Aircraft Mechanic

Summary
Independently determines the extent of adjustment or repair required on a number of major aircraft systems. Services, repairs, and overhauls aircraft and aircraft engines to ensure airworthiness by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Repairs, replaces, and rebuilds aircraft structures and functional components including rigging, surface controls, and hydraulic units.
• Reads and interprets manufacturers' and airline's maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
• Examines engines for cracked cylinders and oil leaks, and listens to operating engine to detect and diagnose malfunctions, such as sticking or burned valves.
• Replaces or repairs worn or damaged components such as carburetors, alternators, and magnetos.
• Disassembles and inspects parts for wear, warping, or other defects.
• Adjusts, repairs, or replaces electrical wiring system and aircraft accessories.
• Performs miscellaneous duties to service aircraft, including flushing crankcase, cleaning screens, greasing moving parts, and checking brakes.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must either possess an A&P and IA certificates or an approved (signed) FAA Form 8610-2 (Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application) with an inspector's signature.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree (BA) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Stand and walk
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb or balance
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Talk or hear
• Taste or smell
• Must regularly lift and /or move up to 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Regularly exposed to the extremes in heat, cold and inclement weather. High winds, dirt, and dust are common in the work place.
• Performing work in hangar areas, outdoors, on parked aircraft and sometimes in hazardous noise areas.
• Must often work in confined spaces and in awkward positions.
• May be exposed to oil, hydraulic fluid, solvents and hazardous fluids and gases, to include, but not limited to Halon. Grease and aircraft fluids are common in the work place.
• Outdoor environment can be rugged where cuts, bruises, muscle strain and injury from falls are possible.
• At times, the employee will be exposed to actuating flight control surfaces and rotating propellers from which they must remain clear to avoid serious injury.