Description
Boeing Global Services (BGS) is seeking an Experienced Aircraft Composite Fabrication Specialist to join our Manufacturing Center Back Shop team in San Antonio, TX.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Repairing and fabricating composite parts and assemblies
- Fabricating, constructing, altering, repairing, and maintaining tooling, dies, jigs, holding fixtures, assemblies, sub-assemblies, and shop aids
- Performing first-level fabrication, maintenance, tool maintenance, repair, and storage of production tooling
- Reading and interpreting assembly drawings, parts drawings, specifications, job layouts, handbook formulas, and templates
- Operating manual, power-assisted, and power-operated machines
- Forming a series of non-parallel and parallel bends on parts to determine bend sequence
- Fabricating and repairing aircraft components, including leading edges, flaps, rudders, fins, inner and outer skins, bench parts, chemical mill skins, and cones
- Performing scarfing, blanking, grooving, forming, bending, piercing, perforating, punching, flanging, tapers, and slotting to form regular and irregular shapes, contours, straight and contour cuts
- Setting up, fabricating, aligning, and hand-forming to specified tolerances
- Performing operations from standard procedures due to variations in hardness or usage of metal
- Complying with all rules and regulations concerning health, safety, tool control, contracts, and facilities
The ideal candidate will have:
- 5+ years of experience in an aircraft composite repair role
- 5+ years of experience in aircraft mechanical composite component troubleshooting, repair procedures, and replacement of parts
- 5+ years of experience in aircraft structural modifications
- 5+ years of experience with aircraft tools, such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, micro bonders, vacuum gauges, and heat blankets
- 5+ years of experience with aerospace technical publications
- 5+ years of experience with prioritizing workloads to maintain schedules on assigned projects
- Ability to work variable shifts, including scheduled and unscheduled overtime, weekends, and holidays
Preferred qualifications include:
- 5+ years of experience with General Aircraft Mechanic repair techniques and processes
- Experience with composite full lay-up
The salary range for this position is $77,000 per year, or $37.02 per hour. Additional pay includes $1.00 per hour for Airframe Certification and $1.00 per hour for Powerplant Certification.