Job Description

Overview

The Heico Companies is a privately held organization with over 40 years of success, encompassing more than 78 companies across manufacturing, construction, and industrial services. The Maintenance Electrician position involves the assembly, troubleshooting, and repair of mechanical and electrical systems, requiring attention to detail and a commitment to safety.

Responsibilities

  • Support company maintenance requirements for machinery, facility, and safety initiatives.
  • Maintain proper preventative maintenance schedules and documentation for all shop equipment.
  • Support building system maintenance such as machine shop, compressors, tooling, and generators.
  • Upgrade, repair, and replace machinery parts and components as needed.
  • Oversee machinery to ensure optimal working condition.
  • Maintain electrical support for equipment in the machine shop.
  • Assist mechanical assembly with troubleshooting of equipment breakdown and repair.
  • Ensure compliance with safety codes in building electrical support.
  • Maintain building wiring inspection and electrical safety records as required by OSHA.
  • Work independently on maintenance repair, electrical repair, and installation.
  • Operate machine shop equipment to make repair parts.
  • Use electrical instruments to diagnose electrical problems.
  • Perform various repairs to shop equipment and general carpentry.
  • Maintain and repair water, oil, steam, air, and gas lines.
  • Maintain required housekeeping of work area and observe all safety rules.
  • Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of production and machine operation.
  • Ability to use tools and precision equipment.
  • Must have excellent attendance and work record.
  • Must have machine experience.
  • Must be able to work/communicate well in a team environment.
  • Must be able to work in cold/hot temperatures.
  • High School or equivalent education required.
  • 3 years of experience in the electrical machine building field.
  • Knowledge of 110V, 230V, 480V, and 24V DC.
  • Thorough knowledge of electrical/electronic components and equipment.
  • Experience using voltmeter, hand tools, hand crimpers, screwdrivers, wrenches, and pliers.
  • Comfortable lifting up to 50lbs, bending, stooping, standing, and climbing up to 10ft.
  • Ability to pass a background check and drug screen.
  • Strong attention to safety.

Additional Information

  • This is a union position.
  • Ability to work late shifts, weekends, and holidays.
  • Able to work in a non-climate-controlled environment.
  • Authorized to work for any employer in the US.

How this job compares in Irwindale, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $27–$43/hr across 498 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Irwindale, CA

Irwindale, CA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Irwindale, or widen the search to California.

Davis Wire Corporation 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), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). 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 Santa Ana at $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/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 Electrician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.