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Overview

The Aircraft Maintenance Technician at Southwest Airlines is responsible for inspecting and repairing aircraft during overnight hours, ensuring they are ready for flights. The role requires hands-on work in a cooperative environment, focusing on safety and efficiency in airline operations.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and repair planes during overnight hours.
  • Check systems and fix issues to ensure aircraft readiness.
  • Perform all work generally recognized as Mechanic's work.
  • Dismantle, overhaul, repair, fabricate, assemble, weld, and paint aircraft components.
  • Meet physical ability requirements and perform other duties as directed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • 2 years of Aircraft Maintenance Experience required.
  • 1 year of Heavy Jet Aircraft Maintenance Experience required.
  • Must meet recency of experience requirements of CFR 65.83.
  • Must possess a valid U.S. Driver's License.
  • Valid Federal A&P Certificates required.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Work schedules based on seniority may include early mornings, late nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required.
  • This role is part of a Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, whose middle half runs $29–$39/hr across 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% 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.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 86 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 48 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 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.

Southwest Airlines currently has 1 other opening 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 (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. Dallas is among them.

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