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Overview

Join the American Airlines family as a Plant Maintenance Mechanic, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and timely travel of customers. This position offers opportunities for career advancement and the chance to work with talented aviation professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, disassemble, clean, check, repair, rework, replace, fabricate, assemble, install, and adjust building components and plant equipment.
  • Execute plumbing and millwright assignments.
  • Weld materials and perform general building maintenance and construction work.
  • Maintain locks and keys for the facility and other airport locations.
  • Assist in storage, removal, and clean-up of hazardous waste.
  • Ensure proper completion of forms, records, reports, and other paperwork.
  • Request parts and clean the work area after each shift.
  • Perform Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walks.
  • Coordinate with vendors regarding technical questions and explain work procedures to other personnel.
  • Escort vendors throughout airport property.
  • Report to position on time and perform functions in accordance with safety procedures.
  • Complete job-relevant trainings and adhere to government regulations and company policies.
  • Coordinate with other employees, vendors, and stakeholders to accomplish work tasks.
  • Perform duties requiring general safety awareness and wear uniforms as required.
  • Use relevant electronic systems to complete work.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Ability to read, write, fluently speak and understand English.
  • Minimum of 36 months journeyman experience in maintenance trades.
  • Possess applicable state or city license.
  • Willingness to work outdoors in any weather conditions.
  • Willingness to work extra hours when operational needs arise.
  • Ability to work rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
  • Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks.
  • Must secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges.
  • Must successfully complete drug screening process.

Benefits

  • Travel Perks
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Info

  • Must be willing to work varying shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits

Travel Perks
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $45/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $38–$58/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 17 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 139 other active welding openings from 88 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

American Airlines currently has 2 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (12), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (6), and Alstom (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $45/hr and Brooklyn at $40/hr. New York is among them.

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