Blades Aircraft Technician A

Airbus Americas; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Profit sharing

ESOP

Paid time off

Health insurance

Career development

Job summary

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. in Grand Prairie, TX is seeking a Blades Aircraft Technician A to join our Blade Repair team. You will perform teardown, inspection, repair, and assembly of blade components and ensure FAA-compliant quality and documentation.

A strong focus on safety, precision, and collaboration with the lead technician is required. Preferred candidates have 4+ years of experience with composites or fiberglass, and an A&P license or trade-school background.

Qualifications

• Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent experience.
• Preferred: A&P License.
• Preferred: Some trade school.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience with composite or fiberglass materials.

Responsibilities

• Tear down, clean, inspect, repair, assemble and closeout components.
• Maintain close relationship with assigned lead regarding schedules, priorities, and availability of parts, supplies and tools.
• Clear understanding of methods and procedures on incoming inspections.
• Able to effectively utilize all hand tools needed to execute inspection and repairs.
• Skilled on cleaning and stripping when required performing the repairs on blade components.
• Capable of assembly of finished products.
• Close out all final paperwork and QA documentation (8130-3).
• Ensure work complies with customer specifications, FAA regulations, and manuals.

Skills

Composites experience

Attention to detail

Safety consciousness

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

A&P License

Some trade school

Job description

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Job Description

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Blades Aircraft Technician A to join our Blades Repair team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Your duties will consist of fully understanding the methods and procedures to perform the following functions:

• Incoming inspections
• Execute repair tasks and final completion procedures on Airbus Helicopters, Inc. Blade Components

Team members will be expected to ensure a quality product.

Meet the Team

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your Working Environment

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home; you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

How We Care for You

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your Challenges

Primary Responsibilities

Technical: Tear Down, Clean, Inspect, Repair, Assemble and Closeout Components: 80%

• Tear down, clean, inspect, repair, assemble and closeout components
• Maintain a close working relationship with assigned lead regarding schedules, priorities, and availability of parts, supplies and tools
• Clear understanding of methods and procedures on incoming inspections
• Able to effectively utilize all hand tools needed to execute inspection and repairs
• Skilled on cleaning and stripping when required performing the repairs on blade components
• Able to prepare and perform repair techniques for return to service of piece parts
• Capable of assembly of finished products
• Skilled on closing out all final paperwork and quality gates for QA creation of 8130-3
• Ensures completed work complies with customer specifications, FAA regulations, manufacturer’s applicable maintenance manuals, blueprints, RDAS, etc.
• Maintain responsibility to ensure personal scrap levels are kept at a minimum

Customer Interface: 5%

• Correctly identifies customers (internal and external) and understands their requirements proactively
• Looks through the eyes of the customers and goes the extra mile to serve them
• Enthusiastic to support others and achieve agreed levels of service
• Thinks business/customer interests rather than local/individual interest

Logistics: 5%

• When aware of issues, speak up early and make them visible
• Sees challenges as opportunities for improvement
• Listens respectfully and shows appreciation when direction is given by a higher level team member
• Takes the necessary time to question the root causes

Accountability: 5%

• Ensures own role and responsibilities are clear
• Takes relevant decisions at their own level and ownership for their implementation
• Sticks to commitments on time/cost/quality
• Announce as early as possible when commitments cannot be kept

Objectives: 5%

• Knows, applies and promotes agreed standards
• Reacts immediately when there is a deviation from the standard
• Persists in the face of obstacles, tackles tasks through to successful completion
• Makes regular checks to be accurate and reviews own work, does not compromise safety or quality

Additional Responsibilities

Other duties as assigned:

Your Boarding Pass

Education

Required:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent experience

Preferred:

• A&P License
• Some trade school

Experience

Required:

• Minimum four (4) years of experience with composite or fiberglass materials

Preferred:

• Candidate with aircraft blade repair experience

Licensure/Certifications

Required:

• None

Preferred:

• FAA Airframe Certificate or equivalent

Travel Required

• Less than 10% Domestic and International

Citizenship

• Authorized to Work in the US

Clearance

• None

Physical Requirements

• Onsite or remote: 90% Onsite
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Daily
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/23kgs. Daily
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/23kgs. Daily
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Daily
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Possible once or twice a year
• Walking (including routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

NOTE: Airbus Helicopters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.