Maintenance Technician I - UniFirst
Location
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
Location
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
UniFirst is seeking a reliable and hardworking Maintenance Tech I to join their community, responsible for repairs, maintenance, installation, and troubleshooting of industrial equipment. The company offers a standard Monday - Friday work week with opportunities for overtime and provides on-the-job training.
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 460 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Santa Fe Springs, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 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 583 other active welding openings from 285 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Santa Fe Springs, or widen the search to California.
UniFirst 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), 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 $71/hr, Long Beach at $49/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician I - UniFirst figures were last recalculated when this page was built.