Blades Aircraft Technician B

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Blades Senior Aircraft Technician to join our Blades Repair team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Your duties will consist of performing various functions on rotor blades - to include receiving, moving, inspection, tear down (disassembly, sanding, scraping, etc), repair (bodywork, composite layup, painting) balancing and return to service in accordance with Airbus Helicopters, Inc. documentation and procedures Team member will be expected to ensure a quality product.

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:

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

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: 

Technical: Tear Down, Clean, Inspect, Repair, Assemble and Closeout Components:  80%

• Receive, move, clean, inspect, repair, assemble rotor blades.

• Maintain a close working relationship with assigned lead regarding schedules, priorities, and availability of parts, supplies and tools.

• Develop a clear understanding of methods and procedures on rotor blade repairs.

• Able to effectively utilize all hand tools needed to execute inspection and repairs.

• Develop skills on cleaning, sanding, body work/filling, painting on rotor blades and related components

• Develop skills to enable assembly of finished products.

• Complete required documentation for rotor blade inspection and repairs.

• Ensures work complies with customer specifications, FAA regulations, manufacturer’s applicable maintenance manuals, blueprints, RDAS, etc.

Customer Interface:  5%

• Correctly identifies customers (internal and external) and understands their requirements proactively. 

• Looks through the eyes of the customers and goes the extra mile to serve them.

• Enthusiastic to support others and achieve agreed levels of service.

• Advocate for the customer's interests rather than individual interest.

Logistics:  5%

• When aware of issues, speak up early and make them visible.

• Sees challenges as opportunities for improvement.

• Listens respectfully and shows appreciation when direction is given by team members.

• Takes the necessary time to question the root causes.

Accountability:  5%

• Ensures own role and responsibilities are clear.

• Takes relevant decisions at their own level and ownership for their implementation.

• Sticks to commitments on time/cost/quality.

• Announce as early as possible when commitments cannot be kept.

Objectives:  5%

• Knows, applies and promotes agreed standards.

• Reacts immediately when there is a deviation from the standard.

• Persists in the face of obstacles, tackles tasks through to successful completion.

• Makes regular checks to be accurate and reviews own work, does not compromise safety or quality. 

Additional Responsibilities: 

 Other duties as assigned:       

• May be required to work overtime as needed.

Your boarding pass:

Education:

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent. 

Preferred

• Trade school

Experience:

Required

• Minimum of two (2) years related experience in automotive (paint & body), aerospace, composite, wood working, and or other related skill/trade.

• Trade school attendance/certification may be substituted for experience.

Preferred

• Five (5) years of automotive, aerospace, composite, woodworking, and/or other related skill/trade.

• SAP background.

Licensure/Certifications:

Required

• None

Preferred

• ASE, FAA Airframe Certificate and/or other trade related certifications.

Travel Required: 

• Less than 10% Domestic and International

Citizenship: 

• Authorized to Work in the US

Clearance: 

• None 

 Physical Requirements:  

• Onsite or remote:  90% Onsite

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

• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.  Daily

• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/23kgs.  Daily

• Lifting:  able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/23kgs.  Daily

• Pushing / Pulling:  able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.  Daily

• Sitting:  able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.  Daily

• Squatting / Kneeling:  able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily

• Travel:  able to travel independently and at short notice. Possible once or twice a year

• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents):  able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.  Daily

• Personal Protective Equipment required:  Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site

• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status

As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.   

As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

NOTE:  Airbus Helicopters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.  This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Employment Type:

US - Direct Hire

Experience Level:

Professional

Remote Type:

On-site

Job Family:

Composite Manufacturing <JF-MA-CP>

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