Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician position at RTX involves performing various duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment. RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, dedicated to solving complex problems in the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain various production and facility equipment.
  • Perform both electrical and mechanical work to make emergency repairs.
  • Read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and ladder diagrams.
  • Collect and analyze data to perform root cause analysis of production equipment problems.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, oscilloscope, and modern test equipment as required.
  • Perform facilities maintenance including light plumbing, electric, HVAC, and preventive maintenance.
  • Order and maintain critical spare parts and supplies.
  • Follow proper lock out/tag out procedures as required.
  • Adhere to all safety requirements and wear appropriate PPE.
  • Maintain safe work practices at all times.
  • Ensure good housekeeping in the area where working.
  • Knowledge of EPA and OSHA regulations.
  • Follow detailed instructions.
  • Learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
  • Must be team-oriented with the ability to work with others including engineering, quality, managers, operators, etc.
  • Follow all 6S practices and support continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

  • HS diploma (or equivalent, e.g. G.E.D in the US) with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is onsite in Grand Prairie, Texas.
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company's immigration sponsorship.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$34/hr across 9 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 19 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 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 (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena 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. Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift (Onsite) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.