Senior Aircraft Technician-MS (Mechanical_H125 FAL)

About this role

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Sr Aircraft Tech (Mechanical H125 FAL) to join our team based in Columbus, MS. You will perform work on assigned aircraft or parts in the mechanical function. Tasks included fabrication, repair, and installation of aircraft parts, maintenance and repair of helicopters and support of helicopter specific programs. Perform assembly, installation, repair or replacement of aircraft mechanical/electronic components and systems in the manufacture, maintenance or refurbishing of aircraft and function check of components. Conduct operational checks of complete systems to verify proper functioning of components and systems. Diagnose malfunctions or failures and make adjustments, repairs or replacements of parts or components. Meet the team: From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen. Your working environment: On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers. How we care for you : • Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking. Your challenges: Primary Responsibilities: Perform Assembly, Installation, Repair or Replacement:  80% • Maintain close working relationship with assigned lead person with regard to schedules, priorities, availability of parts, supplies and tools, and special instructions as required.

• Perform work from blueprints, sketches, vendor and service manuals, and other source data to obtain dimensions, locations, alignment, tolerances and other specification requirements.

• Use a variety of standard and specialized hand tools, power equipment, measuring devices and test equipment in completing work assignments.

Compliance:   10% • Assure that completed work complies with FAA regulations, customer requirements, and company specifications.

• Coordinate with various departments regarding requirements for materials, supplies, equipment and job schedules.

Administration:  5% • Complete forms and records pertaining to completion of assigned work.

Additional Responsibilities: Other duties as assigned:       

Your boarding pass: Education: Required • High school education or equivalent

Preferred • None

Experience: Education: Required • HS diploma or equivalent.

Preferred • Some trade school

Experience: Required • Minimum of six (6) years of experience as aviation mechanic.

Preferred • None

Licensure/Certifications: Required • None

Preferred • A current A & P license

Travel Required: • Occasional Domestic and International

Citizenship: •   Right to work in the U.S.

Clearance: •  None

Qualified Skills:  Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities: Required • Required Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams, and apply standard shop practices in the fabrication and repair modifications of aircraft structures and repairs.

Preferred • None 

Communication Skills: Required: • Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English

Preferred: •

Technical Systems Proficiency: Required: • Computer proficiency

Preferred: • SAP, MES, GSuite

Complexity of the Role: Level of Decision Making: • Able to independently assess wiring issues and install components.

Organizational information: Reports to the Supervisor, Production Line Direct Reports : Is this a people manager? No          # of Exempt Reports:                     # of Non-exempt Reports:       Job Dimensions: • Able to independently assess mechanical issues and installations.

Nature of Contacts: •   Moderate Communication on a daily basis with internal parties only

Physical Requirements:   • Onsite or remote:  98% Onsite

• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings, able to see and read wire numbers.  Daily

• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.  Daily

• Speaking:  able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate

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