Job Description

Overview

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, the Master Technician - Production Support (Welding) role provides hands-on support to production, addressing quality and process disruptions to ensure continuous part flow while driving improvements in manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on support to production, responding to quality and process disruptions.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve process interruptions to maintain continuous part flow.
  • Provide real-time technical support to operators and operation leaders during production shifts.
  • Coordinate with quality, maintenance, EH&S, and engineering teams to resolve manufacturing issues.
  • Lead or support root cause investigations for production issues and yield losses.
  • Support implementation and verification of corrective and preventive actions.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to reduce downtime and improve yield.
  • Support process development, trials, and qualification activities for parts, processes, or equipment.
  • Support documentation updates including work instructions and engineering standards.
  • Support training of operators on process standards and troubleshooting techniques.

Requirements

  • AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or HS Diploma/GED with 12+ years of experience.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Ability to collect and analyze production or quality data to support problem solving.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Experience supporting production environments and working directly with operators and cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot manufacturing process issues and equipment disruptions.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is classified as Onsite.
  • Candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person.
  • The salary range for this role is 66,800 USD - 127,200 USD.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in ASHEVILLE-330 ~ 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd ~ PRATT WHITNEY, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 46% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 41 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in ASHEVILLE-330 ~ 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd ~ PRATT WHITNEY, NC

ASHEVILLE-330 ~ 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd ~ PRATT WHITNEY, NC is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 103 other active welding openings from 52 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

Collins Aerospace currently has 3 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (13), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (8), and Environmental Air Systems (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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. Master Technician - Production Support (Welding) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.