Lead Sheet Metal Technician – Aviation, Sign-On Bonus

Textron Aviation; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Education assistance for programs

Flight training bonus program

Fertility and adoption assistance

Discounted childcare

Job summary

Textron Aviation in Orlando, FL is seeking a Lead Sheet Metal Technician on the 6th shift. You will fabricate, assemble, and repair precision sheet metal components for general aviation aircraft, using cutting, forming, drilling, riveting, and finishing processes.

You will interpret blueprints, lay out parts, drill, countersink, and rivet to exact specs while maintaining airworthiness and safety. This role requires attention to quality and the ability to obtain an airport security badge.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma, an equivalent certificate, or bronze level WorkKeys certification is required
• A minimum 2 years of diversified aviation sheet metal experience is required
• Working knowledge of aircraft structural repair manuals and FAA AC 43.13-1B
• Ability to identify corrosion types and perform approved corrosion removal procedures
• Experience applying and removing wash etch, alodine, and primer
• Ability to identify and work with aircraft rivets, bolts, screws, nuts, and washers

Responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints, drawings, and verbal instructions to plan scope, sequences, methods, and materials
• Lay out, alter, bend, and form sheet metal parts using approved techniques to achieve exact fit
• Prepare holes across various metals through accurate drilling, deburring, countersinking, and dimpling
• Install solid and blind rivets using rivet guns, squeeze tools, and specialty fasteners
• Remove rivets and sheet metal components as needed to support modifications, repairs, and final configuration requirements
• Execute work to airworthiness, safety, and reliability standards

Skills

Sheet metal fabrication

Blueprint interpretation

Precision workmanship

Aircraft safety standards

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bronze level WorkKeys certification

Tools

Rivet guns

Squeeze tools

Drills

Finishing tools

Job description

Textron Aviation in Orlando, FL is seeking a Lead Sheet Metal Technician on the 6th shift. You will fabricate, assemble, and repair precision sheet metal components for general aviation aircraft, using cutting, forming, drilling, riveting, and finishing processes.

You will interpret blueprints, lay out parts, drill, countersink, and rivet to exact specs while maintaining airworthiness and safety. This role requires attention to quality and the ability to obtain an airport security badge.