Structural Repair Technician

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers.

With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia.

The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft.

Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Summary:

Perform repairs in a FAA approved Repair Station, working to structural repair manuals, component maintenance manuals and aircraft maintenance manuals, as well as other approved repair instructions from the manufacturer or customer.

Responsibilities

Location: Dallas, TX



* Team with others to perform maintenance,repair and overhauls to a wide variety of structural and non-structural fiberglass, acrylic and other composite and metal parts, and nacelle assemblies.


* Work from approved repair manuals and documents, process specifications, quality control requirements, drawings and established processes and procedures, to assure the timely delivery of quality products to the customer.


* Perform multi-tasking and multi-machine operation where applicable.


* The company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary repair job functions including utilizing lay-up tools, which include both optical and hard tools, in the repair and rework of composite assemblies.


* Obtain required information from maintenance manuals,prints, charts, sketches, work orders, documents, verbal and electronic information.


* Use shop mathematics and precision measuring instruments to-complete work assignments.


* Familiarity with metric system required.


* Must verify work performed is per work instruction and meets process-and/or engineering specification.


* Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.


* Use and control of solvents and cleaning solutions in the preparation of details, tools, and assemblies for bonding and finishing per established procedures.


* May be required to perform touch-up and finishing applications.


* Perform routine minor machine maintenance as part of their daily work duties (e.g., replacing machine filters, changing standard light bulbs on machines and equipment, maintaining lubrication/coolant levels, etc.

as related to basic Total Preventative Maintenance duties).


* Routinely move product within the Repair Station work area using shop assigned equipment as required. 


* Support the continuous flow of product within the maintenance,repair, and overhaul process by training and assisting employees at all classification levels.


* Airframe license preferred or willingness to pursue FAA Part 65 certification, (Repairman's certificate or Airframe license).


* Experience working with maintenance and repair documents such as aircraft maintenance manuals ...