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Overview

As a Flight Line Test Mechanic C-130, you will perform servicing and troubleshooting of complex aircraft systems at Lockheed Martin, a company that values employee empowerment and work-life balance.

Responsibilities

  • Make changes and replacements to hydraulic, plumbing, and rigging systems, fuel and oil units, power plants, etc.
  • Make permissible adjustments to ship's systems to meet flight line requirements.
  • Mock-up, fabricate, and install new parts, structures, and systems, and perform final flight servicing, troubleshooting, and operational checkout of complex aircraft.
  • Correct all malfunctions and defects revealed on the ground and/or in flight.
  • Utilize computerized equipment to troubleshoot complex systems and apply advanced skills to analyze and correct malfunctions.

Requirements

  • Four (4) years’ experience in Flight Line Aircraft systems maintenance within the past twelve (12) years.
  • Experience must include actual flight line work on live Aircraft Systems.
  • Aircraft technical school training may offset a portion of the experience requirement.
  • A two (2) year Associate Degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology may substitute for one (1) year of experience.
  • Active Reserve/National Guard Aircraft Systems Maintenance duty may substitute for experience.
  • Graduates of a certified Aircraft Systems Mechanic Apprenticeship Program within the last six (6) months may qualify.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
  • Flexible scheduling options available.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Marietta, GA, whose middle half runs $30–$59/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 28 other active welding openings in Marietta, GA right now, from 15 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 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 11 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 Lockheed Martin (11), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (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 $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $28/hr. Marietta is among them.

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