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SalaryTitle: Aircraft Paint Technician
Location: Indianapolis, IN (Airport KEYE)
Reports to: Director of Maintenance
The Company:
Expect it all at Jet Access and our family of companies that provide premier private air travel, charter, aircraft management, sales, maintenance, flight training, airport operation and management.
Our Jet Access family members are the heart of our core values, the center of everything we do and the foundation of our success. As a growing enterprise we are committed to providing you the tools and resources for a long and meaningful career with us.
Expect a safe, positive, fast paced, and growth-oriented environment.
- Expect a culture focused on the wellbeing and happiness of our Team Members and their families.
- Expect to work with a diverse and talented group of aviation professionals.
- Expect your voice to be heard.
- Expect to matter.
Your future success is our priority - Expect it all.
Perks and Benefits:
A generous benefit package, competitive wages, paid vacation and holidays, excellent training programs, and discounted flight training. This is a tight-knit family with a collaborative and social environment. Leadership is compassionate, and transparent, and believes in empowering employees to achieve, not only for the business, but also their own personal success.
Job Summary:
The Aircraft Paint Technician will work with various maintenance team members to effectively prepare and paint aircraft component assemblies and other parts, to prepare aircraft for FAA inspection and return to flight service.
Core Schedule:
- Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Some evening or weekend overtime may be required for various events and initiatives.
Compensation Package:
- Starting hourly wage of $25.00 – $30.00 per hour depending on experience and location.
- This position is FLSA Non-Exempt and will be paid at time and one half for any overtime hours worked.
Day in the Life:
- Mask surface areas, such as bearing surfaces, machined areas, or areas close to tolerance holes to protect unintended metal removal.
- Prepare and inspect aircraft exterior components for any damage or defects before applying coatings including removal and documenting such damage or defects on a maintenance work request worksheet.
- Remove various existing Aircraft Paint/coating by various mechanical and manual methods: sanding; Scrapping with nonmetallic tools; degreasers; solvents; Sandpaper, etc.
- Coordinate with manager for inspection to ensure compliance with internal and FAA paperwork, signoffs and quality specifications.
- Offer continuous improvement ideas and participate in continuous improvement activities.
- Plan, layout and modify complex configurations to the coating on composite assemblies and ability to read and interpret blueprints and engineering documentation.
- Able to maintain tools in good order and a clean workstation.
- Take on additional projects and tasks as needed to support business growth and change.
- Other duties as assigned.
What will make you successful:
- Knowledge of coating materials including painting trade and methods of mixing paint colors.
- Valid Driver's License required
- At least 2 years of experience in Aircraft Painting preferred.
- Experience in aircraft industry preferred.
- Must be able to lift 40 pounds.
- Employees must be able to work on their own, with great attention to detail, in a professional manner.
- Effective at organizing, planning, and prioritizing work with high attention to detail.
- Tenacious self-starter with a mature outlook. Proven ability to operate independently and achieve results; enthusiastic, committed and conscientious.
Jet Access Group and affiliated companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Employment decisions are based solely on the qualifications and merit of the individual candidate and needs of the business, without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
