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Overview

Flightcheck Commercial Aviation, founded in 2004, is one of the largest Commercial Line Maintenance providers, offering technical handling, aircraft de-icing, and limited ground handling for over 25 Domestic and International Airlines. They are seeking an experienced AOG Sheet Metal Technician (Part-Time) to perform advanced sheet metal repairs and modifications on aircraft structures while ensuring compliance with FAA regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize special skills such as close tolerance hole drilling, countersinking, fastener installation, and rivet shooting or bucking.
  • Perform complex sheet metal fabrication and repairs per technical drawings.
  • Make sheet metal layouts, set up and operate fabricating machinery, and ensure installations conform to specifications.
  • Plan, lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and repair internal and external aircraft structures and surfaces in accordance with technical manuals and FAA regulations.
  • Maintain compliance with FAA, OEM, and safety standards.

Requirements

  • Must have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Must have a valid State Driver’s License.
  • Must have a valid Airframe License.
  • Must be able to read, write and understand English and interpret technical data.
  • Must be able to lift and move up to 70 pounds.
  • Must have 5+ years of aircraft sheet metal experience.
  • Must be able to pass background check and pre-employment drug screening.
  • Must be able to climb ladders ranging from 6 to 10 feet tall.
  • Must have strong technical, leadership, and communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • In-house certification opportunities
  • Stable work environment with continuous development and training opportunities

Additional Information

  • Potential exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic chemicals, and moving mechanical parts.
  • Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat.
  • Often exposed to various weather elements.
  • The noise level in the work environment is typically loud.

Benefits

401k
In-house certification opportunities
Stable work environment with continuous development and training opportunities
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How this job compares in Bensenville, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 47% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$43/hr middle band drawn from 251 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 Bensenville, IL

Bensenville, IL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 342 other active welding openings from 207 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bensenville, or widen the search to Illinois.

Flightcheck Commercial Aviation Services currently has 2 other openings live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and Crash Champions (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $38/hr, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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