Job Description Summary

Job Description

Student Welder Trainee Program

About GE Aerospace: 

Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives.  Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world! 

Working at our Beavercreek Site:

GE Aerospace has been part of the Beavercreek community for over 75 years. Our team builds gas turbine tubes, ducts, and manifolds for aircraft engines, and our site has earned OSHA’s highest safety rating. This apprenticeship/trainee role provides mentorship and hands on welding skills on aerospace parts while you finish school. We are looking for weld students to join our team for the 2027 Spring semester.

Role Overview:

• Learn TIG welding on aircraft parts alongside experienced welders, with a strong focus on safety and quality

• Exposure to blueprints and work instructions to understand what each part needs

• Practice setting up welding equipment and inspecting welds against specifications

• Gain exposure to other areas of the shop as you learn how the team works together

The Ideal Candidate:

• Reliable attendance – your team counts on you to show up

• A safety-first mindset and willingness to follow shop rules

• Curiosity and eagerness to learn, plus openness to feedback

• Pride in your work and attention to detail

• Comfort with basic shop math (fractions, decimals, whole numbers)

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in good standing in a career technical education welding program

• Able to pass required vision testing

• Able to lift up 40 pounds on occasion, and stand for extended periods

• This role may encounter high risk or hazardous operations and/or include working shifts beyond a standard workweek. As such, a requirement of the role is to be at least 18 years of age by the time of joining.

Additional Information:

• Wages: $17/hr per hour

• Protective gear provided, plus a $125 safety shoe voucher.

• Work in a shop environment around forklifts, carts, and cranes; most areas are climate-controlled.

• Preferred ability to work a minimum of 20 hours per week during the semester.

Closing: 

We strive to keep a fun and enjoyable shop atmosphere while maintaining the highest level of quality work output. We work together to make the impossible happen and we are looking for people like YOU to join us! We’re looking for team-oriented individuals with the ability to share ideas and make recommendations with peers and leadership. 

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.