Job Description

Overview

The Porsche factory workshops combine the power of Porsche with the dreams of owners, focusing on Factory Restorations of Porsche Classic models and managing Sonderwunsch Factory One-Off and Re-Commission programs. The Porsche Classic Senior Technician will conduct restoration, maintenance, and repair services for Porsche Classic Vehicles while leading projects and mentoring Junior Technicians.

Responsibilities

  • Recommend and perform restoration on engines, transmissions, body work, electrical, and suspension components consistent with Porsche factory standards.
  • Lead Sonderwunsch Factory Re-Commission projects in alignment with internal body, paint, and upholstery shops.
  • Perform maintenance services including major and minor services and repairs, as well as tire and wheel changes.
  • Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
  • Interact as project lead with vehicle owning customers.
  • Perform final quality reviews including submission of inspection documents.
  • Explain technical diagnoses and needed repairs to non-mechanical individuals.
  • Read test reports and maintenance and repair orders; find parts and materials.
  • Define and determine errors and disorders using diagnostic tools.
  • Create and support cost estimates for projects including labor time and parts.
  • Plan work procedures using charts and technical manuals.
  • Examine vehicles to determine the extent of damage or malfunctions.
  • Follow checklists to ensure all important parts are examined.
  • Monitor and work closely with the full Classic Team to achieve qualitative and quantitative targets.
  • Perform care and cleaning work of parts, vehicles, or work space.
  • Perform test drives, correct deficiencies, and perform final inspections.
  • Direct, teach, and guide the work of junior or in-training technicians.
  • Maintain necessary training to meet Porsche Classic Standards.

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 52% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $25–$45/hr middle band drawn from 38 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 76% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 73 different employers. 36 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 401 other active welding openings from 255 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (8), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Yancey Bros. Co. (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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