Operations & Maintenance Technician II - Welder/Fabricator

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Technician II – Welder/Fabricator to join the Lake Mathews Facility in Riverside, CA. The role focuses on welding, fabrication, layout, and maintenance of critical water utility components to ensure reliable water and power delivery.

Responsibilities include repairing equipment, fabricating structural elements, and supporting treatment plants and distribution systems while adhering to regulatory

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 2 years of welding/fabrication experience.
• Alternative: high school diploma or GED plus acceptance into a welder/fabricator trade training program in an industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Equipment Repair: Fixes gates, valves, pipelines, shafts, impellers, and housing.
• Structural Fabrication: Builds and maintains cabinets, vaults, catwalks, guard rails, and drain covers.
• Material Layout: Measures, cuts, and aligns metal alloys and related materials.
• System Support: Maintenance supports distribution networks, treatment plants, and facilities.
• Regulatory Compliance: Adheres to established trade, procedural, and regulatory code practices.

Skills

Welding

Fabrication

Layout measurements

Maintenance

Safety

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Trade training program (welder/fabricator)

Tools

Forklift Certification

Manlift Certification

Respirator Certification

Welding certificates

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*.

The Operations & Maintenance Technician II – Welder/Fabricator learns and utilizes skills, experience, and knowledge in the practices, procedures, and methods of design welding/fabrication. In this position you will leverage semi-skilled level and provide quality fabricated parts and equipment reliability through a mix of general and advanced preventive or corrective maintenance activities.

You will perform a vital role in maintaining the core infrastructure of water and power reliability systems. In this position, you will lay out, weld, and fabricate various components to repair and maintain critical water utility assemblies, which includes a wide range of equipment, including large gates, valves, pipelines, shafts, impellers, and housing.

Beyond machinery, you will build and improve structural elements such as cabinets, vaults, catwalks, guard rails, and drain covers. All fabrication tasks are strictly governed by established trade standards, procedural guidelines, and regulatory code practices. You will directly support essential operations within water treatment plants, conveyance and distribution systems, and hydroelectric facilities.

Everyday duties involve translating design concepts into finished products and assisting other team members with complex layout challenges. Through dedicated fabrication and routine maintenance, you will help keep municipal water and power delivery systems safe and functional.

This opening for the Operations & Maintenance Technician II Welder/Fabricator is in the Construction Services Unit of our Operations Support Services Section at our Lake Mathews Facility in Riverside, CA

What You'll Do

• Equipment Repair: Fixes gates, valves, pipelines, shafts, impellers, and housing.
• Structural Fabrication: Builds and maintain cabinets, vaults, catwalks, guard rails, and drain covers.
• Material Layout: Measures, cuts, and aligns metal alloys and related materials.
• System Support: Maintenance supports distribution networks, treatment plants, and facilities.
• Regulatory Compliance: Adheres to established trade, procedural, and regulatory code practices.

Schedule: 4/10 - (Monday - Thursday 6:00am - 4:30pm)

Qualifications

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

High school diploma or a Certificate of High School equivalency and 2 years of experience as demonstrated by practical application of general techniques and practices specific to welder/fabricator.

OR

High school diploma or GED and attainment of skills through a recognized welder/fabricator trade training program within an industrial environment.

Relevant experience is defined as:

a combination of experience performing at least 3 of the following different types of welding: plasma arc, shielded metal arc, carbon arc, gas metal arc, flux-core arc, gas tungsten arc, submerged arc, Oxygen acetylene processes, MIG, or Tig.

Certifications, Licenses, And Registration Requirements

Employees in this position may be required to obtain and maintain the following certifications, licensing and registrations:

• Valid Driver’s license from state of residency equivalent to a California Class A, B, and/or C with appropriate commercial license endorsements. (Valid Driver’s license from state of residency equivalent to a California Class C that allows you to drive in the course of your employment is required at time of application.)
• Forklift Certification
• Manlift Certification
• Respirator Certification
• Welding certificates

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.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call [phone] or email: [e-mail].

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).

Application Filing Period

Closes at 4:30 pm PST on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.

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).