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Overview

The Craftperson A - Rotating Equipment position involves installing, inspecting, and maintaining rotating equipment within a refinery. Valero is a leading employer in the fuels manufacturing and marketing industry, known for its excellent benefits and committed culture.

Responsibilities

  • Installs, inspects, and maintains rotating equipment within the refinery.
  • Inspects, troubleshoots, and performs maintenance on rotating equipment.
  • Adjusts and aligns machinery and equipment.
  • Uses hand and power tools to complete assigned work tasks.
  • Reads and interprets schematics and drawings.
  • Sets up, prepares, and inspects the work site.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of basic physical and mechanical principles and craft math.
  • Understands bearings, seals, compressors, pumps, cylinders, valve and pipe configurations, shaft packing, and drive systems.
  • Understands characteristics of metals and is knowledgeable about various types and applications of lubricants.
  • Follows guidelines and procedures to ensure that rotating equipment is working in a safe and reliable manner.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • A minimum of 5 years of Rotating Equipment or related experience required.
  • Experience as a machinist, millwright, or pump mechanic is acceptable.
  • Able and willing to work on-site and in-person.

Additional Information

  • This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay.
  • The hourly rate for this position is $55.78.
  • All successful candidates must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card.
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $56/hr, this posting sits about 30% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $36–$63/hr middle band drawn from 60 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 93 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 54 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 563 other active welding openings from 257 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.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (36), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Valar Atomics (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 Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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