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Overview

Rio Tinto is a global mining and materials company seeking an Electrician & Instrumentation Technician for its Wilmington, California plant. The role involves providing construction, installation, repair, and maintenance on machinery and equipment to ensure optimal operating efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Perform basic troubleshooting in electrical control, distribution, and motor protection.
  • Install and commission switchgear, control devices, transformers, electrical feeders, motors, and process instrumentation.
  • Use test equipment to diagnose high, medium, and low voltage electrical circuits.
  • Install programmable logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), and human machine interface (HMI) devices.
  • Repair and calibrate pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and electronic instruments.

Requirements

  • Commitment to safety for oneself and the team.
  • Qualified Electrician & Instrumentation Technician with 6+ years of experience.
  • Strong knowledge of AC/DC electrical and electronic theory, Ohm's Law, and Kirchhoff’s Law.
  • Proficient in power factor, voltage drop, and National Electric Code application.
  • Familiarity with instrument operation in a loop and Variable Frequency Drives.
  • Skilled in test and calibration equipment, personal computers, and medium to high voltage circuits.
  • Ability to interpret and apply schematic drawings, wiring diagrams, and process flow drawings.
  • Experience with GE Limit Amp Starters, GE/Siemens vacuum circuit breakers, and ABB Gas circuit breakers.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This role is based in the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $35–$63/hr middle band drawn from 60 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 82 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 55 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 596 other active welding openings from 294 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.

Rio Tinto currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Aerotek (16), 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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