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Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter position is located in the Facilities Maintenance Section of Engineering Service in West Los Angeles, California. The role involves performing duties at the journeyman level, focusing on the installation, modification, and repair of plumbing systems.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs plumbing systems by installing, modifying, and repairing utility, supply, and disposal systems.
  • Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out system routing and placement.
  • Uses tools such as plumb bobs, mercury gauges, and hydrostatic pumps for installation and repair.
  • Installs equipment by completing routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment.
  • Determines and installs risers, flexible branches, and pressure regulators for system support.
  • Reads and interprets blueprints and specifications for sizing and installing piping systems.
  • Tests systems for proper operation, circulation, flow, pressure, and leak-free joints.
  • Fits pipe sections using methods such as screwing, bolting, brazing, and soldering.
  • Traces and troubleshoots pipelines to locate and repair leaks and trouble spots.
  • Performs safety and preventive maintenance inspections of systems and equipment.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
  • Physical requirements include making repairs from ladders and scaffolding, and handling equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $51/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, where the middle half runs $37–$69/hr across 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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 100 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 49 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 240 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.

Veterans Health Administration currently has 1 other opening 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 (18), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (13). 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 El Segundo at $53/hr, Los Angeles at $51/hr, and Pasadena at $50/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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