Job Description

Overview

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. They are seeking a Mechanical Process Engineer for their Calabasas, CA location to perform various engineering duties in industrial plants.

Responsibilities

  • Develop P&IDs
  • Perform mass and energy balance calculations
  • Perform site investigations
  • Size and select pumps, pipes, ducts, conveyors, and other material handling equipment, process equipment, utility equipment
  • Generate engineering and construction documents, drawings and specifications
  • Manage site construction activities including coordinating different construction tasks, supervision of various trade contractors, communication with vendors, contractors, facility owner/operators
  • Manage project construction budget and schedule
  • Successfully manage startup of process systems and HVAC systems and their commissioning

Requirements

  • Four-year college degree in engineering with a major in Mechanical, Chemical or similar discipline
  • At least four years of engineering experience
  • High level of competency with at least one 3D CAD software like Revit, Plant 3D, AutoCAD MEP, Inventor, SolidWorks, MicroStation etc.
  • High level of competency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Project software
  • Ability to travel to project sites
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to stay organized in the execution of project work
  • Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, clients, contractors, and vendors
  • Must have a valid driver's license and the ability to travel up to 40% to local customer sites

Additional Information

  • Customers are mostly in the greater Sacramento, CA area but occasional assignments may require travel across the US.

How this job compares in Calabasas, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting sits about 51% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $28–$48/hr middle band drawn from 450 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% 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 Calabasas, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Calabasas, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 586 other active welding openings from 266 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (22), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18). 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, Pasadena at $61/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Calabasas, CA

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