Engineering Technician I

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

La Verne (CA)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 79,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation
Excellent medical/dental/vision plans
Retirement plans (401k/457)
Tuition reimbursement
Training and advancement opportunities
Excellent working environment

Job summary

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is hiring an Engineering Technician I (Corrosion) for its Corrosion Engineering Team in the Infrastructure Reliability Unit at the F E Weymouth Filtration Plant in La Verne, CA. This entry-level role supports reliability assessments and employs testing methods to evaluate infrastructure and materials performance.

Responsibilities include conducting shop and field assessments, applying non-destructive and destructive testing, and performing

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED with two years of accredited engineering coursework or two years relevant experience.
  • Experience in testing, laboratory work, and infrastructure condition assessment.
  • Experience with non-destructive testing, ASTM testing, corrosion science, or construction inspection.

Responsibilities

  • Perform infrastructure reliability assessments on equipment such as pressure vessels, pipelines, pumps, and tanks.
  • Utilize non-destructive testing methods to inspect infrastructure for damage or corrosion.
  • Use destructive testing methods to determine materials properties.
  • Test metals, polymers, elastomers, and coatings to verify performance characteristics.

Skills

Testing
Laboratory experience
Infrastructure condition assessment
Non-destructive testing
ASTM testing
Corrosion science
Construction inspection

Education

High school diploma or GED
Two years of accredited engineering coursework or two years relevant experience

Job description

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people-and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible.

This recruitment may result in an Eligibility List*.

We are looking for an Engineering Technician I (Corrosion) to join our Corrosion Engineering Team within the Infrastructure Reliability Unit. In this entry-level role, you will learn and assist with performing infrastructure reliability assessments. Further, you will utilize destructive and non-destructive testing equipment and techniques for testing, evaluating, and analyzing infrastructure, materials performance, and metallurgy; and perform construction materials performance testing.

What You'll Do:
  • Infrastructure Reliability Assessments: Perform shop and field assessments on infrastructure such as pressure vessels, chemical tanks, pipelines, pumps, and water treatment equipment.
  • Non-Destructive Testing: Utilize non-destructive testing equipment and methods to inspect new and existing infrastructure for damage, corrosion, or hidden flaws.
  • Destructive Testing: Utilize destructive testing equipment and methods to determine materials properties.
  • Construction Materials Performance Testing: Perform testing of metals, polymers, elastomers, and coatings to verify performance characteristics.

This opening for the Engineering Technician I (Corrosion) is in the Infrastructure Unit of our Infrastructure Reliability Section at our F E Weymouth Filtration Plant in La Verne, CA.

Schedule 4/10

Monday - Thursday 6:00am - 4:30pm; every Friday off.

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience: High school diploma or general education development test (GED), and either two years of accredited college or university in engineering related coursework or two years of relevant experience.

Relevant Experience is defined as: Testing, laboratory experience, AND/OR infrastructure condition assessment, non-destructive testing, ASTM testing, corrosion science, AND/OR construction inspection.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

License(s): Valid California Class C Driver's License or equivalent (required at time of application) that allows you to drive during your employment.

CLOSING
Benefits:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
  • Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
  • Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Training and advancement opportunities
  • Excellent working environment

For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular FT PT Employees (Represented)

ABOUT MWD

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provides water for 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

Metropolitan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic(s).

Eligibility List*:

An eligibility list is a list of qualified candidates created when a job posting states that one will be established.

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications listed in the original posting and successfully pass all stages of the recruitment process-but are not selected for the initial vacancy-may be placed on this list for future openings.

The list may be used to invite candidates to participate in a selection interview for a future vacancy in the same classification / title (if there is one). The duration of the list depends on the applicable bargaining unit.

Qualifying Experience: Your resume must at a minimum include the month and year you began and ended employment, name of the organization, your title, and a brief description of your experience. If your employment was part-time, make sure you identify it on your resume next to the month/year.

Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).

Job Details
  • Job ID: 2026-3438
  • Job Locations: US-CA-La Verne
  • Org Data: Descr Linked
  • F E Weymouth Filtration Plant
  • Posted Date: 24 hours ago (8/19/2026 2:45 PM)
  • Application Filing Period: August 19, 2026 - September 11, 2026 @ 4:30 p.m. PST
  • # of Openings: 1
  • Min: USD $43.37/Hr.
  • Max: USD $57.05/Hr.
  • Work Schedule: 4/10 Fulltime
  • Group: ENGINEERING SERVICES GROUP
  • Section: INFRASTRUCTURE RELIABILITY
  • Unit: INFRASTRUCTURE UNIT
  • Team: CORROSION ENGINEERING TEAM 2
  • Bargaining Unit: 02 - AFSCME
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