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Overview

Mission Linen Supply is currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to repair, maintain, install, and troubleshoot industrial equipment. This family-owned company has been a leading provider of linen, uniform, and facility service products since 1930.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine preventive maintenance on plant machines.
  • Manage morning start-up and evening shutdown of equipment.
  • Conduct regular maintenance of lint traps, shaker screen barrels, oil levels, grease fittings, and water levels.
  • Complete all general and basic repairs on machinery.
  • Follow the manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule and document the process.
  • Identify and report major repairs needed on machinery.

Requirements

  • High school diploma is required.
  • Minimum of 2 years of maintenance engineering experience is required.
  • Specific knowledge of machinery, electricity, electronics, plumbing, welding, and boiler applications.
  • Experience with mechanical troubleshooting, hydraulics, pneumatics, and reading repair manuals and schematics.
  • Ability to stand or move through the plant all day, stoop, pull, push, and work in cramped areas; must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time schedule, Monday through Friday.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Eureka, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$49/hr across 379 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Eureka, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Eureka, 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 514 other active welding openings from 241 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 (18), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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