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About this Assembler role at Caterpillar

Caterpillar · Onsite · San Diego, California

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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

Summary Pay Range:

$21.00 - $30.69

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

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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How this Assembler salary compares

This role pays $53,758/yrabove the typical range for Assembler roles.

$38,638 median $46,530 $64,097

Typical range $41,600–$53,040/yr, from 706 comparable Assembler listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Assembler salary insights →

About Caterpillar

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the

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