Conventional Machinist - Aircraft Component Repair Technician Senior
About The Position
Working with a high degree of independence, provide leadership and technical guidance while performing the repair and overhaul of internal and external aircraft assemblies, subassemblies and components in accordance with GAC Repair Station requirements. This role involves mastery of advanced skills, procedures, techniques, tools, materials and/or equipment appropriate to the area of specialization. Duties and tasks reflect substantial variety and complexity. The technician will perform, instruct, and oversee the repair of mechanical and electrical assemblies and subassemblies through removals, repair or replacement of defective parts and/or fabrication of replacement parts, and installations in accordance with blueprints, component maintenance manuals, vendor documents, verbal instructions, engineering dispositions, and other authorized maintenance data. All activities must be in accordance with Repair Station requirements, ensuring all parts and assemblies meet conformance. The role also includes setting up and operating necessary test equipment to perform functional and operational tests of mechanical and electrical aircraft components for return to service or for initial certification for new products. Inspecting all detail parts using blueprints, component and/or overhaul manuals and other required maintenance data to ensure conformity requirements are met. Removing skins and related components on flight controls and secondary structure components, locating and installing/reinstalling parts. Demonstrating mastery of repair techniques and concepts using acceptable practices including troubleshooting, soldering and application of protective coatings. Demonstrating expertise in the use, maintenance, and calibration requirements of precision measuring and inspection tools. Maintaining and utilizing all required paperwork in accordance with FAA Repair Station requirements. Mastery of shop material and component flow through via work orders in accordance with Repair Station requirements. Complying with all company and legislative environmental health and safety regulations.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- 7 years machining minimum exp.
- Under Minimum supervision, perform planning, layout, setup, and operation of various conventional machines.
- Must be able to apply shop mathematics including trigonometry functions.
- Must have experience operating conventional machinery including drills, grinders, milling machines and lathes
- Basic PC skills.
- Must be able to read and interpret blue prints, sketches and tool designs.
- Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Able to read & interpret blueprints, eng docs, CMP data, CBs and ASCs.
- Proficient in operation of all tools & equip in dept.
- Basic understanding of shop math.
- 6 years experience in one of the following or related exp: Sheetmetal and/or hydraulic overhaul. Avionics/elect compo repair, accredited schooling in electronics and elec sys may offset some exp reqmts. APU removal, install, and service.
- This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Nice To Haves
- Machining Technology (vocational) is a plus.
- A&P license, FCC license, or NCATT cert preferred.
Responsibilities
- Sets up machines to perform operations, computes angular dimensions where required, locates and lays out reference lines, center points, and lines.
- Plans the sequence of operations to be performed.
- Determines the proper cutting tools required to perform machining task.
- Selects the proper speed and feeds for conditions.
- Performs complex machining tasks.
- Checks own work for conformance to specifications using precision measuring equipment.
- Maintains a clean and safe working environment.
- Assist and trains junior level machinist.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Mastery of advanced skills, procedures, techniques, tools, materials and/or equipment, as appropriate to area of specialization.
- Duties and tasks reflect substantial variety and complexity.
- Showing superior technical skill and competence, perform, instruct, and oversee repair of mech and elect assemblies and subassemblies through removals, repair or replacement of defective parts and/or fabrication of replacement parts, and installations in accordance with blueprints, component maintenance manuals, vendor documents, verbal instructions, eng dispositions, and other authorized maintenance data.
- All activities to be in accordance with Repair Station requirements ensuring all parts and assemblies meet conformance.
- Set up and operate necessary test equipment in accordance with required. doc to perform functional and operational tests of mech and elect acft components for return to service or for initial cert for new products.
- Inspect all detail parts using blueprints, component and/or overhaul manuals and other required. maintenance data to ensure conformity requirements are met.
- Showing superior tech skill, remove skins and related components on flight controls and secondary structure components, locate and install/reinstall parts.
- Demonstrate mastery of repair techniques and concepts using acceptable practices including troubleshooting, soldering and application of protective coatings.
- Demonstrate expertise in use, maintenance, and calibration requirements of precision measuring and inspect tools.
- Maintain and utilize all required. paperwork in accordance with FAA Repair Station requirements.
- Mastery of shop material and component flow through via work orders in accordance with Repair Station requirements.
- Comply with all company and legislative environmental health and safety regs.
- Lay-out, remove, fabricate and/or install major and minor repairs to flight controls and other secondary structure components using honeycomb core sandwich construction techniques, composite repair techniques, test bench procedures, hydraulic press procedures, and servicing carts.
- Fabricate and repair sheetmetal and associated mech parts, components and/or equipment by rolling, shrinking, stretching, braking, riveting or other mech means.
- Remove & install APUs and perform all required. APU maintenance for ALL GAC acft models.
- Provide tech support to Customer Support Coordinators and Tech Services.
- Perform complex troublehshooting and subsequent repairs to electronic assemblies and subassemblies by removing and replacing circuit components, either through hole or surface mount, using acceptable soldering and circuit repair techniques.
- Fabricate and repair wiring and electrical assemblies and harnesses utilizing acceptable repair and fabrication processes including splicing, soldering, and pinning of wires.
- Perform, in conjunction with QC Reps, mass weight and balance on repaired flight controls using blueprints and required. FAA Repair Station forms.
- Assist with training Acft Component Repair Techs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
