Aerotek

Overview

The Structural Technician performs complex structural work on aircraft, including fabrication, installation, and repair of sheet metal and structural components, while adhering to safety regulations and aviation maintenance standards. This role offers a stable, first-shift opportunity in a climate-controlled hangar environment.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all safety regulations, procedures, and company policies while performing all work.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, manuals, and specifications to determine layouts, outlines, and patterns on materials.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines to cut, bend, form, punch, drill, and shape parts to precise specifications.
• Operate soldering equipment to join sheet metal parts and structural components.
• Smooth edges and surfaces of grooves or joints using hand tools, power tools, files, or chemicals.
• Inspect completed work for conformance to specifications and tolerances using precision measuring instruments.
• Provide accurate diagnosis and repair of structural discrepancies identified on aircraft.
• Install structural fittings such as bulkheads, formers, stringers, ribs, and frames.
• Install insulation materials using appropriate hand or power tools.
• Repair dents, cracks, and other damage to aircraft skins using suitable hand tools and approved methods.
• Repair holes in aircraft skins using patch materials.
• Install, repair, and replace aircraft skins, structural components, and interior furnishings.
• Install interior and exterior trim in accordance with specifications.
• Repair or replace damaged control surfaces using hand tools.
• Use machining skills to operate and maintain metalworking machines.
• Apply welding techniques to repair, modify, and fabricate aircraft parts.
• Use fabrication skills to create tools and parts for aircraft.
• Perform detailed inspections of aircraft parts and structures.
• Follow aviation maintenance manuals and MRO procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an FAA-approved sheet metal mechanic program.
• At least 3 years of experience as a sheet metal mechanic, including a minimum of 2 years working on aircraft.
• Strong background in aviation structural work, including aircraft sheet metal and structural repair.
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints, engineering drawings, and aviation maintenance manuals.
• Working knowledge of geometry and trigonometry as applied to layout and fabrication tasks.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment safely and effectively.
• Demonstrated experience with aircraft structural sheet metal, fabrication, and repair.
• Machining skills for operating and maintaining metalworking machines.
• Welding skills for joining, repairing, and modifying aircraft metal components.
• Fabrication skills to create and modify aircraft tools and parts from raw materials.
• Inspection skills to assess the condition of aircraft parts and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Familiarity with heavy maintenance environments and MRO practices.
• Ability to work with aircraft structures including skins, ribs, frames, bulkheads, and control surfaces.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• PTO

Additional Information

• This role is based in a hangar environment at an airport facility in Fort Worth.
• The schedule follows a first-shift, 8-hour day, Monday through Friday.