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Job Description

Overview

As an Aircraft Structural Repairer in the Army National Guard, you will inspect, service, and repair structural components on aircraft to ensure they are ready for various missions. This role involves working on Army planes and helicopters to maintain their operational readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Repair/replace aircraft structural components according to drawings, blueprints, directives, technical manuals, and safety procedures
  • Fabricate structural parts using metal-forming techniques and fiberglass materials
  • Make repairs to transparent plastic windows and enclosures
  • Balance fixed-wing aircraft controls and apply primers/paints on aircraft surfaces
  • Maintain facilities for storage of flammable/hazardous materials

Requirements

  • Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
  • Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
  • Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
  • Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
  • Must meet citizenship requirements

Benefits

  • Paid training
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retirement benefits for part-time service
  • Low-cost life insurance
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • VA home loans

Benefits

Paid training
Health Insurance
401k
Tuition assistance
Retirement benefits for part-time service
Low-cost life insurance
Student Loan Repayment Program
VA home loans
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$34/hr across 9 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 34 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 561 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $36/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and Midlothian at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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