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Overview

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions for sustainable flight and aircraft lifecycle support. The Aerospace Welder position involves performing welding processes to join aircraft components while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Completes routine and some advanced welding tasks while applying standard practices.
  • Properly prepares weld surfaces.
  • Interprets and follows written instructions, sketches, weld schedules, drawings and documents.
  • Performs all work in accordance with established standards and safety procedures.
  • Performs fitting of assemblies.
  • May train others on prior job experience.
  • Repairs some of his or her own parts.
  • Regularly evaluates his/her own product quality for continuous improvement.
  • Works under limited oversight.
  • Successfully completes the Exotic Metals TIG weld training program and/or has equivalent experience.
  • Holds multiple, basic Exotic Metals weld qualification/certifications, including Fillet Welding as required.
  • Meets or exceeds operations standards for efficiency.
  • Reads and understands router operations, sketches, blueprints, and specifications as necessary to perform the job function.
  • Has basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Can move to various work areas easily with experience.
  • Must be able to use mathematics relevant to welding functions.
  • Requires familiarity with machine tools, precision instruments and good manual dexterity.
  • Knows when to stop and finds appropriate interpretation when necessary.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent GED required.
  • Successfully complete the Exotic Metals TIG weld training program and/or have equivalent experience.
  • Hold multiple, basic Exotic Metals weld qualification/certifications, including Fillet Welding as required.
  • Basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Familiarity with machine tools and precision instruments.
  • Good manual dexterity.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Swing Shift and Day shift positions open.
  • Average shift times: Monday through Thursday, 4:00am - 2:30pm, or 2:30pm - 1:00am.
  • Use of protective clothing and equipment to prevent burns and eye injuries.
  • The welder performs physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and frequent movement of the whole body.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Kent, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 67 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% 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 Kent, WA

Kent, WA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 86 other active welding openings from 62 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Kent, or widen the search to Washington.

Parker Hannifin currently has 4 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (8), Parker Hannifin (4), and Sierra Pacific Industries (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $35/hr and Bellingham at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all aerospace welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Aerospace Welder (TIG and Auto Welding) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.