Job Description

Overview

This position is located at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and involves executing maintenance-related tasks requiring skills in various trades.

Responsibilities

  • Performs work in at least two trades for maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and related fixtures and utilities.
  • Makes plumbing repairs including removing, cleaning, resealing, and replacing defective parts or units.
  • Installs water heaters, garbage disposal units, faucets, and sinks.
  • Measures, cuts, and constructs or repairs wood or wood substitute items.
  • Performs standard coating methods such as brushing, rolling, and spraying.
  • Observes required safety, sanitation, and hazardous waste disposal rules and regulations.
  • Operates vehicles to transport tools and materials to work site.
  • Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

  • Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
  • Must meet federal suitability requirements including successful completion of background investigation.
  • Requires prolonged standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
  • Lifts, carries, and sets up materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
  • Possession of a valid state driver's license.
  • Two years of experience demonstrating knowledge in applicable trades.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Work is performed both inside and outside, exposing the incumbent to dirt, paint vapors, and fumes.
  • Must wear issued protective gear.
  • Some positions have special requirements including a one (1) year probationary period.
  • Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.
  • Candidates must be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government.

How this job compares in Seal Beach, CA

Pay in context

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 471 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Seal Beach, CA

Seal Beach, 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.

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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. MWR Maintenance Worker figures were last recalculated when this page was built.