Assembly Mechanic - Quality Inspector

Boeing • Berkeley, MO

8h

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) in Berkeley, Missouri, is hiring an Assembly Mechanic - Quality Inspector to support the Inspection Program. The Assembly Mechanic classification encompasses duties associated with Inspector Assembly, Sub-Assembly Precision, Mechanic Aircraft Production, Mechanic Electrical and Radio, Sheet Metal Assembler, and Riveter. The role verifies routine product conformance to design requirements, provides objective evidence of results, performs auditing, surveillance, and monitoring, identifies and documents discrepancies, and segregates and controls non-conforming items. It also involves preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance, product reviews with customers during product or process verification, and identifying repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiating corrective-action requests.

The position performs a broad range of aircraft and spacecraft assembly, electrical installation, inspection, and quality-verification work. Duties may include assembling precision and structural parts, operating drilling and shot-peening equipment, installing and checking aircraft systems and wire bundles, troubleshooting electrical and electronic systems, and performing assembly operations using blueprints, jigs, and fixtures. The selected candidate must be able to work any shift as assigned. This is an hourly position governed by the IAM Collective Bargaining Agreement. New hires and certain transferring employees may be required to attend training; applicable employees serve a 120-calendar-day probationary period, and continued employment depends on successful completion. The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance after starting, for which U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

• More than 1 year of assembly experience.
• More than 1 year of experience with sheet-metal assemblies, drilling, countersinking, riveting, and fastener installation.
• Ability to work any shift, as assigned.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required, and an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting.

Nice To Haves

• Aircraft assembly experience.
• Quality Inspector experience.

Responsibilities

• Assemble precision assemblies and set up and operate ream fixtures to drill, ream, countersink, spot face, hone, and bore components for mating major assemblies.
• Set up and operate shot-peen equipment and accessories to stress-relieve assemblies as required.
• Assemble production aircraft and spacecraft parts and install aircraft, support, or power-plant equipment.
• Install, operationally check, adjust, rig, and pressure-check systems.
• Perform bench and assembly-line operational checkout, troubleshooting, repair, and adjustment of electrical and electronic systems, including lighting circuits, power-plant systems, wing-fold circuits, missile-launch racks, aircraft instrumentation, flight-test instrumentation, fire-wiring systems, and fuel systems.
• Assemble, install, check physical characteristics of, and modify wire bundles for aircraft or aircraft mockups.
• Bench-assemble electrical or electronic components and conductors into units and systems before methods and procedures have been established.
• Cut, identify, strip, tin, and solder wire; attach components; and pot wire in preparation for assembly.
• Tie, seal, and pack assembled bundles and units.
• Install wire bundles and other electrical and electronic components in aircraft, power plants, or ground-support equipment.
• Assemble aircraft or spacecraft structures and support-equipment structures, with or without jigs and fixtures, using operations such as drilling, reaming, countersinking, dimpling, burring, fastening, filing, filling, fitting, aligning, trimming, shimming, and surface-defect removal.
• Perform skilled assembly operations including shimming, fitting, trimming, and aligning; realign or replace ribs, bulkheads, or stringers in skinned assemblies; establish reference lines from blueprints; locate holes on blank parts against existing structure; and correct cans, buckles, wrinkles, and surface defects in outer skins.
• Perform Operation Verification Surveillances on technicians.
• Generate, coordinate, and complete NCR tags.
• Verify routine product conformance to design requirements and provide objective evidence of results.
• Perform audits, surveillance, and monitoring; identify and document discrepancies; and segregate and control non-conforming items.
• Conduct preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance and product reviews with customers during product or process verification.
• Identify repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiate requests for corrective action.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation assistance is not available as a negotiable benefit for this position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed