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Overview

This position is for a Maintenance Mechanic at a family-owned leader in food manufacturing with over 80 years of experience. The company specializes in creating custom formulations for recognized brands in the food and beverage industry, offering full-service solutions from product ideation to large-scale manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Repair and maintain a wide range of machinery and systems including palletizers, conveyors, and mixers.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems for emergency and preventative maintenance.
  • Support production lines and perform setups on fillers, cappers, and labelers.
  • Perform overhauls and installations of new equipment.
  • Rebuild motors and perform facility maintenance.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with safety standards.
  • Complete assigned work orders and document maintenance activities.
  • Repair and maintain switches, sensors, drives, gearboxes, motors, and conveyors.
  • Follow Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO) procedures rigorously.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of proven experience in industrial equipment maintenance, preferably in food, beverage, or packaging environments.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks in high-pressure, fast-paced settings.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Familiarity with safety protocols and maintenance documentation.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Excellent work-life balance with 40 hour work weeks and some overtime as needed.
  • 1st shift role.
  • Direct-hire.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, where the middle half runs $36–$64/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 51 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

Jobot currently has 10 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 (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (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 Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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