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Assists the Supervisor in the production of high-quality aircraft parts & assemblies following Piper Drawings, Process Specifications (PPS) and other manufacturing instructions. Assists in meeting or exceeding planned production and delivery schedules while maximizing company resources to achieve company goals.
Essential Job Functions: Performs or assists the Supervisor in the following tasks:
•Assemble aircraft Sheet Metal Structural wings and fuselages including mating stress critical joints, areas requiring critical close tolerance holes
•Hand locate and drill, as well as trim critical mate joints of fuselages and wings, and other critical operations as needed
•Performs at a high level of quality and productivity. Assists other teammates to achieve a high level of quality and productivity.
•Inspecting and buying off all assemblies in the department using Piper inspection certifications.
•Maintain departmental compliance with Piper QAM/QIM and FAA requirements.
•Interface with other departments regarding quality concerns to resolve expeditiously and in a cost-effective manner.
•Troubleshoot and re-work all major discrepancies as necessary. Primary point of contact for performing major and regular Material Review Board repairs, Standard repairs and modifying aircraft due to customer or design directed changes.
•Act as the technical liaison between Piper’s Manufacturing Support Teams as well as vendors, equipment suppliers, etc. when appropriate.
•Conduct or coordinate training and cross training of teammates to attain acceptable levels of performance.
•Drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance the team’s performance including schedule delivery performance, reduction of late work, elimination of quality defects & scrap, increasing productivity and generating cost reductions. Assists with data collection, review and report generation.
•Work with other manufacturing areas to ensure production readiness for design changes. Provides assistance when required during new product development, design, build and testing. This may periodically involve augmenting Experimental Flight Test Department in a variety of capacities in order to achieve critical program milestones.
•Partner with senior teammates within career path to receive and share practical knowledge for proper training to perform necessary job functions and requirements in order to attain satisfactory levels of performance and production effectivity.
•Adhere and maintain all departmental compliance requirements such as Safety, Environmental Protection, FOD and Tool Control, 5S and other assigned programs.
•Perform duties as assigned by supervision.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· High school diploma or equivalent
· Related Sheet Metal Structural Mechanic Experience Requirements:
o Sheet Metal Structural Mechanic I: ≤ 2 years of Structural Assembler experience
o Sheet Metal Structural Mechanic II: 2 – 5 years of Mechanic experience
o Senior Sheet Metal Structural Mechanic: ≥ 5 years of Mechanic experience
· Ability to work scheduled shift and hours, including overtime
· Ability to work with minimal supervision
· Use of hand and power tools as required
· Follow all safety procedures
· Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and effective communication skills (written and verbal).
Adhere to Piper Drawings, Process Specifications (PPS) and other manufacturing instructions.
