3rd Shift Mechanical Assembler
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$34,200 – $68,400/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 4, 2026
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$34,200 – $68,400/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 4, 2026
The 3rd Shift Mechanical Assembler position at Mercury Systems involves working from 9pm to 6:30am to meet production goals while ensuring quality standards are maintained. The role requires effective communication and collaboration with various teams to support the production process in a technology company focused on aerospace and defense.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $25–$37/hr across 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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.
We're tracking 200 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 130 different employers. 42 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 466 other active welding openings from 253 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.
Mercury Systems 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), EZARC (15), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (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. Phoenix is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 3rd Shift Mechanical Assembler figures were last recalculated when this page was built.