ST Engineering - Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE) · 1 week ago
Structures Crew Chief
Pensacola, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
4+ years expST Engineering Aerospace is a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. As a Structures Crew Chief, you’ll lead a team through complex maintenance tasks on commercial aircraft, ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency while training and supporting your crew.
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Responsibilities
Ensure each individual assigned to perform maintenance under his/her team is qualified to work on the assigned customer program and is capable of performing the job properly. This involves assessing if the individual meets the operator’s required training and the individual’s job function against the employee’s specific skills and knowledge
Provide on-the-job training and technical assistance to personnel in his/her crew
Evaluate the performance of personnel on his/her crew and make recommendations as necessary to his/her supervisor
Perform only work authorized by his/her supervisor and ensure that the work is performed to the standards of good workmanship required by VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc. (VT MAE)
Ensure that all tools and equipment used by his/her crew are kept in serviceable condition and stored in an orderly manner
Recommend to his/her supervisor any requirements or improvements for his/her crew
Exercise control over stock checked out of Stockroom by employees on his/her crew
Complete his/her crew timecards and approve all hours worked
Report to his/her supervisor, with recommendations, any personnel problems that cannot be resolved satisfactorily within the crew
Recommend disciplinary action within his/her crew
Assist his/her supervisor as requested in the evaluation of non-routine work cards for parts, manhours and span time, and indicate corrective action
Monitor, continuously, work progress. Keep his/her supervisor apprised of the status at all times, particularly on jobs that are off schedule. Assist his/her supervisor in preparation of the shift status and change-over reports
Ensure all work tasks requiring a co-signer are properly signed by the end of their shift
Perform any work that may be assigned by his/her supervisor
Ability to read, interpret, and work from all Service Bulletins, AD's, EO's, & EA's
Provides assigned task planning / scheduling & ensures that goals are met
Ability to communicate with internal groups (Planning, Materials, Fabrication, etc.) concerning aircraft issues
Ability to communicate with Customers, Engineers, etc. concerning work related to aircraft sheet metal tasks
Attentiveness & knowledge of assigned job budget as well as planned aircraft budget
Qualification
Required
High school diploma or GED
Airframe license and/or Repairman Certificate (must understand, read, and write English IAW CFR 14, Part 145)
4 years heavy commercial maintenance experience, heavy commercial aircraft maintenance in the Structures field required
Proficient working knowledge in all lower Sheet metal Job skill progression titles
Good working knowledge or ability to acquire the skills of a Lead Mechanic
Proficient working knowledge of the following skills and the ability to learn skills among various narrow and wide body commercial aircraft
Proficient detail blueprint reading
Ability to read, interpret and work from service bulletins, engineering work orders, major S.R.M. structural repairs
Ability to layout work using bend radius, set back and bend allowance charts
Utilization of shop math
Install and/or splice spars, landing gear, trunnion changes, pressure bulkhead repairs and keal beam repairs/removal and reinstall
Knowledge of ATA codes
Knowledge of all applicable F.A.R.'s and company policies and procedures including job clocking, routine/non-routine cards, work sign-off/sell-off procedures
Ability to communicate with internal groups (Planning, Materials, Fabrication, etc.) concerning aircraft issues
Ability to communicate with Customers, Engineers, etc. concerning work related to aircraft sheet metal tasks
Attentiveness & knowledge of assigned job budget as well as planned aircraft budget
Requires mobility around various sections of aircraft and the dexterity to extract and replace parts in a timely manner
Requires mental skills and quickness with the ability to cope with stress and intense effort or exertion usually caused by long working hours
Must have the capacity to gain knowledge by hearing for one's own safety due to the dangers involved in the operations of shop equipment
Working environment requires standing 90% of the workday on hard surfaces
Must be able to lift 50lbs and report to work regularly
Benefits
Medical Benefits
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401k with Employer match
PTO
Company provided uniforms
6 Nationally recognized holidays
Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
Company sponsored events throughout the year
Company
ST Engineering - Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
MAE, Inc., is a world leader in commercial aircraft maintenance and modification services.
1001-5000 employees
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