# Flight Operations Mechanic

**Company**: Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)
**Location**: Mascoutah, IL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $28.00/hourly - $52.11/hourly
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Flight Operations Mechanic to join our team in Mascoutah, IL. As a Flight Operations Mechanic, you will be responsible for performing operational checkouts of aircraft prior to and during preflight, inspecting explosive and armament installations, maintaining aircraft historical records, and performing daily maintenance of completed experimental aircraft or major modifications to experimental aircraft.

Responsibilities:

- Perform operational checkout of aircraft prior to and during preflight

- Inspect explosive and armament installations

- Maintain aircraft historical records

- Perform activities prior to flight status and final inspection and daily maintenance of completed experimental aircraft or major modification to experimental aircraft

- Inspect and/or perform bench and flight line operational checkout and inspect, troubleshooting, adjustment and repair of electrical and electronic systems

- Inspect the calibration, adjustment, troubleshooting, repair and modification of electronic test equipment used exclusively by production

- Perform aircraft and/or spacecraft bench or flight line operational checkout, trouble-shooting, adjustment and repair of any electrical or electronic system

- Fabricate, adjust, trouble shoot, repair and modify electronic test equipment

- Perform operational checkout of hydraulic systems and mechanical systems

- Diagnose and correct hydraulic and mechanical malfunctions

- Operate engines during run-ups and troubleshoot when needed

- Perform engine buildup as assigned

- Install, repair, and replace tanks, power plants, generators, and aircraft engines

- Install or replace reservoirs, etc. and repair leaks in same

- Install or replace instruments such as fuel quantity, rate of climb and oil pressure indicators

- Perform crash crew duties as directed

- Splice, route, clamp, solder, and string tie wires or wire bundles

- Repair, install and hook up bomb, missile and rocket racks and pylons

- Install and load ejection seats and guns

- Install adjust, repair and replace structural parts and assemblies

- Fabricate parts such as skins, doors, aircraft frames, air bags, test panels, clips, brackets, angles and ribs without the aid of jigs and fixtures

- Modify aircraft components or aircraft support equipment

- Perform composite repairs

Basic Qualifications:

- Flight line experience

Preferred Qualifications:

- Avionics and/or Mechanical experience working with military aircraft

- Experience troubleshooting electronic and aircraft systems

Benefits:

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities

- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs

- Paid and unpaid time away from work

Security Clearance:

- This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. An Interim U.S secret clearance Prestart and final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required.

## Skills

### Required
- Flight line experience

### Nice to have
- Avionics experience
- Mechanical experience
- Troubleshooting experience

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