Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic

 We hope you join our team! Kalitta Charters is a family owned and operated business. We owe our success to the great work done by the members of our team - and we expect them to continue to keep building towards our future successes, too. Here you aren’t just an employee, you are part of our team. The Kalitta family has been an industry leader for decades which is why you can expect the highest standards of safety, professionalism, and service.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Must be able to lay out sheet metal parts using blueprints, drawings, written or verbal instructions.
• Able to fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment for general aviation aircraft.
• Performs assembling operations such as cutting, filing, drilling, countersinking, fitting, shimming, adjusting, clamping, bolting, reaming, riveting, and bucking where locations and other pertinent information is established or predetermined and tolerances, edge margins and hole patterns, etc., are usually controlled by tooling and fixtures.
• Locates reference points, holes, parts and assemblies from established reference lines or points, transfers hole and rivets pattern within predetermined limits and performs sheet metal assembly work without aid of jigs, fixtures or other tooling when necessary.
• Preform line maintenance
• Post flight inspections
• Inspection and repairs of airframe components
• Complete repairs per the Falcon 20 and Learjet 35 Structural Repair Manuals
• Diagnose and repair discrepancies
• Ensuring that maintenance is performed in accordance with the repair station policies, practices, appropriate technical data, FAA regulations and good aircraft practices
• Ensure that appropriate records and signatures are made for the work accomplished     
• The mechanic in performing his duties is required to be constantly alert for defective, worn or failed parts as well as safe working conditions.
• The mechanic may be assigned to housekeeping duties as policing his work area or repair and maintenance of company property.
• Perform other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• Must have an Airframe and Powerplant License
• Must have a previous sheet metal experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be reliable, punctual and flexible.
• Must have and maintain a current driver’s license.

 Benefits 

1. Employer Provided:
   1. Short Term Disability
   2. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
   3. Basic Life Insurance with Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
   4. Travel Assistance Program
   5. Cancer Expert Now
   6. Fidelity 401K with match starting at 1.25
2. Employee Elective:
   1. BCBS – Medical 200 PPO and 500 PPO options, Dental PPO, Prescription, Teledoc
   2. EyeMed - Vision 
   3. Flexible Spending Account – Medical and Dependent Care
   4. Long Term Disability
   5. Unum Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Child
   6. Unum Accident and Critical Illness Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Child
   7. Unum Hospital Indemnity for Employee, Spouse, and Child
   8. Met Law Coverage
   9. Nationwide Voluntary Pet Insurance