Blades Aircraft Technician A

Airbus•Grand Prairie, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Blades Aircraft Technician A to join our Blades Repair team based in Grand Prairie, TX. Your duties will consist of fully understanding the methods and procedures to perform the following functions: Incoming inspections, execute repair tasks and final completion procedures on Airbus Helicopters, Inc. Blade Components. Team members will be expected to ensure a quality product.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent experience.
Minimum four (4) years of experience with composite or fiberglass materials.
Authorized to Work in the US

Nice To Haves

A&P License
Some trade school
Candidate with aircraft blade repair experience.
FAA Airframe Certificate or equivalent

Responsibilities

Tear down, clean, inspect, repair, assemble and closeout components
Maintain a close working relationship with assigned lead regarding schedules, priorities, and availability of parts, supplies and tools.
Clear understanding of methods and procedures on incoming inspections.
Able to effectively utilize all hand tools needed to execute inspection and repairs.
Skilled on cleaning and stripping when required performing the repairs on blade components.
Able to prepare and perform repair techniques for return to service of piece parts.
Capable of assembly of finished products.
Skilled on closing out all final paper work and quality gates for QA creation of 8130-3.
Ensures completed work complies with customer specifications, FAA regulations, manufacturer’s applicable maintenance manuals, blueprints, RDAS, etc.
Maintain responsibility to ensure personal scrap levels are kept at a minimum.
Correctly identifies customers (internal and external) and understands their requirements proactively.
Looks through the eyes of the customers and goes the extra mile to serve them.
Enthusiastic to support others and achieve agreed levels of service.
Thinks business/customer interests rather than local/individual interest.
When aware of issues, speak up early and make them visible.
Sees challenges as opportunities for improvement.
Listens respectfully and shows appreciation when direction is given by a higher level team member.
Takes the necessary time to question the root causes.
Ensures own role and responsibilities are clear.
Takes relevant decisions at their own level and ownership for their implementation.
Sticks to commitments on time/cost/quality.
Announce as early as possible when commitments cannot be kept.
Knows, applies and promotes agreed standards
Reacts immediately when there is a deviation from the standard
Persists in the face of obstacles, tackles tasks through to successful completion.
Makes regular checks to be accurate and reviews own work, does not compromise safety or quality.
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

Competitive base salary
incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
retirement savings plan
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
Paid time off
personal time
holidays
generous paid parental leave program
Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans)
prescription
dental
vision
life
disability
Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”)
other supplemental benefit coverages
Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University
unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path
opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes
national and international mobility
flexible working arrangements