PBB Maintenance Repair Technician I - SLC Airport

Oshkosh AeroTech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment, and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling, and military customers. The company owns trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, JetAire®, JetPower®, AmpTekÔ, and Jetway®.

About the role

As a Maintenance Repair Technician I, you will maintain, troubleshoot, and repair Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) and related gate equipment. This role involves responding to routine equipment faults, outages, and service interruptions; performing preventive maintenance and standard corrective repairs; and assisting senior technicians with complex repairs.

Responsibilities

• Respond to passenger loading bridge and ancillary equipment faults, malfunctions, and outages.
• Use manuals, schematics, testing equipment, and supervisor guidance to diagnose issues, replace parts, and restore equipment operation.
• Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, troubleshooting, and standard mechanical/electrical repairs on passenger loading bridges, PCA systems, GPUs, and related gate equipment.
• Escalate complex failures, controls issues, repeat problems, safety concerns, or repairs requiring approval.
• Assist senior technicians with complex repairs, emergency maintenance, and escalated issues.
• Document work performed, equipment status, parts used, and repair activity in CMMS.
• Follow OEM procedures, lockout/tagout requirements, airport rules, company policies, PPE requirements, and all applicable safety/training requirements.
• Maintain tools, equipment, parts, and work areas in a clean and safe condition.
• Support 24/7 airport operations, including nights, weekends, holidays, emergency response, and work in ramp areas, tight spaces, and elevated areas as needed.

Requirements

• Valid Driver’s License.
• Ability to obtain and maintain necessary airport security clearances.
• Minimum 1 year of mechanical, electrical, industrial maintenance, airport equipment, or related experience; or demonstrated mechanical aptitude.
• Basic mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to read and follow technical instructions, work orders, repair manuals, basic schematics, and safety procedures.
• Ability to work variable schedules to support 24/7 airport operations, including day or night shifts, weekends, holidays, and on-call assignments as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred; equivalent mechanical, electrical, industrial maintenance, airport equipment, or related experience may be considered.
• Previous airport, aviation, industrial maintenance, field service, or facility maintenance experience.
• Familiarity with motors, sensors, control panels, PLCs, HMIs, mechanical drives, and electrical schematics.
• Experience using CMMS software.
• Basic computer skills, including word processing and spreadsheets.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401K retirement plan.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear. The employee must frequently climb, balance, work from ladders, and work in small or elevated spaces. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment is similar to airport operations with vehicular traffic, aircraft activity, and heavy equipment. The employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, elevated work areas, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, chemicals, cold, vibration, and loud noise. Work is performed on an airport ramp around aircraft and related airport equipment.