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Job Description

Overview

At StandardAero, as a Welder I, you will operate various metal fabrication equipment and contribute to building a solid career in aviation with a supportive culture and resources.

Responsibilities

  • Produce a variety of parts from shop drawings to conform to specifications
  • Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
  • Operate brazing and soldering equipment
  • Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears, and other metal straightening and bending machines
  • Participate in continuous improvement of processes
  • Cross train in other complementary skills to support production requirements
  • Observe all applicable safety requirements

Requirements

  • 3 months or more of TIG welding experience
  • At least 6 months of experience reading, understanding, and interpreting blueprints and basic welding process specifications under supervision
  • Ability to sit or stand at least 50% of work shift
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Short- & Long-Term Disability
  • Life & AD&D Insurance

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Short- & Long-Term Disability
Life & AD&D Insurance
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How this job compares in Miami, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 114 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Miami, FL

Miami, FL currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 253 other active welding openings from 140 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Miami, or widen the search to Florida.

StandardAero currently has 1 other opening live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (15), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (14), and Honeywell Technologies (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Fort Myers at $39/hr, Jacksonville at $30/hr, and Orlando at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

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.

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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. Welder I (2nd shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.