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Job Description

Overview

Piedmont Airlines is seeking a motivated and reliable Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic to join their team, responsible for completing routine inspections and repairs, performing maintenance, and running tests after repairs. The company values hard work, care for each other, and offers growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Complete and document routine inspections and repairs
  • Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, including engines, landing gear, exteriors, brakes, and pumps
  • Conduct tests after making repairs or performing maintenance on the company fleet

Requirements

  • Possession of FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification and company issued licenses
  • Demonstration of a positive attitude towards productivity and quality maintenance

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental

Additional Information

  • Available to work any shift including nights, weekends, and holidays
  • Frequent physical activity including lifting up to 70 pounds regularly and up to 100+ pounds occasionally with assistance
  • Employment is contingent upon a valid driver’s license, clear driving record, 10-year Criminal History Records Check, and drug screen

Benefits

PTO
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, whose middle half runs $28–$43/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 51 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 274 other active welding openings from 180 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Johnson Controls (7), and Greene Tweed (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $32/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.