MRO Aircraft Heavy Structures: Rockford, IL near Chicago
Sheet Metal / Structures Mechanic - Heavy Maintenance
Complete large-scale structural repairs, intricate skin work, and critical disassembly tasks on commercial aircraft as part of broader work servicing, troubleshooting, repairing, modifying, and maintaining commercial aircraft. Complete work in accordance with policies, procedures, requirements, and specifications established by the company, applicable government agencies, and aircraft manufactures as contained in approved Maintenance Manuals.
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3 years of relevant work experience with commercial heavy jets such as B747, B737, A 320, A330 in MRO setting demonstrating the following:
- Obtained and demonstrated all the skills required of a Structures Mechanic.
- Basic operating knowledge of shop equipment to include: drill presses, shears, brakes, and band saws.
- Ability to read, interpret and work from all Service Bulletins, AD's, EO's, EA's
- Uses SRM Manual to identify damage limits and repairs.
- Uses IPC Manual to locate parts and identify effectively.
- Basic repair layouts/cutouts/repairs and parts replacement.
- Corrosion removal/damage evaluation, finish restoration.
- Basic repairs, blend outs, small skin doublers, small reinforcing doublers.
- Basic parts fabrication to include clips, brackets, doublers and angles.
- Proper use of safety equipment
- Proper use of drill motor and drills
- Proper use of rivet gun, rivet sets and bucking bars
- Proper use of various types of cleco' s and clamps
- Able to countersink and use of countersink microstops, rivet cutters, reamers, hand files, aircraft hand snips (L/H, R/H, Straight), hole finders, deburring tools, manual foot operated shears, manual metal brake, manual metal rollers, drill press, power shears, power disc sander, power band saw, high-speed sanders and grinders
- Recognize and use of titanium alloys and stainless steel
- Install and removal of universal head rivets, flush head rivets and a selection of appropriate fasteners
- Install and remove hi-locs, cherry-max and cherry-loc rivets, hi-shear fasteners and rivnuts,
- Identify types of corrosion, proper corrosion clean-up, evaluation of corrosion damage and treatment of metal after clean-up
- Knowledge of alodining procedures, priming treated metal surfaces, dissimilar metal protection
- Operation of computers to access manuals
- General knowledge of ATA codes
- General knowledge of aircraft manuals and related materials
- General knowledge of applicable F.A.R. 's and company policies and procedures
- General knowledge of paperwork procedures including job cards, time cards routine/ non-routine cards and work sign-off/sell-off procedures,
- Must be dependable, report to work on time and as requested
- Some overtime can be expected
- Accomplish other reasonable duties and tasks requested by supervisor