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Overview

The Machinist position involves performing field machining services at client work sites while adhering to safety standards and practices. The role requires a strong background in various machining tasks and the ability to work in diverse environments.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe, secure and healthy environment by adhering to safety standards and practices.
  • Perform field machining services including pipe cutting and beveling, flange resurfacing, drilling and tapping, milling motor or pump bases, line boring, key-way cutting, shaft turning, and metal disintegration bolt removal.
  • Identify circumstances that necessitate the use of proper safety procedures and equipment.
  • Document all field machining service activities as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • Technical school or relevant training preferred.
  • Three (3) or more years of experience in field machining in an industrial setting required.
  • Current HAZWOPER training certificate preferred.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Position is based out of a branch or site location.
  • Field duties require indoor and outdoor work in a plant atmosphere.
  • May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $32–$63/hr across 34 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 38 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 14 different employers. 19 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 627 other active welding openings from 306 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

TEAM, Inc. currently has 4 other openings 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 (31), 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.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. Long Beach is among them.

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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. Machinist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.