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Overview

Athens Services invites you to join our team as a Plant Maintenance Technician, where your expertise will drive our operations forward. You will play a vital role in ensuring the seamless operation of our industrial machinery and mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Observe mechanical devices in operation and troubleshoot problems.
  • Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts using hoists, hand tools, and power tools.
  • Inspect used parts to determine changes on dimensional requirements using measuring instruments.
  • Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments using hand and/or power tools.
  • Repair or replace defective parts.
  • Advise the Maintenance Supervisor/Manager of any operational problems.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  • Comply with all safety, health, environmental, and other Company policies and procedures.
  • Perform preventative plant maintenance.
  • Conduct general plant maintenance inspection and diagnosis & repairs.
  • Weld and cut as needed.
  • Maintain, repair, and clean MRF Equipment.
  • Maintain, repair, and clean exhaust fans.

Requirements

  • 3 years' experience in maintenance & repair in a production style environment.
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D.
  • Fabrication knowledge (Mig/Tig/Arc/Oxy Acetylene/brazing etc.).
  • Sufficient working knowledge regarding plant component repairs and replacements.
  • Ability to effectively troubleshoot and identify electrical/mechanical issues.
  • Perform all tasks safely and in accordance with applicable OSHA rules and regulations.
  • Consistently behave in a manner that is appropriate and professional.
  • Valid Class C Driver's License.
  • Acceptable Driver's Record.
  • Must possess personal tools.
  • Ability to perform physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday - Friday from 6:00 am - 2:30 pm with Saturdays as needed.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 319 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 Irwindale, CA

Irwindale, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 415 other active welding openings from 205 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Irwindale, or widen the search to California.

Athens Services 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 (27), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (16), and Honeywell Aerospace (15). 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 Santa Ana at $48/hr, Long Beach at $43/hr, and Los Angeles at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Plant Maintenance Technician I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.