What are the responsibilities and job description for the Powerplant Mechanic position at Kalitta Air, LLC?
Job Title: Powerplant Mechanic
Department: Powerplant Division
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Reports to: Lead Mechanic
Position Description:
- Working with fellow crew members to ensure projects achieve top quality work and milestones are completed on time.
- Ensuring company and FAA procedures and policies are followed.
- Ensuring that work productivity is satisfactory.
- Keeping a clean, safe workplace at all times. Recommending improvements to increase performance, quality, etc.
- Ensuring that waste materials, oils, fluids, etc. are handled correctly
- Perform any other duties assigned by the lead.
Required Qualifications:
- Must hold at least an FAA Powerplant License.
- Must have a High School Diploma or equivalency
- Must hold a valid US driver’s license
- Must be adept and proficient on the use of technical data/manuals.
- Must be available for flexible hours and weekends
- Must have excellent communication skills
- Must have a positive and professional attitude, good leadership skills and work well with others under minimal supervision.
- Must be a self-motivator and have competent problem-solving skills.
Language Skills:
- Must have the ability to read, write and understand spoken English.
- Must have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Must have the ability to understand verbal and written instructions
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.
Work Environment:
- Work is performed primarily in a shop environment and maintenance setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
