Aerospace TIG Welder 3rd Shift TDI
Location
Dayton, OH
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 27, 2026
Location
Dayton, OH
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 27, 2026
<h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b>Job Description Summary</b></b></span></h1><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b>Job Description</b></span></h1><p><b>Aerospace TIG Welder</b></p><br /><p><b>Working at our Dayton site</b>:</p><p>TDI has been leading design and manufacturer of turbine powered start systems for 40+ years and designer of turbine air motors for over 60 years. The TDI site in Dayton, OH is a part of Unison, a GE Aerospace Company. Unison is uniquely positioned to introduce the next-gen Air Turbine Starter for the CMF56-7B fleet. At the TDI site, Unison also produces Surface Coolers and Bellows to support the aerospace industry.</p><br /><p><b>Role Overview:</b></p><p>Perform essential duties and responsibility in service cells which includes welding components and manufacturing operations.</p><br /><ul><li>Welds together metal components as specified by layout, blueprints, diagrams, or manufacturing operations sheet (MOS), using electric arc-welding equipment</li><li>Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions. Examines weld for bead size and other specifications</li><li>Manually applies filler rod to supply weld metal</li><li>Cleans weld joint or work piece. Prepares parts for welding</li><li>Positions or clamps work pieces together or assembles them in a jig or fixture</li><li>May tack assemblies together</li><li>Verify fixture calibration</li><li>Maintains eQuals requirements</li><li>Use standards shop measuring devices (calipers and micrometers)</li><li>Basic housekeeping of cell (5S)</li><li>Review, understand and follow work instructions, required specifications and blueprints to perform manufacturing operations.</li><li>Ensures all company paperwork is filled-out accurately</li><li>Fully understands blueprints</li><li>Identify revision levels</li><li>Produce error free products</li><li>Meet production goals</li><li>Work to established Lean Manufacturing guidelines</li><li>Understand safety and machining hazards</li><li>Have a basic understanding of welding and associated processes in one area within your home cell</li><li>Willing to undergo on-the-job training in order to obtain CVP certification within first 6 months as an Associate Metal Joining Specialist</li><li>Compliance with and supports all GE policies and the “Integrity: The Spirit and The Letter of Our Commitment” guide</li><li>Keeps team informed of work progress, timelines, and issue</li></ul><br /><p><b>The Ideal Candidate:</b></p><ul><li>Ability and willingness to weld complex components</li><li>Ability and willingness to weld outside of home cell</li><li>Capability and willingness to work efficiently and provide training to other welders & CMOs in more than one area outside of your home cell (excluding specialized areas)</li></ul><br /><p><b>Required Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>High school diploma or General education Degree (GED)</li><li>Successful completion of a TIG welding training course (formal or informal program)</li></ul><br /><p><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>Prior experience welding aluminum</li><li>Occasionally, the business requires mandatory overtime. Must be able to work overtime, when required</li><li>Must be able to read safety rules in the use and maintenance of shop equipment.</li><li>Able to read and understand specifications, be able to analyze and interpret technical procedures, blueprints and written instructions.</li><li>Able to read and complete forms to generate meaningful reports and charts.</li><li>Have the ability to effectively communicate and respond to questions from team members, coaches and leaders.</li><li>Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, decimals, and whole numbers.</li></ul><br /><p><b>Additional Information:</b></p><ul><li>Wages $24.90 per hour + 10% Shift Dif for 3rd Shift</li><li>While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to stand at least 6 to 8 hours a day.</li><li>Must be able to work with upper body extremities.</li><li>Must be able to walk, sit, or stoop on a regular basis.</li><li>Must be able to lift and/or move up to 15 pounds on a frequent basis.</li><li>Must be able to lift and/or move up to 30 pounds on occasion. Items more than 30 pounds will be lifted with assistance.</li><li>While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to moving high speed machinery and/or mechanical parts.</li><li>Employee will be required to use approved chemicals and may be exposed to dust, fumes, or smoke from normal machining operations. (Not over OSHA Permissible Exposure Levels (PEL)).</li><li>The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.</li></ul><p><br /><b>Closing:</b> </p><p>At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate. </p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><i><span style="font-size:12pt">This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).</span></i></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b>Additional Information</b></b></span></h1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><span>GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf">Equal Opportunity Employer</a><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ge.com/sites/default/files/15-000845%20EEO%20combined.pdf">.</a> Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left !important">GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.</p><br /><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Relocation Assistance Provided: </b>No</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Ohio currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$32/hr across 115 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Dayton, OH currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 175 other active welding openings from 112 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Dayton, or widen the search to Ohio.
GE Aerospace currently has 1 other opening live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (8), Phillips Tank & Structure (5), and Aerotek (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $30/hr, Canton at $29/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
See all aerospace welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aerospace TIG Welder 3rd Shift TDI figures were last recalculated when this page was built.