Sheetmetal Techs / Assemblers

Assemble new-build aircraft structures using sheet metal fabrication, riveting, precision drilling, and complex aerospace assembly processes.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of four to five years of new-build aircraft structural assembly experience in a manufacturing or production environment
• Minimum of two years of sheet metal riveting experience
• Experience using rivet guns, hand squeezes, floor squeezes, and pneumatic drills
• Experience assembling aircraft structures from complex blueprints, specifications, and charts
• Knowledge of GD&T requirements
• Experience using aircraft assembly tools
• Experience using precision measuring instruments, including calipers and scales
• Experience applying specified torque to aircraft fasteners
• Experience with close-tolerance drilling
• Experience performing hole layout
• Experience working with complex assembly fixtures
• Experience mixing and applying adhesives and sealants
• Experience performing structural assembly on production aircraft rather than maintenance or repair work

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting major aircraft manufacturing programs
• Experience with commercial, military, rotorcraft, or business-jet structural assembly
• Experience with large aerospace OEM manufacturing standards
• Experience with structural subassemblies, fuselage sections, wings, or related airframe components

Job Responsibilities

• Assemble new-build aircraft structural components and subassemblies
• Perform sheet metal riveting using manual and pneumatic equipment
• Drill close-tolerance holes according to engineering requirements
• Lay out hole patterns and structural attachment locations
• Interpret blueprints, specifications, charts, and GD&T requirements
• Install structural fasteners and apply specified torque values
• Use calipers, scales, and other precision measurement tools
• Set up and work within complex aircraft assembly fixtures
• Mix and apply approved structural adhesives and sealants
• Verify structural fit, alignment, and dimensional requirements
• Perform fabrication and assembly operations using approved aerospace tools and procedures
• Inspect completed structural work for conformance to engineering and production requirements

Pay Details: $28.00 to $38.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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