APU Analytical Technician

TAT Technologies Ltd•Greensboro, NC

4h•Onsite

About The Position

TAT Technologies (“TAT”) is a fast-growing, profitable provider of aerospace thermal management, power and actuation products, and repair services. Established in 1969, TAT serves as a global partner to leading aerospace companies, delivering innovative solutions across commercial, defense, OEM, and MRO markets. With employees and operations in the U.S. and Israel, TAT is recognized for its flexibility, technical expertise, and commitment to customer success. TAT Technologies' Greensboro site serves as the company's Center of Excellence for Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) and landing gear MRO services, as well as aircraft component leasing solutions. Supporting commercial and military aircraft operators worldwide, the site provides integrated maintenance and asset management solutions that maximize fleet availability, reduce downtime, and improve operational performance. TAT Technologies is looking for qualified APU Analytical Technician. APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) is a turbine engine utilized on the aircraft to provide electrical and pneumatic power during periods when the main engines are not running.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED minimum.
Basic knowledge of mechanical and metal work required.
High level of integrity, confidentiality and discretion.
Read and adhere to verbal and written instructions.
Make complex decisions and work with deadlines while understanding pressure.
Work with people and communicate (both oral and written communication) with other personnel and management effectively.

Nice To Haves

Technical school courses in auto or diesel mechanics or machinist classes preferred.
FAA Airframe and/or Power Plant license or equivalent certification not required.
Computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Quantum preferred.

Responsibilities

Primarily responsible for the analytical inspection, repair schemes, tagging, entering parts and components into inventory, opening sub-work orders and travelers related to LRUs, components, parts and tools.
Secondarily responsible for the un-boxing and boxing, painting, preliminary inspections, disassembly, cleaning, and locating parts related to LRUs, components, parts and tools.
Responsible for maintaining equipment related to the department.
Read and comply with work instructions.
Write technical and accurate reports as needed.
Work independently of others, as well as teams, while completing task on time.
Accurately complete work orders, BOMs, data inputs within ERP system.
Read and understand Commercial, FAA, EASA, Repair Station, and ISO documentations.
Have proper tools to accomplish task.
Understand and practice safety while being efficient and productive.
Immediately report to any supervisor any safety, quality or un-ethical actions or conditions they perceive to exist for immediate evaluation and resolution.
Perform other duties as assigned by any supervisor.
One on one disassembly training, preliminary training and borescope training
FARO Arm usage and training others.
Train how to read a schematic and how it relates to measurements, location on part and position of part.
Inspector training (knowledge and instructing other):
Read work packets, work orders and preliminary/hidden damage reports
Interpret work scope and service orders
Use/find manuals, forms, shop reports, e-mail and help desk on intranet
Interpret IRM, IPC, CMM and MM
Interpret repairs and inspection level (CT, CTI, ZTI)
Interpret logbook ie what information is in one, how to use it and proper format of logbook (LLP, TSN, CSN)
Use/read and interpret service bulletins (what information is in one, where it is and how to use it)
Interpret ETOPS requirements and identify action to comply with ETOPS
Interpret AD’s, verify APU has complied with all AD’s
Understand ITAR requirements
Process part-out APUs to prepare parts for certification per the IRM
Process repairable parts that are going out for OP Repair
Process bearing inspections and Customer certifications
Process parts that require NDT per the IRM. Evaluation of findings
Process parts being sent to machine shop, paint, weld and plating
Process “Stand Alone Work Orders”
Process Part-out work orders
Process LRU’s for routing/sent out
Develop “conclusions and analysis” report
Analyze part for damage and determine cause
Position parts on tables after inspection with no metal to metal contact
Interpret repairs in the IRM. Ability to make minor repair at bench
Take pictures and process them (upload, transfer and install in shop report)
Clean parts correctly per the CMM
Inspect several models of APU’s
Determine if a part is repairable or scrap per the IRM
Properly process FedEx client. (CSI, POSH, Discrepancy logs, ETOPS, EO, HM, FM, Bench Check/test, and Continue Time maintenance