Life Safety Systems Specialist
Location
Chandler, AZ
Wage
$29/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on October 28, 2026
Location
Chandler, AZ
Wage
$29/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on October 28, 2026
Amentum is seeking a Life Safety Systems Specialist to join their Operations & Maintenance team on a three-month contract with potential for extension. This role involves advanced expertise in maintenance and troubleshooting of facility systems in a large industrial environment.
At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs in Chandler, AZ, whose middle half runs $26–$30/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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.
We're tracking 60 other active welding openings in Chandler, AZ right now, from 26 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 513 other active welding openings from 247 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chandler, or widen the search to Arizona.
Amentum currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (31), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (22), and EZARC (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Life Safety Systems Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.