Job Description

Overview

As an Assembler IV at Communications & Power Industries, you will perform a variety of electronic, mechanical, or composite assembly tasks in support of the SATCOM Antenna business. This role requires demonstrated skills as a fully experienced and versatile assembler capable of maintaining high production levels and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Perform diverse, intricate, high-level electronic, mechanical, or assembly work requiring experience and versatility.
  • Use all assembly tools with facility and may make own set-up.
  • Comprehensively understand assembly sketches, blueprints, and schematics.
  • Perform rework resulting from drawing change notices and initiate as necessary.
  • Ensure quality and personal conformance to specifications using appropriate testing equipment.
  • Employ an overall understanding of assembly techniques, utilizing skills normally in two or more production areas.
  • Train assemblers with less experience and exercise leadership skills within team functions.
  • Assist engineering in supporting documentation and process improvement initiatives.
  • Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

Requirements

  • Experienced with related tools or machines, capable of intricate work.
  • Ability to train and lead others and have a high aptitude for quality and conformance to engineering standards.
  • High School Diploma or GED required, AA degree in technical field preferred.
  • Ten (10) years’ related assembly experience preferred.
  • Good eye/hand coordination.
  • Able to lift up to 40 lbs.
  • Above average manual dexterity.
  • Able to use microscope for extended periods of time.
  • Able to sit/stand for long periods of time.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Position will begin to report to the Irving location but will transition to the Plano location.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k

How this job compares in Irving, 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 $22–$35/hr across 475 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 Irving, TX

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Irving, TX right now, from 14 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 683 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Irving, or widen the search to Texas.

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) 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 Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). 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 Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Irving, TX

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