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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for maintaining, repairing, modifying, and supporting all production machinery and equipment to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality plant operations. This role includes troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, equipment installation, and safety inspections, while supporting continuous improvement across the production process.

Responsibilities

  • Perform mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and repair production machinery and equipment to minimize downtime.
  • Conduct hourly/daily visual inspections to identify malfunctions, abnormalities, or unsafe conditions.
  • Ensure all equipment safety guards, covers, and devices are in place and function properly.
  • Perform equipment modifications to support performance, safety, or production efficiency.
  • Remove, assemble, and install industrial parts, components, or machinery as needed.
  • Work with electrical systems up to 480V/3-phase.
  • Perform scheduled and unscheduled preventive maintenance, lubrication, cleaning, and adjustments.
  • Fabricate or construct parts/equipment as needed using machine shop tools.
  • Maintain tool condition and ensure proper storage and inventory control.
  • Generate and complete work orders for required parts and repairs.
  • Ensure machinery produces safe, high-quality products consistent with company and regulatory standards.
  • Support production teams to maintain operational efficiency and reduce unplanned downtime.
  • Provide training to full-time and temporary staff on safe machine operation and maintenance basics.
  • Work with contractors, vendors, and cross-functional departments on special projects, installations, and process improvements.
  • Complete detailed work orders at the conclusion of each assignment.
  • Follow operator manuals and contact equipment manufacturers when needed.
  • Attend required meetings, including safety, sanitation, production, and quality meetings.
  • Perform cleaning tasks and work assignments as designated by supervisor.
  • Assist other maintenance personnel as necessary.
  • Perform additional related duties as assigned.
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How this job compares in Gardena, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $28–$47/hr across 408 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Gardena, CA

Gardena, CA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 553 other active welding openings from 251 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Gardena, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (21), and Aerotek (17). 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 $72/hr, El Segundo at $58/hr, and Torrance at $47/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. Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.