Aircraft Technician B - Blades Repair

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for an Aircraft Technician B (Blades Repair Technician) to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Your duties will consists of performing various functions on rotor blades - to include receiving, moving, inspection, tear down, repair, balancing and returning to service in accordance with Airbus Helicopters documentation and procedures.

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:

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

Your boarding pass:

• Minimum of two (2) years related experience in the automotive (paint & body), aerospace, composite, wood working, and or other related skill/trade.
• FAA Airframe Certificate preferred but not required.
• Exceptional work ethic
• Excellent time management skills, ability to multi-task and handle high volume workloads. 

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 (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 on a daily basis.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/14kgs on a daily basis.
• Lifting:  able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 50lbs/14kgs 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 daily basis.
• 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 production floor on a daily basis.
• 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 on a daily basis.
• 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:

• Authorized to Work in the U.S.

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