Maintenance Technician

This opening is with Howmet Aerospace – a world leader in investment casting of super-alloys, aluminum, and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine markets. For more information about Howmet Aerospace, visit us online at www.howmet.com .

Howmet has challenging opportunities for individuals who are excited to engage with us in growing our business. Join us where you will be part of a dedicated team to manufacture high tech products, safely, accurately, and efficiently, you will perform a variety of hands-on operations in accordance with standardized processes within customer specifications.

Job Summary

Devises, selects, sets up, and operate electronic instrumentation and related electromechanical or electrohydraulic apparatus used for operation and environmental testing of mechanical, structural, or electrical equipment, and translates test data for engineering personnel by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities but not limited to:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to follow all Howmet's safety regulations, work rules and all departmental specific requirements.

• Ability to read and follow the information on work instructions.
• Record data either manually or by computer as required.
• Selects, installs, calibrates, and checks sensing, telemetering, and recording instrumentation and circuitry, and develops specifications for nonstandard apparatus according to engineering data, characteristic of equipment under test, and capabilities of procurable test apparatus.
• Troubleshoots control logic through PLC interface using software to isolate and repair fault conditions.
• Installs or directs technical personnel in installation of unit in test chamber or other test facility.
• Operates test apparatus during test cycle to produce, regulate, and record effects of actual or simulated conditions such as vibration, stress, temperature, humidity, pressure, altitude, and acceleration.
• Analyzes and converts test data to usable form and prepares graphs and written reports to translate test results. Plans test program.
• Uses computerized equipment and software to perform testing functions and produce graphs.
• Must comply with all company attendance policies and guidelines; this includes, but is not limited to, regular attendance and occasional overtime.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid occlusions. Interprets an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.