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Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Aircraft Structures Mechanic 3

Aviation Operations & Aircraft MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Antonio, TX, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Have at least 4 years of experience and familiarity with inspections, servicing, troubleshooting, removals, and repairs.
  • Must have and maintain an active Government Secret clearance.
  • Must have comprehensive written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Must have the ability to work flexible schedules to accommodate customer maintenance requirements.
  • Must be able to clearly document maintenance and repair actions, equipment status tags, logs, and parts requests.
  • Must be able to perform assigned duties while wearing required safety equipment.
  • Must be able to pass a physical/respiratory evaluation to obtain and maintain necessary respirator clearance and comply with all respirator fitting requirements.
  • Ability to lift 30 pounds, climb ladders and aircraft stands, and stand for long periods in uneven or slippery terrain.
  • Will be required to comply with all rules and regulations concerning health and safety, tool control, foreign object debris (FOD) control, and all training and certification requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance operations on F-18 aircraft, aircraft equipment, components, and systems in accordance with all applicable directives.
  • Perform a variety of major structural repairs and remove or replace parts such as skins, intercostals, heat shields, bulkheads, longerons, and fittings.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, assembly drawings, process specifications, technical manuals, written instructions, and test procedures.
  • Perform part-fitting operations such as filing, sawing, deburring, trimming, riveting, precision drilling, reaming, coldworking, and composite repairs.
  • Remove and replace multiple types of fasteners, including Hi-Loks, Jo-bolts, Cherry Max, Huk-bolts, and fast rivets.
  • Interpret diameters and dimensions using scales, squares, micrometers, calipers, ball gauges, pin gauges, and depth gauges.

Desired Qualifications

  • Preferably have experience on the F/A-18E/F aircraft.
  • Strong preference for candidates who have supported U.S. Navy F-18 or F/A-18 squadrons on deployment, at depot level, or in assembly.
  • A & P License.
  • Perform operations to assemble major structures such as fuselage panels and bulkheads, and structural subassemblies such as rudders, flaps, and stabilizers; align parts on jigs using templates and fixtures.

About the Company

Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Northrop Grumman builds military aircraft, missiles, rocket motors, satellites, and electronic systems, mostly for the American military and allied governments. It designed the B-2 stealth bomber and built NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the largest telescope ever sent to space. The company works through four businesses: aircraft, missiles and ammunition, radar and communications systems, and space hardware such as satellites and solid rocket boosters. Most revenue comes from long-term government contracts, many of them classified. Its roots go back to Northrop Aircraft, founded in 1939, and it took its name after buying Grumman in 1994 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
Founded
1939

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