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Overview

The MOV Valve Technician is responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, performing control valve repairs, and ensuring compliance with quality systems while directly communicating with customers. The role requires autonomy in the valve repair process and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe, secure and healthy environment by adhering to safety standards and practices.
  • Perform control valve repair in accordance with quality procedures.
  • Directly communicate with customers.
  • Work autonomously in the valve repair process.
  • Ensure all diagnostic, testing, and repair reports comply with the quality system.

Requirements

  • Preferred education: high school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Minimum 3-5 years of experience.
  • Control Valve Manufacturers Training Courses and/or certifications preferred.
  • Knowledge of HART Communicator or other diagnostic analyzer manufacturer required.
  • 0 to 30% minimum travel requirement.

Additional Information

  • Position is based out of a branch or site location.
  • Field duties require indoor and outdoor work in a plant atmosphere.
  • Interaction with other crew employees, supervisors, and client personnel.
  • Working in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels.
  • Must be able to wear safety equipment as required for personal protection.
  • May be at more than one job site in a day and must tolerate climate changes.
  • May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $32–$63/hr across 34 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% 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 Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 38 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 14 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 627 other active welding openings from 306 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

TEAM, Inc. currently has 4 other openings 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 (31), 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 $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. Long Beach is among them.

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