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Overview

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions for the lifecycle of aircraft, including aftermarket support. As a Metal Worker, you will play a crucial role in assembling and testing products to meet customer quality and delivery schedules while contributing to lean initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Assembles/tests moderately complex products using mechanical skills and tools.
  • Reviews job components and quantities to ensure availability for tasks.
  • Counts and sizes tubes for chemical cleaning daily.
  • Buffs, hazes, or removes discoloration and chemically cleans parts as required.
  • Sleeves, boxes, and ensures paperwork is signed off after inspection.
  • Applies epoxy tape and installs inserts and rivets to brackets.
  • Identifies non-conformances from test data and reworks as instructed.
  • Interprets blueprints, engineering orders, and customer requirements.
  • Inspects, measures, verifies, and approves assemblies and paperwork.
  • Participates in lean/continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Two or more years of industry-related experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrates product and process knowledge.
  • Able to select appropriate procedures, techniques, tools, and equipment.
  • Proficient in reading and understanding blueprints and test specifications.
  • Strong mechanical reasoning skills.
  • Effective interpersonal communication skills and ability to work in a team.
  • Ability to interpret reports and use standard business software applications.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position is subject to U.S. export compliance and government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Sansom Park, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting sits about 62% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 419 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 93% 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 Sansom Park, TX

Sansom Park, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,082 other active welding openings from 557 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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