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Job Description: An Instrument Mechanic performs highly skilled field and shop work in inspecting, troubleshooting, adjusting, calibrating, servicing, maintaining, overhauling, repairing, and testing various automatic controls and indicating and recording instruments and devices; analyzes instrumentation and related system malfunctions to determine necessary repairs; and adjusts programs on instrumentation and controls required to interface with process control computers.

Required Skills & Experience Three years of full-time paid experience as a Steam Plant Assistant with the City of Los Angeles, one year of which shall be as a Steam Plant Assistant “A” in the Instrument Shop or Operations; or Two years of full-time paid experience at the level of Building Operating Engineer with the City of Los Angeles, which provides experience in the operation or maintenance of high temperature boilers or refrigeration equipment with a total capacity of 3,000 tons or more; or Two years of full-time paid experience as an Electrician or Electrical Test Technician (formerly Electrical Tester) with the City of Los Angeles; or Two years of full-time paid instrument mechanic, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) mechanic, or elevator mechanic experience inspecting, adjusting, repairing and testing electronic and/or pneumatic control systems, including transmitting, indicating and recording instruments and controllers at oil refineries, chemical plants, utility or wastewater treatment facilities; or Two years full-time paid experience in instrument mechanic or related fields troubleshooting instrumentation issues using piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), wiring diagrams, loop drawings, associated schematics, and vendor drawings, and working with process control to troubleshoot and/or repair instrument/analyzer control loops, Safety Instrument System inputs/outputs, HVAC & Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), and program, service, repair, and maintain instrumentation associated with process controls

Hours: 6:00am-2:30pm

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This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $45/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $36–$63/hr across 40 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

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We're tracking 82 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 54 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.

Insight Global 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 Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $45/hr, and El Segundo at $38/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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