Conversion Mechanic

Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC; Oshkosh, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

First Shift

No weekend work

4-day or 5-day workweek option

Job summary

Basler Turbo Conversions LLC is hiring a Conversion Mechanic in Oshkosh, WI. You will plan, lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and repair aircraft sheet metal parts according to blueprints and specifications.

Responsibilities include reading drawings, operating fabricating machines, and ensuring compliance with FAA and company standards. Preference for A&P certificants and prior aviation-mfg experience is noted.

Qualifications

• Experience reading mechanical drawings and blueprints.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to handle hand/power tools.
• Sheet metal tooling, equipment, materials and processes knowledge desired.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and repair aircraft sheet metal parts.
• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, or specifications for fabrication and installation.
• Operate fabricating machines to cut, bend, form, and finish materials.

Skills

Reading blueprints

Mechanical aptitude

Sheet metal fabrication

Hand & power tools

Education

A&P certificate

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Drill presses

Rivet presses

Job description

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Conversion Mechanic

Oshkosh, WI, US

Company Overview

Basler Turbo Conversions LLC specializes in converting and modernizing Douglas DC-3 aircraft into BT-67 turboprop aircraft, extending their lifespan and enhancing performance for diverse applications such as cargo transport, military operations, and scientific research. The company generates revenue by providing these customized aircraft conversions, maintenance, and support services to clients worldwide, including governments, private operators, and organizations. Established in 1990 and headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Basler is recognized for its expertise in aviation engineering and its role in preserving and upgrading one of the most iconic aircraft designs in history.

Basler Turbo employees benefit from a total rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits plans, wellness programs, paid leave.

Join Our Team!

• Enjoy comprehensive benefits plans
• First Shift
• No weekend work
• Experience a 4-day workweek (Monday through Thursday) or a 5-day workweek (Monday through Friday)

Responsibilities

• Plan, lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and repair aircraft sheet metal parts.
• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, or product specifications to determine sequence and methods of fabricating, assembling, and installing sheet metal products.
• Lay out and mark dimensions and reference lines on material to develop and trace patterns of product or parts, or uses templates.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as shears, brakes, presses, forming rolls, and routers, to cut, bend, block and form, or straighten materials.
• Shape metal material over anvil, block, or other form.
• Trim, file, grind, de-burr, buff, and smooth surfaces.
• Comply with 14 CFR (as applicable), manufacturer’s specifications, company policies, and procedures, as well as other methods accepted by the FAA, when accomplishing maintenance.
• Maintain the maintenance work area in a clean and orderly condition.
• Perform a variety of tasks ranging from repetitive to non-repetitive production assembly operations on aircraft structural assemblies and sub-assemblies such as wings, stabilizers, and flight controls.
• Work with or without established blueprints to fabricate, drill, dimple, file, grind, trim, countersink and install aircraft structural assemblies and sub-assemblies.
• Use of hand and/or power tools, jigs, and saws.
• May disassemble, modify, rework, re-assemble, complex structures and systems.
• Work with composites if interested.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Previous experience manufacturing simple to complex mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies.
• Experience using hand tools, power tools, and machinery such as drill presses, rivet and hardware presses.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings.
• Must have strong mechanical aptitude.
• Well rounded knowledge of sheet metal tooling, equipment, materials, and processes, strongly preferred.
• A drive for process improvement and learning our aircraft and systems.

Preferred

• General aviation experience performing annual inspections and maintenance.
• Experience working with composites and fabric flight controls.
• A&P certificate

Basler Turbo Conversions LLC. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Aff…

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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