Job Description

Overview

Join the American Airlines family as a Plant Maintenance Mechanic, where you'll be responsible for ensuring the safety and timeliness of flights while enjoying opportunities for career growth and skill development.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, disassemble, clean, check, repair, rework, replace, fabricate, assemble, install, and adjust building components and equipment.
  • Execute assignments requiring plumbing skills.
  • Execute assignments requiring millwright skills.
  • Weld materials.
  • Perform general building maintenance and construction work.
  • Maintain locks and keys for facility and airport locations.
  • Assist in storage, removal, and clean-up of hazardous waste.
  • Ensure work-related paperwork is completed properly.
  • Request parts as needed.
  • Clean work area after each shift.
  • Perform Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walks.
  • Coordinate with vendors regarding technical questions.
  • Explain work procedures to other personnel.
  • Escort vendors throughout airport property.
  • Report to position on time and at assigned location.
  • Perform all functions in accordance with safety procedures and policies.
  • Complete job-relevant trainings.
  • Adhere to government regulations and company policies.
  • Follow instructions from supervisor or Crew Chief.
  • Coordinate with other employees and stakeholders to accomplish work tasks.
  • Perform duties that require general safety awareness.
  • Wear uniforms and work shoes as required.
  • Use relevant electronic systems to complete work.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Ability to read, write, fluently speak and understand English.
  • Minimum of thirty-six months journeyman experience in maintenance trades.
  • Possess the applicable state or city license.
  • Willingness to work outdoors in any weather conditions.
  • Willingness to work extra hours when operational needs arise.
  • Ability to work rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
  • Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks.
  • Must be able to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges.
  • Must successfully complete the drug screening process.

Benefits

  • Travel Perks
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Work schedule includes varying shifts, weekends, and holidays.
  • Relocation expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.

Benefits

Travel Perks
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Fort Worth, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX, whose middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Fort Worth, TX

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 19 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Worth, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), Zachry Group (20), and Austin Industries (20). 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 $82/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and La Porte at $32/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. Plant Maintenance Mechanic - Facilities figures were last recalculated when this page was built.