Master Technician - Production Support (Welding)
Location
ASHEVILLE-330 ~ 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd ~ PRATT WHITNEY, NC
Wage
$66,800 – $127,200/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
Location
ASHEVILLE-330 ~ 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd ~ PRATT WHITNEY, NC
Wage
$66,800 – $127,200/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
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.
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.
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.
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.