Structure Mechanic

Job Duties:

• Read, interpret, plan & work from Structural Repair Manuals, engineering drawings, and service bulletins
• Assist, guide, train, oversee and evaluate others
• Attentiveness and knowledge of aircraft schedule / assigned job budget
• Ability to meet completion timelines
• Complete skin repairs requiring doublers or triplers containing complex contours
• Complete complex repairs and replacements that require substantial disassemblies, such as wing spar, keel beam, or other support structures
• Perform and document all work performed per appropriate manuals and regulations as required
• Adhere to FEAM General Work Requirements
• Comply with environmental health and safety policies/procedures, participate in 5-S activities, and perform work in a safe and timely manner
• Remove /install aircraft components as required
• Perform minor structural repairs on composite components
• Assist in conducting hidden damage inspection of aircraft structures
• Assist with complex structural repairs either on or off aircraft
• Operate ground support equipment as required
• Assist with aircraft component repair
• Perform mechanical/electrical removals and installations as required
• May assist with maintenance at off-site locations
• Assist maintenance as required
• Inspect confined areas of the airframe
• Assist in designing, modifying, and welding metal fixtures as required
• Assist in providing time estimates as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be able to read and write English
• Must pass airport security background checks and travel for work as required
• Must have good organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• Must have a Current Valid Driver’s License
• Must have a current valid FAA Airframe & Powerplant License
• Frequently be required to stand, walk, continually utilize hand, and finger dexterity, climb, balance, bend, or crawl, occasionally from heights in precarious places
• Frequently lift/push/carry items up to 50 pounds
• Awareness that he/she will be working near and around moving mechanical parts, around fumes, airborne particles, or toxic chemicals and exposure to loud noises
• Experience operating equipment and reading technical information
• Exposure to weather conditions outside as well as non-weather conditions such as extreme heat or cold

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer 2 to 5 years of experience working on aircraft structures