Job Title: Welder

Job Description

Perform high-precision welding on aircraft components and structures using TIG and other specialized welding techniques. Ensure the structural integrity, safety, and compliance of welded parts with aviation industry standards. Contribute to the manufacturing, repair, and maintenance of aircraft by delivering high-quality, inspection-ready welds on thin-gauge aerospace materials, with an emphasis on accuracy, consistency, and adherence to regulatory guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and weld sheet metal aircraft components.
• Use manual TIG welding equipment.
• Operate resistance spot and seam welding equipment.
• Measure, examine, and test completed parts to ensure conformance to specifications using precision instruments such as calipers and micrometers.
• Follow work instructions, manufacturer’s maintenance and overhaul manuals, specifications, Service Bulletins, Air Carrier’s maintenance manuals, or other approved FAA data to ensure proper outcome of repair.
• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, and intersections.
• Perform regular and preventative maintenance on equipment and tools.
• Fabricate or modify fixtures, applying knowledge of shop mathematics, metalworking, and layout.

Essential Skills

• TIG welding
• Sheet metal expertise
• Experience with aircraft components
• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and blueprints
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Must pass FAA/DOT Pre-Employment drug test and Personal History screen, also subject to random drug and alcohol testing

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Highly motivated individual
• A&P license preferred
• Full-time availability, Monday through Friday, between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM

Why Work Here?

Join a team dedicated to excellence in the aviation industry, where precision and safety are paramount. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with opportunities for growth and development, ensuring every day presents a chance to enhance your skills and contribute to the advancement of aerospace technology.

Work Environment

This role requires sitting or standing for extended periods, frequent walking, bending, and reaching to shoulder level. Occasional squatting, lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling weights up to 50 pounds is necessary. The position demands repetitive hand movements, eye-hand coordination, and manual dexterity, with corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Work hours are full-time, Monday through Friday, between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Uxbridge, MA.

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Uxbridge,MA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jan 21, 2026.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.