Assembly Mechanic - Quality Inspector

Boeing • Berkeley, MO

2d • $21 - $31 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) in Berkeley, Missouri, is hiring an Assembly Mechanic - Quality Inspector to support the Inspection Program. The role combines duties across several classifications, including Inspector Assembly, Sub-Assembly Precision, Mechanic Aircraft Production, Mechanic Electrical and Radio, Sheet Metal Assembler, and Riveter. It verifies routine product conformance to design requirements, provides objective evidence of results, conducts audits and surveillance, documents and controls non-conforming items, and supports product reviews with customers. The position identifies recurring or significant non-conformances and initiates corrective-action requests.

The selected candidate must be able to work any shift as assigned. This hourly position is governed by the IAM Collective Bargaining Agreement. New hires and certain transfers may be required to attend training and are subject to a 120-calendar-day probationary period, with continued employment contingent on successful completion. The position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required, and an interim and/or final Secret Clearance is required after starting. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. Relocation assistance is not negotiable for this position.

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, with an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance required after starting.

Nice To Haves

• Aircraft assembly experience.
• Quality Inspector experience.

Responsibilities

• Verify routine product conformance to design requirements and provide objective evidence of results.
• Perform auditing, surveillance, and monitoring; identify and document discrepancies; segregate and control non-conforming items; and perform preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance.
• Conduct product reviews with customers during product or process verification; identify repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiate corrective-action requests.
• Assemble precision assemblies and set up and operate ream fixtures to drill, ream, countersink, spot face, hone, and bore 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 out, 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 mock-ups.
• Bench-assemble electrical or electronic components and conductors into electrical units and systems before methods and procedures have been established.
• Cut, identify, strip, tin, solder, 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 assigned drilling, reaming, countersinking, dimpling, burring, fastening, filing, filling, fitting, aligning, trimming, shimming, and surface-defect-removal operations.
• Perform skilled assembly operations such as shimming, fitting, trimming, and aligning assemblies; realign or replace ribs, bulkheads, or stringers in skinned assemblies; establish structural reference lines from blueprints; locate blank-part holes from existing structures; and correct cans, buckles, wrinkles, and surface defects in outer skins.
• Perform Operation Verification Surveillances on technicians.
• Generate, coordinate, and complete NCR tags.

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.

What This Job Offers

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