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Assembler

Solar Turbines
Gardena, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/4/2026
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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About the Role:

Lay out, join, form, fasten, assemble, install and functionally check prefabricated sheet, tubular, machined, mechanical or formed parts and assemblies preparatory to, during and after welding, installation and during or after tool proofing. Load braze alloys; make and install core; and deburr such items as machined parts.

What You Will Do:

  • Work from written and verbal instructions to lay out, assemble and install prefabricated sheet, tubular, machined, mechanical, and formed parts to build up subassemblies and assemblies
  • Prepare mixtures of braze alloys and adhesives and apply to various assemblies prior to furnace brazing
  • Prepare and apply proper stopoff
  • Perform complete setup for any cell size and operate core fabricating machines to fabricate metal honeycomb cores per specifications
  • Hand finish machined and other parts and assemblies to close tolerances, involving varied contours, holes, radii, angles and flanges
  • Operate material pouring equipment and such processing equipment as degreasers, metal finishing machines and ovens
  • Identify materials, parts and assemblies as required
  • Prepare surfaces of parts and assemblies prior to painting
  • Includes cleaning, sanding and masking
  • Operate on-line, computer-aided x-ray equipment where film developing and certification are not required
  • Loads, unloads and operates fuel control test fixtures
  • Verifies and records data from testing process

What You Have:

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
  • Willing to work any shift

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience using hand tools and/or power tools
  • Balance experience

Summary Pay Range:

$24.00– $36.00

Compensation and benefits may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market, location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance, and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
  • 401(k) savings plans*
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
  • Health Lifestyle Programs*
  • Employee Assistance Program*
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
  • Career Development*
  • Incentive bonus*
  • Disability benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Sign-on Bonus
  • These benefits also apply to part-time employees

For any position that will require you to work two or more hours per week on average within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, please note that the Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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Salary : $24 - $36

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