Job Description

Overview

As an Aviation Welder (Component Repair), you will be responsible for maintenance and repairs using various welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of weldable materials. The company emphasizes integrity and provides a clean and safe work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Operates metal fabrication equipment using specified welding processes.
  • Produces a variety of parts from shop drawings to conform to specifications.
  • Reads and interprets blueprints or welding process specifications.
  • Operates brazing and soldering equipment.
  • Operates metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears, and other metal straightening and bending machines.
  • Participates in continuous improvement of cell processes.
  • Cross trains in other complementary skills to support production requirements.
  • Moves between production assignments that utilize multiple skills endorsements.
  • Participates in cross training of other technicians.
  • Observes all applicable safety requirements and reports unsafe practices/conditions.
  • Carries out other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Ability to read, understand and interpret blueprints and welding process specifications.
  • Thorough understanding of tool design and fabrication methods and processes.
  • Working knowledge of related company instructions and processes.
  • Working knowledge of production management computer system and related internal control systems.
  • Ability to lift up to 25 pounds (unassisted) for approximately 25% of the average workday.
  • Regularly required to sit for prolonged periods.
  • Completion of a welding apprenticeship program or equivalent.
  • Attainment of trade certification.
  • Attainment of applicable welding ticket(s).
  • Ability to work day shift, evening shift, or weekend shift as required.
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$39/hr across 48 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 130 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 77 different employers. 57 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

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

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aviation Welder (Component Repair) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.