Senior Aircraft Structures Technician

AAA-USA Inc; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AAA-USA Inc. is seeking skilled aerospace technicians for a Rapid Response Team in Wichita, KS. The role involves urgent structural assembly and repairs on aircraft systems, requiring over 10 years of experience in heavy structures and skin work. Competitive travel assistance and accommodation are provided for successful candidates.

Benefits

Paid Travel and lodging assistance

PTO

Paid Holidays

Health Benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in aerospace assembly.
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform structural repairs.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and make major assembly structures such as fuselage panels and bulkheads.
• Ensure compliance with engineering specifications while performing repairs.
• Perform routine minor machine maintenance.

Skills

Heavy structure work

Skin change work

Job description

Must be willing to travel/temporarily relocate to Wichita, KS

What we offer:

• Paid Travel and lodging assistance available
• Long and Short-Term Contracts
• Immediate placement
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Health Benefit

Position Summary:

AAA United States, Inc. has partnered with a company in Wichita, Kansas that is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets. With expertise in aluminum and advanced composite manufacturing solutions, the company’s core products include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, pylons, and nacelles.

The Rapid Response Team is responsible for responding quickly and efficiently to urgent issues, challenges, or emergencies related to aircraft or aerospace systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of operations to assemble and make major assembly structures such as fuselage panels and bulkheads, and structural subassemblies to engineering.
• Typically performs rework created by other shops
• Typically, does not perform bar line / standard in-process work
• Stabilize / balance jack system and cradles before starting skin change
• Remove and replace skins and major MRB that cannot be accepted to engineering drawings outside of normal shop environment
• Convert detail skin / structure into engineering configuration through the match drilling process
• Troubleshoot all major structural repairs per engineering and remove / replace all necessary parts to bring airplane back into compliance.
• Assemble, install, seal, rig, inspect, and complete precision and other structural and system components, working from drawings, documents, process specifications, quality control requirements, and established processes and procedures. Functional test and correct, fit form and function of assemblies and components.
• Obtain required information from prints, charts, sketches, work instructions, documents, verbal and electronic information.
• Use shop mathematics and precision measuring and or test instruments to complete work assignments and functional test assemblies and components.
• Utilize tooling in the assembly of components into sub-assemblies or end items.
• Verify work performed is per work instructions and meets process and/or engineering specification. Identify discrepancies found per applicable procedure.
• Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.
• Perform routine minor machine maintenance as part of their daily work duties (e.g., where applicable, replacing machine filters, changing standard light bulbs on machines and equipment, maintaining lubrication/coolant levels, etc. as related to basic Total Preventative Maintenance duties).

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience (A&P license is not a requirement)
• Heavy structure and skin change work required.