What are the responsibilities and job description for the AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES APPRENTICE position at Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services?
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid company holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
- Must be able to pass a basic mechanical aptitude test
- Previous work experience in a maintenance or skilled trade environment
- Previous experience using hand tools
- Previous experience interpreting diagrams and technical documentation or directions
- Prior “hands-on” experience in a heavy maintenance environment
- Demonstrates structural repair skills through satisfactory completion of the Structures Assessment project
- Demonstrates fine motor skills, manual dexterity and attention to detail.
- Demonstrates problem solving and creative thinking skills
- Demonstrates reliability and dependability in completion of formal classroom training modules
- Demonstrates ability to follow written and verbal directions, to interpret diagrams and to correct errors.
- Demonstrates desire to learn trade of Aircraft Structures repair
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to practice safe work procedures
- Demonstrates ability to precisely manipulate hand tools in a variety of situations
- Basic computer proficiency accessing digital manuals, training material, regulations, etc…
- Successful completion of AIRBORNE 12 week formal Aircraft Structures Trainee classroom program
- Perform aircraft structures maintenance, repair, and/or modification on customer aircraft in accordance with applicable technical data, customer maintenance program requirements, within estimated or budgeted hours and within FAA and customers standards of quality.
- Read and interpret blueprints, structural repair manuals, illustrated parts catalogs, service bulletins, and engineering orders to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged structural components.
- Document all maintenance in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with AIRBORNE, customer and FAA guidelines.
- Responsible for completing and attaching parts tags to removed repairable, serviceable, or condemned parts IAW with customer and/or repair station guidelines.
- Use and safely operate all required powered and non-powered ground support equipment.
- Promote a culture of safety by monitoring self and others to assure all duties are performed within established safety guidelines.