Job Description

Overview

As an Industrial Maintenance Technician at Anheuser-Busch's Los Angeles Brewery, you will maintain and repair high-speed mechanical equipment essential for brewing, packaging, and utilities operations. This hands-on role requires mechanical instincts and troubleshooting skills to ensure production uptime, quality, and consistency.

Responsibilities

  • Work independently and as part of a team to complete work orders and provide maintenance support in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
  • Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair equipment including disassembly and reassembly of machinery, gearbox overhauls, and bearing and bushing replacements.
  • Perform mechanical work including bearing and chain replacement, motor and gearbox replacements, valve and pump maintenance, hydraulics, and lube routes.
  • Apply knowledge of major brewing equipment such as Decanters, Yeast Separators, Malt/Rice Mills, K-Filters, and Lauter Tubs.
  • Read and interpret schematics and equipment manuals.
  • Adhere to all plant safety and sanitation requirements and complete work per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Participate in a structured work planning process utilizing work orders, planners, and part staging.
  • Assist with process improvement initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
  • Analyze process data and make informed decisions on equipment maintenance and improvement activities.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • 3+ years of industrial mechanical experience or a two-year technical degree preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Knowledge of safety policies and procedures required including LOTO and confined space entry.
  • Must be able to continuously stand, bend, and twist; ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Precision machining skills and welding experience preferred.
  • Strong computer skills required; Microsoft Excel and CMMS experience preferred.
  • Must be available for all three rotating shifts including weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
  • Ability to work in varying temperatures throughout the brewery.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Income Protection
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Salary: $42.735 per hour
  • Shift: Rotating – includes weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed
  • Shifts: 10:30 PM – 6:30 AM, 6:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 2:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Benefits

Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Income Protection
PTO

How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

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The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 40 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 30 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (20), Aerotek (17), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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