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Niagara Bottling

Maintenance Apprenticeship Program (full-time/paid) - Mesa, AZ.

Location

Diamond Bar, CA

Wage

$24.86 – $32.94/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 15, 2026

Job Description

Overview

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water. The Maintenance Apprenticeship Program is designed to develop Maintenance Technicians for Niagara Bottling’s Maintenance department through a combination of formal classroom training and on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

  • Shadow and learn from Operators, Preventative Maintenance Mechanics, Maintenance Technicians, and Sr. Maintenance Technicians.
  • Perform scheduled PM's on machinery as needed.
  • Assist with maintenance projects & machine rebuilds.
  • Assist with downed equipment repair during the production shift as needed.
  • Research and documentation using a computer.
  • Work safely & follow the written procedures to do so.
  • Follow & respect company rules, staff and their peers.
  • Be at work on time based on their assigned schedule.
  • Attend OEM trainings and apply learnings upon returning to the plant.
  • Perform on-demand maintenance and repair of equipment in the manufacturing facility.
  • Complete daily responsibilities assigned by the assigned direct supervisor.
  • Explain and demonstrate accomplishment of the learning objectives for each learning activity in both theory and practice.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in Maintenance or similar manufacturing environment.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Vocational Technical School Certificate in a maintenance-related field.
  • Ability to understand and do math, geometry and measuring using a ruler and caliper.
  • Mechanical aptitude.
  • Attention to detail and organized.
  • Ability to read blueprints & schematics.
  • Able to stand, sit, squat or reach up to 12 hours per day as required by the specific job.
  • Great attendance, be willing to work as a team, and take pride in their performance.
  • Comfortable with computer keyboard & basic computer skills.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Starting June 2027.
  • 30% of travel may be required.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Diamond Bar, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$45/hr across 436 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 28% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Diamond Bar, CA

Diamond Bar, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 572 other active welding openings from 262 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Niagara Bottling 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 (37), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (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.

Similar openings near Diamond Bar, CA

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