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General Maintenance Mechanic A - Grand Prairie TX

Location

Grand Prairie, TX

Wage

$32.64 – $47.92/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 27, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The General Maintenance Mechanic A position at Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, TX, involves ensuring the operational readiness of plant facilities and supporting production equipment. This role is suitable for military-affiliated job seekers and requires a broad spectrum of construction, maintenance, repair, and fabrication tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventative maintenance on rooftop units, air handlers, hoists, paint booths, and other critical equipment.
  • Construct and repair structures such as storage sheds, metal frames, security fencing, and equipment foundations.
  • Fabricate and install steel, sheet-metal, shelving, racks, benches, and air-duct systems.
  • Operate heavy machinery, rig loads, and move large equipment safely.
  • Maintain clean work areas, report issues, and support the lead supervisor.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • At least two (2) years of trades training.
  • Experience operating a forklift.
  • At least 3 years of related production warehouse and construction experience.
  • Must be a US Citizen due to special access.
  • Candidates must be able to work 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 'D' weekend shift.

Additional Information

  • This position is first shift.
  • This position is in Dallas.
  • MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX — toward the top of a $28–$39/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 37 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 20 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 548 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (39), Zachry Group (30), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Grand Prairie, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. General Maintenance Mechanic A - Grand Prairie TX figures were last recalculated when this page was built.