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Overview

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for an Aircraft Machinist to join the Air Dominance Operations team working in the Advanced Composite Fabrication Center (ACFC) located in Mesa, AZ.

Responsibilities

  • Perform CNC machine operations (Trim and Drill).
  • Conduct water-jet machining operations (Trim).
  • Execute ultrasonic core carving and composite machining.
  • Fabricate, modify, and repair metallic or composite production and aircraft parts and assemblies using manual or CNC mills, lathes, jig bores and grinders.
  • Identify nonconforming parts and assemblies and processes.
  • Collaborate with engineering to improve manufacturing processes.
  • Set up and use a variety of precision measuring instruments such as dial indicators, micrometers, protractors, calipers, bore gages, and other related close tolerance measuring equipment.
  • Develop layouts required to fabricate machined parts.
  • Plan sequence of operations and make calculations for tapers, angles, pitch root, and thread diameters dimensions.
  • Set up equipment such as lathes, milling machines, grinders and drill presses.
  • Ensure all work is free of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) and complies with engineering specifications.
  • Report all non-conformances to supervision.
  • Follow all safety procedures and report unsafe conditions to safety officials or supervision.
  • Report on job status and restraints to coworkers and supervision.
  • Recommend design changes to engineering and manufacturing staff.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
  • Must have High School Diploma/GED or equivalent.
  • Must have experience with CNC machine operations or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Available to work any shift.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position requires travel up to 10% of the time.
  • This position is for variable shift.
  • Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 31% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Mesa, AZ — toward the top of a $24–$38/hr middle band drawn from 22 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 52 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 35 different employers. 20 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 471 other active welding openings from 256 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

Boeing currently has 2 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (17), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (16), and EZARC (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Goodyear at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Experienced Aircraft Machinist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.