Job Title: Interior Technician
For more information please contact: Craig Monte 859/475/5029
Job Description
As an Aircraft Seat and Upholstery Technician, you will focus on maintaining, repairing, and modifying aircraft seating systems. You will also create and install high-quality upholstery for various aircraft components. Working alongside a team of experienced professionals, you will ensure that every detail, from structural integrity to quality stitching and finishing touches, meets the highest standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform basic stripping operations of fabric from aircraft surfaces to prepare for remodeling and recovering.
- Work with leather and fabrics to refurbish aircraft seating to high-quality levels.
- Pattern, cut, sew, cement, and trim upholstery fabrics for drapery, divans, chairs, headliners, side panels, containers, and engine and propeller covers.
- Assist in covering flight control surfaces.
- Perform routine and complex sewing operations.
- Document all work accomplished in a clear, concise, and accurate manner.
Essential Skills
- 3+ years of Aircraft Seat Technician experience.
- Mechanically inclined.
- Aviation experience
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Military experience is a plus.
- Automotive seat techs may be considered.
Why Work Here?
We provide a positive, clean, and safe work environment focused on teamwork, exceptional customer service, and quality workmanship. Our company offers a wide range of employment opportunities with tremendous potential for career growth. Employees have the option for contract-to-hire positions or direct placements, with direct employees eligible to have their A&P certification paid for. We offer options for health insurance, retirement plans, dental, vision, and more. For contractors, benefits are available through a third-party provider. Additionally, housing is paid for eight weeks, with the potential to extend for the length of the contract.
Work Environment
Candidates will work primarily inside a hangar, which is clean and temperature-controlled. The work schedule is 1st shift, Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, with current hours being 5 days of 10-hour shifts due to high demand. The facility shares a runway with the Quad Cities International Airport, located in Moline, IL, part of the dynamic Quad Cities metropolitan area.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Milan, Illinois.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $45.00/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)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Milan,IL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 20, 2025.
About Aerotek:
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.
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