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Job Description

Overview

The primary purpose of this position is to perform one of a kind prototype, experimental, and routine metal welding work involved in manufacture, repair, modification, and assembly of various types of metal and alloy jet engine components using automated and manual welding machines.

Responsibilities

  • Plans and lays out work and recommends changes to materials and procedures from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications and work orders.
  • Sets up, operates, and troubleshoots a variety of automated and manual machines.
  • Uses and maintains tools.
  • Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules regulations and maintains a safe and clean work environment.
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How this job compares in Tinker AFB, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 38% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma — toward the top of a $22–$29/hr middle band drawn from 78 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% 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 Tinker AFB, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tinker AFB, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 132 other active welding openings from 81 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (7), American StaffCorp Job Board (7), and HireCall (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $28/hr, Tulsa at $27/hr, and Claremore at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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