Gas Turbine Mechanic

Caterpillar•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Perform assembly, disassembly, rework, and repair across product lines, including engines, sub-assemblies, accessory units, and driven equipment. Work with engineers to develop processes using shop-floor information systems, operation instruction sheets, assembly drawings, bills of material, photographs, and written or oral instructions. Provide product support and technical assistance using working knowledge of turbomachinery. Support development builds, test-cell operations, instrumentation installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of shop tools and equipment. Perform duties of a Production Gas Turbine Mechanic and engine mechanic as required. Must be willing to work any shift. A resume must be included with the application. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Three years of mechanical experience.
Experience with precision measuring devices, such as multimeters, dial calipers, and depth mics.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints and drawings.
Experience with forklifts, overhead cranes, and rigging.
Mechanical aptitude.
Willingness to work any shift.
Include a resume with the application.

Nice To Haves

Three years of turbine-engine mechanical experience.
Thermocouple wiring and termination experience.
Experience with proximeters, bolt heaters, hydraulic stretch tooling, pullers, torches, spot tackers, and build-stand elevators.
Military gas turbine or aviation experience.
A&P license.

Responsibilities

Assemble, disassemble, rework, and repair engines, sub-assemblies, accessory units, and driven equipment.
Build, rebuild, fix, or modify sub-assemblies in the engine build area.
Use turbomachinery knowledge to support special projects, adapt or modify processes, and create shop aids.
Provide product support and technical assistance to internal and external customers.
During tear-down, preserve, identify, and document evidence related to engine or assembly failures or nonfunctioning tests.
Follow unique engineering instructions for assembly, disassembly, and measurement taking.
Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Design Engineering on new-product build processes.
Troubleshoot build stoppages and develop solutions through process improvements, shop aids, and development-part modifications.
Install, route, and terminate instrumentation, adjusting the build process for engine-specific instrumentation as needed.
Use electronics knowledge for installation and troubleshooting as required.
Use knowledge of company dynos and assemble, disassemble, repair, and rework dynos used for test operations.
Balance rotors.
Support test-cell operations, including installation and in-situ modifications to development engines as needed.
Perform partial tear-downs and part swaps without removing the engine from the test cell.
Perform routine maintenance on shop tools and equipment.
Operate tools and equipment including precision measuring instruments, multimeters, proximeters, bolt heaters, hydraulic stretch tooling, pullers, torches, spot tackers, forklifts, tugs, build-stand elevators, borescopes, balancing machines, specialized induction heaters, arbor presses, and overhead cranes.
Perform the duties of a Production Gas Turbine Mechanic and engine mechanic as required.