Job Title: Structures Technician

If qualified and interested, reach out to Duke at 631/513/1840

Job Description

As a Structures Technician, you will engage in heavy depot-level structural maintenance, repairs, and modifications on T-38 aircraft. Your work will focus on aircraft skin and bulkhead upgrades, ensuring the aircrafts structural integrity is maintained.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and assess damage to aircraft structural components and develop appropriate repair/replacement procedures using applicable technical data.
• Remove and install close tolerance, high-strength fasteners in major aircraft structural components.
• Design structural repair, modification, and corrosion protection treatments while maintaining original strength, weight, and contour.
• Perform post-repair flight control weight and balance functions as well as control surface rigging per designated technical orders.
• Inspect components and repairs for structural serviceability according to specifications and technical publications.
• Manufacture and use jigs, fixtures, forms, and molds to fabricate repair or replacement parts.
• Utilize advanced metalworking practices, equipment, and tools to form, cut, bend, and fasten replacement or repair parts to damaged structures and components.
• Train on shop drawing and depot-level metal layout techniques; shop mathematics; corrosion identification, removal, repair, and prevention; cleaning of metals; application of protective coatings, and markings.
• Recommend methods to improve equipment performance and maintenance procedures.
• Use automated maintenance systems to input, validate, and analyze data.
• Inspect, clear, and close completed maintenance discrepancies in automated maintenance systems.
• Document maintenance according to Quality Assurance (QA) and established regulatory requirements.
• Store, handle, and dispose of hazardous waste and materials following environmental standards and company processes.
• Operate and maintain related aircraft Support Equipment (SE).
• Monitor maintenance trends, analyze equipment requirements, maintain equipment records, document maintenance actions, and manage time change databases using automated maintenance systems.
• Perform regular Foreign Object Damage (FOD) walks.
• Maintain strict tool control procedures, reporting any missing, lost, found, or unattended tools to the supervisor, and regularly inventory and inspect tools, replacing worn or broken ones.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in airframe, aircraft sheet metal, and aircraft maintenance.
• Experience with structural mechanics, sheet metal repair, and sheet metal fabrication.
• Ability to handle aircraft modification and aircraft structures.
• Expertise in heavy depot level repairs or modifications and skin repairs/patches/changes.
• Familiarity with bulkheads, depot level operations, aircraft skin repair, corrosion control, and MRO.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Structural Tech Level III: 8-12 years of experience in depot level/MRO level structural repairs or modifications, with at least 7-8 years at the depot/MRO level. Fighter jet experience preferred but not required. Air Force Specialty Code 2A753 / 2A773 is a nice-to-have.
• Structures Mech Level II: 5-8 years of experience in depot level/MRO level structural repairs or modifications, with at least 5 years at the depot/MRO level. Fighter jet experience preferred but not required. Air Force Specialty Code 2A753 / 2A773 is a nice-to-have.

Why Work Here?

Enjoy a long-term opportunity with a competitive pay structure in the Birmingham area. Benefit from 11 paid holidays and two weeks of PTO after one year of service, with the potential for a 3-5 raise based on performance. All positions include sick pay, and no tools are required.

Work Environment

The work is conducted in an aircraft hangar, with a day shift schedule from Monday to Friday, 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Atlanta, GA.

The pay range for this position is $36.21 - $47.09/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)

This is a fully onsite position in Atlanta,GA.

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 17, 2026.

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.