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Overview

As the Sheet Metal Fabrication and Assembler C for Lockheed Martin's Grand Prairie team, you will perform complex sheet metal assembly operations to support the development of missile systems and other assemblies. This role is integral to delivering high-quality results and driving innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Performing sheet metal assembly operations on complex parts, details, and assemblies
  • Constructing simple checking and holding fixtures, making simple templates and form blocks
  • Assembling semi-complicated assemblies, riveting, hand hammering, and performing close tolerance drilling and reaming
  • Operating sheet metal equipment such as brakes, rolls, and routers, and using hand tools as required
  • Fabricating special equipment as needed and assisting with more difficult work, including rigging operations and straightening of shafts and beams
  • Maintaining required paperwork and keeping your work area clean and orderly

Requirements

  • Must have equivalent to a high school degree
  • All candidates must be U.S. citizens due to facility requirements
  • Prior experience in riveting and nut plates is desired
  • Ability to read blueprints is desired

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is in Dallas, Texas
  • Flexible scheduling options are available

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX, whose middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 13 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 30 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 13 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 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.

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

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). 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 $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Sheet Metal Fabricator and Assembler C figures were last recalculated when this page was built.