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The Aircraft Sheetmetal Mechanic I, maintenance fabricates, installs and maintains in good repair the sheet-metal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an establishment. Work involves most of the following: planning and laying out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints, models, or other specifications, setting up and operating all available types of sheet-metal working machines, using a variety of hand tools in cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting and assembling, and installing sheet-metal articles as required.
Job Responsibility
Read and analyzes work request and applicable specifications or similar work data
Develop and draw working sketches showing view, section, or profile
Manufactures and fabricates aircraft sheet metal parts, panels, doors, etc., from various serviced aircraft
Determines type and extent of repair or replacement required, type of material and repair methods to use
Lays out, cuts forms, joins, assembles and installs items
Develops parts and templates from prints, drawings, or original parts to produce repair parts that are not readily available
Forms metal using cornice brake, punch press, drill press, and similar metal forming tools
Finish and smooth edges of metal sheet after cutting and assembles component sheet metal piece with rivets, screws, nuts and bolts
Aligns, drills and reams material for installation of various types of riveting and taking precautions to protect dissimilar metals
Independently lays out template, transcribes information from template and manufactures double contour parts with configuration in several planes
Assembles and fastens fabricated parts by installing bolts, rivets, screws and/or seaming
Ensures finished aircraft parts meet quality standards for soundness, strength, appearance in accordance with specification and/or similar requirements
Employee may be required to work inside fuel tanks (e.g., CH 47) or other confined spaces
Follows all safety procedures and for using appropriate personal protective equipment to include checking protective devices for proper operation and maintains a safe clean work environment
Requirements
Valid up-to-date A&P license
If no A&P license, shall have three (3) years aviation maintenance experience, two (2) years rotary wing aircraft experience, and two (2) years on the assigned MDS (Sheetmetal)
All experience must be within the six (6) most recent years
Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization
US Citizenship is required for a facility credentials/authorization at the work location
Tools are Required
Must possess own shadowed/etched tools & toolbox
Nice to have
Two (2) or more year’s actual and recent experience in the repair, modification, maintenance, and overhaul of aircraft
Thorough knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures and replacement of parts
Broad knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modifications and repair
Basic knowledge of electrical theory and a thorough knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers
Working knowledge of technical publications and Logistics Information Systems
Able to prioritize workloads to maintain schedules on assigned projects and may be required to lead teams through more complex aircraft relevant tasks
Participate in maintenance test flights and operation checks as required
Possess the level of experience to inspect all required aeronautical type maintenance to be performed by Mechanics