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Overview

The A&P Sheetmetal Aircraft Technician position at LAX involves performing line maintenance and ensuring the airworthiness of various aircraft. The role requires a valid FAA Airframe & Powerplant License and offers competitive pay along with a sign-on bonus.

Responsibilities

  • Perform line maintenance work on various customers' aircraft.
  • Conduct routine maintenance and airworthiness releases to return aircraft to service.
  • Service, inspect, and maintain aircraft, engines, and components to meet deadlines.
  • Troubleshoot systems and maintain equipment according to Approved Technical Data.
  • Ensure departing aircraft are safe in accordance with FAR’s and manuals.
  • Perform line maintenance duties and tasks as assigned.
  • Collaborate with the air carrier’s maintenance control center as required.
  • Utilize special skills such as close tolerance hole drilling and fastener installation.
  • Fabricate, assemble, and repair sheet metal products and equipment per specifications.
  • Make sheet metal layouts and operate fabricating machinery.
  • Plan, lay out, and repair aircraft structures and surfaces for modifications.

Requirements

  • Must have a current valid FAA Airframe & Powerplant License.
  • 1-5+ years of relevant experience, specifically with B747 & B777.
  • Knowledge of Aircraft Structural fabrication, assembly, and installations.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license.
  • Ability to frequently stand, walk, and utilize hand dexterity.
  • Ability to frequently lift/push/carry items up to 50 pounds.
  • Awareness of working near moving mechanical parts and exposure to fumes and loud noises.
  • Utilize visual acuity to operate equipment and read technical information.
  • Must be able to read and write English.
  • Must pass airport security background checks and travel for work as required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $46/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, whose middle half runs $35–$64/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 51 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 258 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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