

Laser cutting

Press brake

Machining equipment

Calipers

Micrometers

Hand tools

Power tools

Job description

Department: Assembly - Fabrication - Metal Fabrication - AME - Layout
Reports To: Manager/Supervisor
Position Type: Onsite - Full-time [40 hours per week]
Shift Hours: First 6:00 am - 2:30 pm, Second Shift 2:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Hourly Rate: $19 - $30 based on experience

Position Description:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Metal Fabrication Technician to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for cutting, machining, bending, fabricating, welding, and assembling metal components with precision and efficiency. Your expertise will contribute to the production of durable, high-quality metal parts that meet strict industry standards.

Responsibilities:

• Read and interpret detailed blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to guide fabrication processes.
• Operate various power tools, hand tools, punch press, waterjet, laser, press brake machines, and machining equipment to shape and assemble sheet metal components.
• Perform MIG (Metal Inert Gas), TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding to join metal parts securely.
• Use calipers, micrometers, and other precision measurement tools to ensure parts meet exact specifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to read and follow written instructions
• Ability to speak, read, and neatly write English
• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings accurately.
• Proficiency in using calipers, micrometers, hand tools, power tools, press brake machines, and other fabrication equipment.
• Mechanical knowledge related to manufacturing processes
• Basic math skills for measurements and calculations during fabrication tasks.
• Ability to work together as part of a team under limited supervision or independently

Beneficial Skills and Experience:

• Basic computer skills

Required Internal Training:

• HCI Orientation
• All pertaining process procedures that relate to job function

Required Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, and sit. The employee is frequently required to use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, and tools. The employee is required to frequently reach with hands and arms, manipulate parts in repetitive motions; stoop, kneel; and talk to hear.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to vibration. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to the risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

IMPORTANT:

If offer of employment is made it will be contingent upon passing all of the following: E-Verify, Background Check, ITAR and U.S. Export Compliance Screening.

Access to our facility (and, therefore, employment) is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. refugees, asylees or temporary residents under amnesty provisions [as defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)] and properly licensed foreign persons. Additionally, potential employee’s names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive technical data.

Hughes Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Hughes Circuits Inc.,
546 S. Pacific St
San Marcos, CA 92078