Job Description

Overview

Arconic is seeking a Maintenance Specialist to join their Aluminum Extrusion (AEX) business unit in Chandler, AZ, responsible for maintaining and repairing machinery and equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Work a fixed schedule, including evenings, nights, holidays, and overtime.
  • Design, fabricate, install, repair, modify, and maintain machines, equipment, structures, and facilities.

Requirements

  • 5 years Journey person experience or equivalent maintaining heavy equipment.
  • Working knowledge of welding, machine repair, millwright, hydraulics, sheet metal, pipe fitting, and blueprints.
  • Pass a physical examination, drug screen test, and background check.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • Access to controlled technology as defined in regulations; must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Additional Information

  • Permanent employment subject to a probation period not to exceed 6 months.
  • If currently working as a general mechanic, proof of experience and/or a copy of your Journeyman’s card must accompany your bid.

How this job compares in Chandler, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chandler, AZ currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 17 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 Chandler, AZ

We're tracking 68 other active welding openings in Chandler, AZ right now, from 35 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 247 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chandler, or widen the search to Arizona.

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

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Chandler, AZ

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