About The Position

Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) is looking for Experienced Aircraft Sheet Metal Structures Mechanics to join our B-52 team in San Antonio, TX. This position requires the ability to pass an assessment during the training cycle.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience working with non-porous metals, such as aluminum, titanium, and stainless
  • 10+ years of experience working with schematics, specifications, assembly drawings and standard operating procedures
  • 10+ years of experience using structures hand tools such as: drills 45 and 90 degrees, pancake adapters, counter sink cages, hole finders, and rivet guns
  • 10+ years of experience working heavy structures: locating, drilling, countersinking and fastening structures (doublers, stringers, webs, seat tracks, etc.) to aircraft
  • 10+ years of experience with aircraft sheet metal fabrication, maintenance and processes
  • Ability to access/enter a wing fuel tank opening
  • Ability to work in confined spaces for extended periods during shift
  • Ability to work variable shifts (i.e. scheduled and unscheduled overtime; weekends and holidays) to support mission requirements and workload
  • Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with Depot Level/Heavy Structures maintenance
  • Experience with aircraft maintenance and operations
  • Operate a forklift, mobile crane, and riding type electric powered elevating equipment to accomplish work assignment

Responsibilities

  • Perform close tolerance drilling, reaming, removal, and installation to critical support structures and fracture critical areas
  • Locate blind holes necessary for installation of new structural items to existing structure
  • Perform efforts associated with sealing, painting, shimming, and preserving structure in accordance with standard repair processes
  • Read and interpret engineering drawings, technical orders, process specification, and retrofit requirements to perform structural modifications and repairs
  • Use tooling assemblies and fixtures for depot level modification and repair of structural parts
  • Knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting/repair procedures and replacement of components
  • Knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modification and repair
  • Fabricate, construct, alter, repair and maintain tooling, dies, jigs, holding fixtures, assemblies, sub-assemblies and/or shop aids
  • Fabricate metals for use in development and modification of aircraft in accordance with DOD, manufacturer, company, supplier and other directives
  • Responsible for first level fabrication, maintenance, tool maintenance, repair, and storage of production tooling.
  • Read and interpret assembly drawings, parts drawings, specifications, job layouts, handbook formulas, templates, and other job information
  • Operate manual, power assisted and power operated machines
  • Form a series of non-parallel and parallel bends on parts and determine bend sequence
  • Fabricate and/or repair aircraft components such as, but not limited to, leading edges, flaps, rudders, fins, inner and outer skins, bench parts, chem. mill skins and cones
  • Perform work such as: scarfing, blanking, grooving, forming, bending, piercing, perforating, punching, flanging, tapers, and slotting including the forming of regular and irregular shapes and contours and straight and contour cuts
  • Setup, fabricate, align and hand form to specified tolerances
  • Perform work requiring operations from standard procedures because of variations in hardness or usage of metal

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings accounts
  • retirement savings plans
  • life and disability insurance programs
  • paid and unpaid time away from work
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