Job Description

Overview

The Field Technician will serve as a Subject Matter Expert for the maintenance of Baggage Handling, Passenger Boarding Bridge, Security Screening Systems, and Ground Service Equipment at various airport locations. This role focuses on delivering technical services, enhancing the technical capabilities of the field staff, and ensuring quality maintenance and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert in maintenance responsibilities.
  • Provide hands-on technical services for temporary and permanent projects.
  • Perform quality technical services and suggest improvements.
  • Coordinate with the Director of Technical Services and Regional Managers.
  • Train new employees on specific equipment and maintenance requirements.
  • Support Operations team in a safe, customer-focused manner.
  • Document work using software platforms.
  • Maintain and improve preventative maintenance programs.
  • Provide enriched feedback to enhance individual performance.

Requirements

  • Minimum 4 years’ experience in maintenance and repair of Baggage Handling Systems, Passenger Boarding Bridges, Ground Service Equipment, and electrical automation systems.
  • Excellent time management and interpersonal skills.
  • Travel up to three weeks at a time.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • High School Graduate.
  • Proficient in MS Office, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license and be insurable under the Company’s insurance policy.
  • Must be able to pass a 10-year criminal history records check.

Additional Information

  • Job is based in Carrollton, Texas, with the ability to work from a home office if not based in the DFW metroplex.
  • Work schedule varies.

How this job compares in Carrollton, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 488 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 Carrollton, TX

Carrollton, TX currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 8 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Carrollton, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Carrollton, TX

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