Job Description

Overview

General Motors is seeking qualified Die Maker Journeypersons to build, repair, remodel, and maintain dies with minimal supervision. This role requires a skilled tradesperson to work with various materials and adhere to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures
  • Fabricate and/or repair dies for production, including performing required welding operations
  • Read blueprints to perform die repair/fabrication
  • Perform die repair using mills, lathes, grinders, and hand tools
  • Make in-press repairs of dies/tooling
  • Perform die tryout duties as required
  • Utilize measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, and micrometers to repair/fabricate dies
  • Drive a hi-lo and/or operate overhead crane to transport dies and other heavy equipment
  • Document and record various data for the department
  • Possess basic computer skills

Requirements

  • At least six years of related experience as a Die Maker or a U.S Department of Labor Certificate of Completion in the Die Maker trade
  • Must be able to satisfactorily complete the General Motors hiring process requirements including comprehensive assessments, drug testing, and a background check
  • At least 18 years of age
  • Eligible to work in the United States
  • Must be willing to work flexible shift hours, including day, afternoon, or night shifts, as well as overtime hours, weekends, and holidays with little notice

Additional Information

  • This position may be filled with a Journeyperson or Journeyperson In Training, with compensation ranging from $37.78 to $44.98 per hour depending on status and pay determined by certificates and interview scoring.
  • Relocation and travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant.

How this job compares in Arlington, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Arlington, TX

We're tracking 25 other active welding openings in Arlington, TX right now, from 15 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Arlington, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Arlington, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Journeyperson (Die Maker) - Arlington, TX figures were last recalculated when this page was built.