Senior Aircraft Technician (Flightline)

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Senior Aircraft Technician (A&P) to join our Flightline team based in Columbus, MS.

You will be part of the team to perform detailed assembly, installation, repair or replacement of aircraft components and systems in the manufacture, maintenance or refurbishing of aircraft and function check of components. You will conduct operational checks of complete systems to verify proper functioning of components and systems as well as 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:

• Participate in flight tests on aircraft and log work to be performed, as required. Interface with customer fordelivery.
• Perform troubleshooting to diagnose malfunction or failures on the following aircraft systems: aircraft equipment furnishings, fire protection, fuel system, hydraulics, landing gear, doors, fuselage, stabilizer, rotor systems, power plant and engine controls.
• Assure that completed work complies with FAA regulations, customer requirements, and company specifications.
• Instruct and mentor less experience technicians in tasks.

Your boarding pass:

• Minimum of six (6) years of aviation maintenance experience is required
• Current FAA Airframe & Powerplant License is required
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English
• Flightline, helicopter, and Safran Turbomeca engine experience is highly desirable but not required

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 90%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings on a daily basis.
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms on a daily basis.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications on a daily basis.
• Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts on a daily basis.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs on a daily basis.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 60lbs/28kgs on a daily basis.
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools on a daily basis.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer on a weekly basis.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving on daily basis.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor on a daily basis.
• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces on a daily basis.
• Travel: To be able to travel independently and at short notice as needed or required.
• 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

Citizenship:

• Must be US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

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