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Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic Welder is responsible for directing maintenance crews in the installation, repair, and preventative maintenance of equipment throughout the plant, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct machine setup and perform repairs/preventative maintenance on plant equipment.
  • Ensure team adheres to safety and quality expectations.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance repairs of plant equipment.
  • Prepare and set up machinery for scheduled production runs.
  • Perform mechanical skills including troubleshooting and repair of machines.
  • Read and interpret equipment manuals, blueprints, and work orders.
  • Weld small and large components such as plumbing and pipelines.
  • Provide emergency repairs of process equipment during production.
  • Install replacement parts including belts, filters, and valves.
  • Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems.
  • Weld machine components using appropriate equipment or methods.
  • Perform repairs involving machine guarding and breakdowns.
  • Perform preventive maintenance tasks such as lubricating parts.
  • Handle installations including hooking up air, water, and gas.
  • Comply with safety standards and use protective clothing.
  • Complete work orders, records, logs, and other documents.
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How this job compares in Vernon, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$41/hr across 471 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Vernon, CA

Vernon, CA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 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 612 other active welding openings from 301 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Vernon, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (31), Volt (16), and Aerotek (14). 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 Redondo Beach at $51/hr, Long Beach at $40/hr, and Los Angeles at $40/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. Maintenance Mechanic Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.