Sheetmetal Mechanic

Tyonek Native Corporation•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The Sheetmetal Mechanic performs a full range of aircraft sheet-metal duties, including disassembling, modifying, repairing, and reassembling complex aircraft metal structures and systems. Work may involve bulkheads, airframes, spars, air scoops, flaps, wings, pylons, sponsons, fuselages, skins, ribs, gussets, and internal and external fuel tanks. The mechanic evaluates structural damage, develops patterns, and fabricates, installs, replaces, patches, and repairs components made from metals and other materials, including stainless steel, copper, magnesium, aluminum, high-strength steel, titanium, alloys, fiberglass, and honeycomb/composite skins. The position involves forming materials into complex shapes and using varied assembly joints and fastening methods, including riveting, welding, soldering, bolting, screwing, seaming, tacking, and spot welding. The mechanic must interpret blueprints and U.S. military aviation maintenance criteria and specifications, and use precision measuring instruments, sheet-metal tools, and pneumatic and power riveting tools. Up to 25% travel may be required. The position requires U.S. citizenship and passing a National Agency background check, which may include criminal-history and credit checks for access to government facilities. The employer conducts post-offer, pre-employment substance-abuse testing and maintains a drug-free workplace.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must be able to read and interpret blueprints.
Must be familiar with U.S. Military aviation maintenance criteria and specifications.
Must be able to manufacture, fabricate, develop, install, and repair items made from materials including high-strength steel, titanium, aluminum, alloys, fiberglass, and honeycomb/composite skins.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be able to pass a National Agency background check, which could include criminal-history and credit checks for access to government facilities.
Must be able to meet the listed physical requirements, including walking and standing on level or inclined surfaces; climbing stairs, ramps, ladders, and work stands; crouching, crawling, grasping, handling objects, using finger dexterity, bending, and reaching; and potentially lifting up to 50 pounds.
Must be able to perform visual and auditory tasks, including reading dials and gauges, identifying small objects and hand tools, seeing imperfections and small-scale readings, communicating by voice, detecting sounds, distinguishing color, and judging three-dimensional depth.
May be required to operate power vehicles, machinery, hand tools, ground support equipment, forklifts, and APUs.
Must complete post-offer, pre-employment substance-abuse testing.

Nice To Haves

A&P license is a plus but is not required.
Experience in military fixed-wing and/or rotor communities, including F/A-18, P-8, F-5, T-6, T-44, or H-60 variants, or civilian heavy-structures sheet-metal and fastener removal/replacement work.
Five years of relevant experience in heavy structures or a military aviation background is preferred.
Military installation depot-level maintenance experience and/or experience at an equivalent major MRO facility is preferred.

Responsibilities

Disassemble, modify, repair, and reassemble complex aircraft metal items and systems.
Analyze and evaluate structural damage to metal systems and items.
Develop patterns using parallel- and radial-line development.
Fabricate, install, and repair aircraft items and systems made from a variety of metals and other materials.
Replace sections and patch existing systems.
Cut, bend, shape, and form metals into items with irregular angles, planes, curves, pitches, and circumferences.
Use a variety of assembly joints and fastening systems, including riveted or welded joints.
Drill or punch holes.
Assemble or repair items by seaming, soldering, bolting, screwing, riveting, tacking, and spot welding.
Use precision measuring instruments, including calipers, protractors, snap-ring, height, depth, dial, and screw-pitch gauges, squares, rulers, trammel points, and sine bars.
Perform other duties as assigned.