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Overview

The Maintenance Tech - Level 2 position involves repairing and maintaining machinery and mechanical equipment, including production machines, under moderate supervision. The role requires adherence to safety practices and company policies while performing various mechanical tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Observe mechanical devices in operation and listen to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.
  • Disassemble devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
  • Examine form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
  • Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
  • Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
  • Repair or replace defective parts in hydraulic equipment and other designated plant equipment.
  • Install special functional and structural parts in devices.
  • Lubricate and clean parts.
  • Start devices to test their performance.
  • Conduct daily inspection and record keeping of various pieces of plant equipment.

Requirements

  • Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or two to five years related experience and/or training.
  • Ability to read and interpret hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical procedures.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
  • Ability to solve practical problems in situations with limited standardization.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Experience in monitoring equipment operating conditions and keeping records.
  • Proficiency in using hand tools.
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How this job compares in South Gate, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$45/hr across 366 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in South Gate, CA

South Gate, CA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 486 other active welding openings from 234 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in South Gate, or widen the search to California.

Precision Castparts currently has 5 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 (35), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Relativity Space (14). 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, El Segundo at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $44/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near South Gate, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Tech- Level 2 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.