Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

Field service welder needed for turbomachinery repair in Perris, CA, with a pay range of $30-40/hr and up to 50% travel involved.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, TIG, and stick welding on carbon steel, stainless, and alloy.
  • Work on steam turbines, axial compressors, hot gas expanders, power turbines, and screw compressors.
  • Fabricate centrifugal compressor impellers using slot and traditional fillet welding.
  • Run SAW on an in-house automatic machine.
  • Conduct visual weld inspection, grinding, and upgrade techniques.
  • Set up positioners, thermal blankets, and induction heaters.
  • Inspect and record component measurements against customer, OEM, and industry specs.
  • Report non-conformities to Quality and Production.
  • Track consumable usage including burrs, torch tips, and temp sticks.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years welding on compressor or turbine rotors and components.
  • Expert manual GTAW; automatic welding is a plus.
  • TIG welding required; ARC preferred; PWHT setup preferred.
  • Able to pass a WPQ on in-house procedures and maintain a continuity log.
  • Expert with mics, calipers, and other precision measuring equipment.
  • Familiar with centrifugal compressors, steam turbines, axial compressors, hot gas expanders, power turbines, and screw compressors.
  • High school diploma or GED; welding certificate or degree is a plus.
  • Comfortable around large propane and acetylene torches.
  • Able to operate small lifts and pallet jacks.

Additional Information

  • Full time with a minimum of 40 hours.
  • Up to 50% travel, domestic and international.
  • Overtime, weekends, and holidays as projects require.
  • Drug and alcohol screening and background check.
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Perris, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $27–$41/hr across 470 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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 Perris, CA

Perris, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 596 other active welding openings from 293 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

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 $65/hr, Long Beach at $49/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Similar openings near Perris, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Service Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.