Maintenance Technician, Aerospace Manufacturing
Location
Grand Prairie, TX
Wage
$31.05/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 15, 2026
Location
Grand Prairie, TX
Wage
$31.05/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 15, 2026
The Maintenance Technician position at PPG involves performing essential maintenance and repairs on industrial machinery in an aerospace manufacturing environment. The role requires a strong technical background and a commitment to safety and quality.
At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX, whose middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
We're tracking 38 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 17 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 582 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 (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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician, Aerospace Manufacturing figures were last recalculated when this page was built.