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Overview

Boeing is seeking an Entry-Level Fabrication Specialist to join the Air Dominance Operations team in Mesa, AZ. This role involves working in a collaborative environment focused on innovative fabrication processes for composite materials.

Responsibilities

  • Develop lay-up and assembly set-ups and techniques for composite fabrication.
  • Set up and troubleshoot composite parts for assembly or layup.
  • Assemble and support the fabrication of parts using various processes.
  • Identify nonconforming parts and work with engineering to improve processes.
  • Fabricate composite detail parts using pre-preg materials and wet layup processes.
  • Locate station lines and index points for ply installations.
  • Assemble and install composite and metallic components to specifications.
  • Set up, weigh, mix, and apply composite adhesives per specifications.
  • Prep and apply release agents to tooling as per specifications.
  • Maintain knowledge of composite material bonding best practices.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
  • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent.
  • Related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience in Composites.
  • Experience interpreting and working from blueprints and instructions in English.
  • Ability to work any shift (1st or 2nd shift).

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position requires travel up to 10% of the time.
  • Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit.
  • Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Mesa, AZ, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 25 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 68 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 40 different employers. 21 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 509 other active welding openings from 258 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

Boeing currently has 4 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Entry-Level Fabrication Specialist (Preparing and Painting) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.