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Overview

The RS Structural Mech III position at GAC Dallas involves performing structural assembly operations with minimal supervision, ensuring conformance to specifications and quality standards. Candidates should have relevant experience and skills in assembly, fitting, and the use of various tools.

Responsibilities

  • Safely perform assembly and fitting of detail parts and structures and varied drilling and riveting operations.
  • Safely perform sheetmetal layout, fabrication, and installation of parts on aircraft.
  • Rivet structural members, assemblies, and parts using required tools.
  • Read work orders, blueprints, lofts, sketches, and operation sheets to determine sequence of operations.
  • Check all work to ensure a defect-free assembly prior to final inspection.
  • Instruct and assist other team members in interpreting blueprints and engineering orders.
  • Maintain and use all logs and records.
  • Align and assemble parts to be riveted using jigs and fixtures.
  • Make repairs per Discrepant Material Tags and perform necessary rework.
  • Maintain a neat and orderly work area and comply with safety regulations.
  • Participate in continuous improvement activities.
  • Properly use and maintain company-provided tools and equipment.
  • Ensure accurate daily job charging to the aircraft.
  • Exchange job-related information and coordinate work activities between shifts.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • 4 years related structural assembly experience.
  • Experience working with Solumina and Smarteam preferred.
  • Q-stamp preferred.
  • Basic computer and basic shop math skills.
  • Ability to read and comprehend basic documents and instructions.
  • Must be skilled in close tolerance work and have knowledge of special tools and equipment.
  • Ability to work with composite resins and materials.
  • Must be able to climb ladders, stands, stairs, and work in small spaces.
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Must be able to work any shift.

Additional Information

  • Requisition Number: 235677
  • Category: Operations
  • Percentage of Travel: Up to 25%
  • Shift: First
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Posting End Date: 09/02/2026
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$43/hr across 49 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 122 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 88 different employers. 54 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,322 other active welding openings from 712 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Gulfstream Aerospace currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). 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, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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