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ES3 Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic in Warner Robins, Georgia
As an Equal Opportunity/AA/Male/Female/Disability/Veteran Employer, ES3 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse and qualified workforce.
ES3 Overview
ES3 takes great care to ensure we maintain just corporate policies, effective personnel management, and aggressive compensation packages. As a result, ES3 has a proven track record of successful recruitment and stellar retention of professional staff.
Our Georgia facility has nearly 35 engineers, scientists and technicians co-located with our 60,000 square foot R&D, laboratory, prototyping, testing, and production facility. Warner Robins, Georgia known as one of the best places to live in Georgia with beautiful parks, suburban communities, and a large Aviation community.
ES3 has a purposeful business mission—to improve the performance, maintenance, and supply of mission-critical and safety-of-flight aerospace systems while reducing the hazardous exposures of aviation maintenance crews and reducing the environmental impact of aerospace operations and production processes. At ES3 you can feel good that your daily work activities support the broader objectives of improving aviation performance / safety, reducing the environmental impact of aviation, and improving the safety and work conditions for aviation workers.
ES3 has a strong corporate culture of camaraderie, excellence, and effectiveness that truly stands out in today’s aerospace industry. Each of ES3’s locations work hard to maintain a secure, healthy, family-friendly, positive, and cooperative work environment. You can take pride in your work, be inspired and stay engaged in your field of expertise. Once you join ES3, you’ll want to make it your forever employer.
All of capable staff are the talent that makes ES3 successful. You will have access to:
State-of-the art equipment
Modern work facilities
Flexible work schedules
General Summary :
You’ll be responsible for day-to-day operational project activities and aircraft maintenance technician tasks for aircraft repair and overhaul. Your overall goal will be to a ccomplish repair and overhaul (airframe and powerplant disciplines) aircraft technician activities related to U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army aircraft, including vertical lift aircraft. This will be achieved through:
Performing maintenance repair and overhaul of aircraft components, primarily C-5.
Performing repair and overhaul processing tasks, including but not limited to sheet metal fabrication, paint/depaint, CPC application, welding, waterjet, thermal spray (such as cold spray), etc.
Responsibility for on-time delivery to customers executing production schedules as well as communicating with operators, management, and engineering.
Performing specialized Technician duties to include hands on aircraft maintenance and operating machinery.
Working with Engineering teams, co-mechanics and technicians to identify and establish process improvements, cost reductions, time standards, technical manuals and repair and overhaul of aircraft and their components, including avionics.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Ability to fabricate, assemble, and install prototype equipment on a large variety of aircraft, ranging from single-engine airplanes to complex, multi-engine turbojets, and helicopters.
Must be familiar with military technical manuals, technical orders, modification work orders and blueprints.
Must have ability to make repair and modifications to existing airframes.
Coordinates with project engineer personnel throughout the project, and provide technical assistance to project engineers, contractors, and factory representatives.
Must perform sheet metal and composite repairs to a variety of aircraft, possess an in-depth knowledge of sheet metal materials and repair techniques.
Must use tools and equipment associated with a sheet metal shop, such as protractors, calipers, pitch gauges, crimping tools/machines, forming machines, gas and heli-arc welding machines, lathes, milling machines, saws, and drilling presses.
Must be able to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and rudimentary drawings.
May be required to accompany aircraft on project flights away from the work site and perform aircraft maintenance at various locations.
Must be willing to cross train and work in electroplating, thermal spray (HVOF and cold spray, painting, abrasive blast, laser, and waterjet operations, etc.
Education and Experience Required:
Associates Degree or Technical School Certificate in Aircraft Technology (Sheet Metal)
Entry level to 20 years of related experience, Military service experience a plus
Aerospace Industry experience preferred
Key Competencies:
Excellent communication skills
An aptitude to learn new technology
Positive, pleasant and professional attitude with all levels of staff, customers and government representatives
Takes initiative and is pro-active, flexible and open to changing priorities
Strong work ethic, high integrity and high motivation for excellence
Dependability and reliability
Other Requirements:
Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
As a condition of employment, candidates will be required to participate in a background investigation and be able to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.
Compensation and Benefits:
ES3 can offer an environment that is both enriching and rewarding. Our total compensation is inclusive of the exceptional benefits program ES3 offers to all benefit eligible staff members. These include:
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account and Health Reimbursement Account
Health Savings Account
Competitive Paid-Time-Off accrual
Holiday Pay
A generous matching 401(k) plan with up to 6% match and up to 2% profit sharing.