Job Description

Overview

Pratt & Whitney is seeking a Machinist/Fabricator for the 3rd Shift to work onsite in East Hartford, CT. The role involves machining, fabricating, and finishing turbine engine parts while ensuring quality and adherence to specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Work from operation sheets, drawings, and verbal instructions to obtain tools and gauges for machining and fabricating turbine engine parts.
  • Perform bench assembly and finishing operations using handheld and power tools.
  • Conduct braze fabrication operations, including assembly and application of braze materials.
  • Use measuring instruments to check dimensions and record results in computer systems.
  • Perform routine servicing of equipment to ensure proper operation.
  • Assist with new-part process tryouts and repairs as needed.

Requirements

  • HS Diploma or equivalent.
  • 6 months of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This role is onsite, requiring employees to work primarily at the assigned location.
  • Candidates may need to attend in-person interview steps.
  • Hired applicants may be eligible for various benefits depending on the business unit.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in EAST HARTFORD-L ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG L, CT

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Connecticut currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$33/hr across 24 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 EAST HARTFORD-L ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG L, CT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in EAST HARTFORD-L ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG L, CT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 35 other active welding openings from 28 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

Collins Aerospace currently has 1 other opening live in Connecticut, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Pursuit Aerospace (4), WIN Waste Innovations (3), and General Dynamics Electric Boat (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near EAST HARTFORD-L ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG L, CT

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machinist/Fabricator 3rd Shift (Onsite) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.