Job Description

Overview

Amentum is seeking a General Maintenance Technician to join their operations & maintenance team in Grapevine, TX. This position involves providing intermediate expertise in maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on building equipment in a commercial campus environment.

Responsibilities

  • Safely performs functions of the position including following proper safety guidelines.
  • Operates, maintains, and repairs all facility and production associated equipment.
  • Analyzes equipment failures and maintains all building and related equipment.
  • Performs planned maintenance on all building equipment and related services.
  • Troubleshoots mechanical equipment such as HVAC, pumps, and hydraulic systems.
  • Performs preventative maintenance inspections.
  • Develops and implements planned maintenance procedures and maintains spare parts inventory.
  • Assists in installing and inspecting new equipment.
  • Provides support to co-workers and project managers as necessary.
  • Complies with all governmental, company, and industrial regulations.
  • Responds and provides service and feedback to customers on work orders.
  • Recommends measures to improve maintenance methods and equipment performance.
  • Operates various measuring and diagnostic instruments.
  • Maintains a strict schedule while demonstrating flexibility in activities.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by Manager or Supervisor.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or demonstrated equivalent.
  • Three years of maintenance experience in Industrial HVAC, Industrial Mechanical Machine Repair, or Automotive Repair.
  • Ability to work in an aerial lift or scissor lift at heights up to 30 feet.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Qualified applicants must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
  • This position may require a valid Driver’s License.
  • Ability to obtain a security access badge at client’s location.
  • May require various shifts, weekends, and alternative work schedules.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 46% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, where the middle half runs $31–$39/hr across 42 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 122 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 68 different employers. 35 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 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.

Amentum currently has 8 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 (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. Dallas is among them.

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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. General Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.