Intermediate Maintenance Aircraft Structural Mechanic II

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs tasks in accordance with instructions, applicable technical data, manuals, and directives.
• Selects and works with aircraft structural repair materials such as metals, fasteners, and common hardware.
• Removes, reinstalls, repairs, fabricates, or replaces defective parts on all components.
• Ensures that all aircraft parts/components received for repair are properly documented by a valid repair order, ensuring repaired, serviceable, or unserviceable parts are properly tagged/identified, turned in, and/or disposed of as required.
• Manufactures aircraft structural parts, components, and assemblies using identical parts, drawings and templates in accordance with recommended procedures and/or verbal instruction.
• Evaluates components and documents any discrepancies to identify methods of repair and/or replacement.
• Identifies and orders necessary parts, materials, and tooling requirements.
• Performs structural repair maintenance on related maintenance support equipment such as maintenance stands and GSE equipment.
• Complies with and follows established standards of workmanship, safety, quality, and production.
• Uses technical data, maintenance instructions, MRC's, drawings, sketches, and other related maintenance manuals as required in conjunction with and as related to aircraft structural maintenance.
• Works with and repairs plastic components, and performs fiberglass repair.
• Fabricates aircraft (metal) tube assemblies as required.
• Uses, inspects, and maintains common metalworking tools and equipment.
• Performs aircraft preservation/depreservation as required.
• Assists in performing weight and balance as required.
• May be required to perform collateral duty inspection assignments.
• Completes and/or assists in the completion of applicable maintenance forms as required.
• Operates ground support equipment as required.
• Required to be an Aircraft Handler and brake rider certified.
• May be required to be Plane Captain certified and perform pre-flight/post-flight/turnaround/daily inspections and servicing when required.
• Performs aircraft jacking and hoisting operations as required.
• Identifies and treats corrosion.
• Utilizes manufacturers' maintenance manuals, service bulletins, Maintenance Engineering Directives, Maintenance Requirement Cards, Technical Directives, schematics, drawings, blueprints, charts, and other applicable data/publications to replace, repair, test, modify, and rebuild aircraft components.
• May be required to be NDI qualified/certified for magnetic particle, dye penetrate, or eddy current inspection operations.
• Complies with Foreign Object Damage (FOD), Hazardous Waste, and Tool Control Programs.
• Complies with all established general and industrial safety rules and regulations as applicable to the contract, facilities, and job assignment.
• Provides technical assistance, guidance, and instruction as required for the training of personnel in the same or lesser grade classifications.
• Ensures compliance with all established general and industrial safety rules and regulations, such as applicable to the contract, site, and work center.

Qualifications

• Satisfactory completion of U. S. Armed Forces aircraft structural repair courses or equivalent.
• F.A.A. Airframe license preferred but not required.
• Graduation from high school or GED required.
• Must be able to meet any government/company licensing/qualification requirements for the position.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an aircraft structural mechanic.
• Familiarity with aircraft systems, tools, drawings, schematics, and normal safety requirements.
• Experience in corrosion detection, treatment, and prevention.