APG Production Lead

About the role

Standard Job Description Makes work assignments for assigned personnel to accomplish scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on aircraft and components, primarily F-16. Responsible for aircraft work document reviews for accuracy and completeness, prior to final submission to quality. Provides technical assistance and direction to assigned personnel using technical data and drawings. Coordinate cross functional logistics requirements to acquire material and parts to complete assigned work. Executes hands-on maintenance or modification work as required to meet quality, cost, and schedule commitments. Works directly with Liaison Engineering and Planning to document and resolve technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Provides status of work documents and work accomplished in their work area.
• Interfaces with multiple functional organizations to resolve issues or constraints in the aircraft assembly/production environment.
• Status, communicates, and supports production goals and objectives of the day/week.
• Affirm skill and complexity of tasks, issue work assignments, establish nominal expectations of tasks by obtaining personal contracts for each task period of performance with each of the employees.
• Instill product disciplines to align with Production imperatives of Safety, Quality, Schedule & Cost which include but not limited too; fall protection, critical moves and crane lifts, use & disposal of hazardous materials, adherence and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), material handling and storage of staged and work-in-process (WIP) parts, chemical control and labeling, clean as you go, housekeeping and Tool & FOD control.
• Supports corrective action investigations, root cause analysis, advises on and implements innovations and process improvements, as well as maintains 6S/lean processes for their area of responsibility.
• Supports collateral duty quality inspector and on-the-job trainer for all work performed by their assigned crew.
• Requires working knowledge and skills in hydraulic system installations including pressure application and test. Lead must be skilled in avionics operation and electrical harness fabrication and routing.

Requirements

No Clearance is required to start. Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years experience relative to aircraft Manufacturing, Maintenance, Modification, Repair, & Overhaul, Military Aviation, Commercial Aviation Experience leading teams performing operational checks and troubleshooting testing.
• Experience training peers/leading personnel and teams that performed install/removal and maintenance.

Skills

• F-16 Hydraulic PermaSwage experience highly desirable.
• FAA Airframe and/or Powerplant License.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Excellent Written and Verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead a team to meet critical schedules and resolve technical issues.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications with ability apply their intent.
• Ability to understand aircraft work instructions.
• Champion of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) control measures.

Benefits

• Pay Information: Pay rate for this position is $32.64 - $58.89 per hour.
• Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules, 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position.
• (Washington state applicants only): Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.