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Overview

Join American Airlines as an Aviation Maintenance Technician, where you'll ensure the safety and timeliness of flights while advancing your career in a supportive environment. Enjoy opportunities for growth and training alongside talented aviation professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Service aircraft, including mechanical work such as dismantling, overhauling, and repairing.
  • Conduct scheduled maintenance inspections.
  • Certify the quality of own workmanship according to maintenance manuals.
  • Connect/remove ground power and ground start units.
  • Push out/tow aircraft and perform guideman functions.
  • Sign mechanical flight releases and/or airworthiness releases.
  • Maintain knowledge of manuals and maintenance procedures.
  • Complete necessary forms and reports accurately.
  • Perform Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walks.
  • Clean work area and request parts.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Ability to read, write, fluently speak and understand English.
  • Airframe and Power Plant License required.
  • Willingness to work outdoors in any weather conditions.
  • Availability to work extra hours as needed.
  • Ability to work rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
  • Must pass FAA criminal background checks.
  • Must secure appropriate airport security badges.

Benefits

  • Travel Perks
  • Health Insurance
  • Wellness Programs
  • 401k
  • Additional Benefits

Additional Information

  • Reports to position on time and at assigned location.
  • Must adhere to safety procedures and company policies.

Benefits

Travel Perks
Health Insurance
Wellness Programs
401k
Additional Benefits
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $27–$45/hr middle band drawn from 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 60 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 233 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

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

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. Chicago is among them.

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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. Aviation Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.