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Overview

GoJet Airlines is seeking highly qualified, Licensed Mechanic Technicians for their A&P Maintenance Team in Newark, NJ. The team plays a vital role in ensuring passenger safety and operational performance by performing inspections, repairs, and maintenance on aircraft.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on aircraft, including engines, landing gear, avionics, and other critical components.
  • Conduct thorough inspections to identify and address potential issues before they become problems.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems using technical manuals and sophisticated diagnostic equipment.
  • Repair or replace defective parts, ensuring all work is completed to regulatory and company standards.
  • Ensure all maintenance activities comply with FAA regulations, company policies, and industry standards.
  • Accurately document all maintenance work performed, including parts used, repairs completed, and inspections conducted.
  • Work closely with other maintenance technicians, engineers, and flight operations personnel to ensure seamless and efficient aircraft operations.
  • Provide clear and concise communication regarding maintenance issues and status updates.

Requirements

  • Must hold an FAA Airframe and Power plant license.
  • Legal right to work in, and travel freely in and out of, the United States.
  • Must possess a minimum of high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Must possess a valid driver‘s license.
  • Legally operate company vehicles and equipment with no restrictions.
  • Must be able to provide your own tools.
  • FCC License helpful, but not required.
  • DOT required pre-employment drug test.
  • TSA required fingerprint check for Criminal History Records Check.
  • Must be able to work any shift.
  • Must be able to read and converse fluently in English.
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Able to stand for extended periods of time.
  • Able to climb stairs, ladders, and work platforms.
  • Able to kneel, bend, and sit.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Newark, NJ
  • Bonuses up to $6,000 available.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
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How this job compares in Newark, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Newark, NJ — toward the top of a $30–$35/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Newark, NJ

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Newark, NJ right now, from 10 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 182 other active welding openings from 126 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newark, or widen the search to New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. Newark is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. EWR A&P MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN figures were last recalculated when this page was built.