This challenging position on our production team involves the assembly/disassembly of engines, components, and accessories, in accordance with technical and/or standard work practices. You’ll perform comprehensive examinations and repair of hardware for return to service and airworthiness certification.Job Description
About GE AerospaceAre you ready to elevate your future? You’ll be warmly welcomed at GE Aerospace where 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. You’ll learn and achieve as part of an on- going LEAN transformation. And, most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world.
Working at our Strother Facility
If you want to be part of something special, consider a career opportunity at our advanced technology engine services overhaul facility. Here, employees are helping to restore commercial and military jet engines to their fullest functionality, efficiency, and performance.
We have experienced teams working in plasma, frame and wire spraying, polyurethane and sermetel painting as well as heat treating, brazing, and TIG welding operations. In addition to comprehensive internal engine repair/overhaul, we also operate a world-class evaluation and testing facility that’s FEDEC capable.
Roles and Responsibilities:Full-time positions exist for energetic and self-motivated mechanics who desire to advance their skills and work with state-of-the-art turbine engine overhaul and service processes.The GE Engine Services facility is dedicated to the repair and service of GE manufactured jet engines and has been a major employer in South Central Kansas for over 4 decades.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
- Perform any or all of the operations necessary for the assembly/disassembly of engines, components, and accessories in accordance with technical and/or standard work practices.
- Perform comprehensive examinations of hardware for serviceability and airworthiness certification.
- Provide, routing, and the movement of assemblies, hardware, tooling, and other material in support of assigned area.
- Operate balance equipment and perform functional component and accessory tests as assigned.
- Troubleshoot in-process problems, malfunctions, or component failures within the limitations of relevant technical procedures.
- Verify work performed is in accordance with technical specifications, manuals or other quality verification criteria.
- Use all types of precision measuring instruments and devices, hand and power tools, shop equipment and machinery as assigned.
- Maintain records and perform related duties.
- Perform complete and complicated operations in the cleaning, processing, repair, rework or modification of engine hardware, tools and fixtures using hand, power or in complicate machine tools, shop aids and other standard processes to paint, coat, clean, particle blast, repair, furnace braze, resistance weld, drill, ream, grind, or similar metal working in accordance with prescribed procedures.
- Perform functional tests and maintain process controls as assigned. Use all types of precision measuring instruments, gages and devices.
- Provide, routing, and the movement of assemblies, hardware, tooling, and other material in support of assigned area.
- Verify work performed is in accordance with technical specifications, manuals or other quality verification criteria.
- Maintain records and perform related duties.
- Perform any or all of the necessary functions required to provide materials, hardware or supplies to a variety of in-shop and external operations.
- Responsible for verifying material to specific process requirements, receiving, storing, disbursing, moving, packaging, receiving and accumulating.
- Report, monitor, and maintain control or status of material as assigned.
- Verify work performed is in accordance with technical specifications, manuals or other quality verification criteria.
- Maintain accurate records relative to daily transactions and perform related duties.
NOTE: Assignments may include any or all of the operations described in paragraphs 1,2 and 3.)
Qualifications/Requirement:
- High School Diploma / GED with a minimum; FAA Powerplant Mechanic Certification/License or minimum of two years aircraft engine (gas turbine) maintenance experience with another company or branch of the military service.
OR
- Hold a 2 yrs. Diesel/Auto mechanic experience for certified technical college or hold a current automotive ASE Certification or equivalent.
- Ability and willingness to work any shift, as required
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- US Citizen
- Must be proficient in the use of basic hand and power tools.
Desired Qualifications
- 2 years of experience as an aircraft turbine engine mechanic
- A&P Licenses
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No