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Overview

The Electrical Wiring Fab position involves soldering, assembling, and troubleshooting aircraft electrical assemblies and harnesses, while operating automated wire processing machines. The role requires attention to detail and adherence to engineering specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Solders, assembles, and performs continuity checks on aircraft assemblies.
  • Sets up and operates automated wire processing machines for wire processing.
  • Assembles and wires aircraft electrical, radio, and radar units.
  • Completes wiring hookups and troubleshoots electrical assemblies.
  • Forms and runs harnesses according to established layouts.
  • Performs continuity checks and sells assemblies to inspection.
  • Disassembles and reassembles aircraft electrical connectors.
  • Performs rework on electrical assemblies as needed.
  • Loads materials and sets up automated wire processing machines.
  • Operates machines to fabricate wires and checks for proper functioning.
  • Corrects machine stoppages and minor malfunctions.
  • Checks and counts completed wires for compliance with specifications.
  • Labels wire bundles for routing to other areas.
  • Assists electrical and electronic mechanics when assigned.

Requirements

  • Six months of electrical wire harness fabrication or electrical assembly experience.
  • Must perform and pass required Proficiency Demonstrations to retain employment.
  • Prior electrical background in commercial, industrial, or military preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10).
  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Marietta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $23–$37/hr across 124 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 53% 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 Marietta, GA

We're tracking 17 other active welding openings in Marietta, GA right now, from 14 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 218 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Marietta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Lockheed Martin currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (11), and Gerber Collision & Glass (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $34/hr, and Kennesaw at $32/hr. Marietta is among them.

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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. Electrical Wiring Fab figures were last recalculated when this page was built.