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Overview

Join Worldwide Flight Services as an OXF Mechanic and contribute to the timely delivery of cargo shipments and on-time flights while ensuring safe operations. WFS is a global leader in ground handling with over 22,200 professionals across 170 locations.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain superior customer service and safe working practices at all times.
  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment according to specifications.
  • Inspect, diagnose, and repair mechanical and electrical systems.
  • Communicate with various parties on work performed and status of systems.
  • Analyze root causes of electrical failures and propose remedies.
  • Interpret schematics and engineering drawings for system operation.
  • React to call outs from the Control Room Operator or manager.
  • Perform preventive maintenance including inspection and adjustment.

Requirements

  • HS Diploma, GED or Equivalent.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule for a 24/7 operation.
  • Background check and drug screen required.
  • Must be able to attain and sustain an Airport I.D. Badge.
  • Experience in an industrial environment or minimum 1 year as maintenance mechanic.
  • Proven experience as a Welder with relevant work experience.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Employees work in assured management areas of baggage and repair stations.
  • Employees may be exposed to various noise levels and mechanical parts.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Jamaica, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $28–$42/hr across 92 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Jamaica, NY

Jamaica, NY is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 93 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (21), Cushman & Wakefield (5), and Con Edison (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $42/hr and Brooklyn at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. OXF Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.