Standard Job Description
Accomplish scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on aircraft and components, F-16. Responsible for aircraft work document reviews for accuracy and completeness, prior to final submission to quality. Provides technical assistance and direction to assigned personnel using technical data and drawings. Coordinate cross functional logistics requirements to acquire material and parts to complete assigned work. Executes hands-on maintenance or modification work as required to meet quality, cost, and schedule commitments. Works directly with Liaison Engineering and Planning to document and resolve technical issues.
This position is for F-16 FWD structures Build Team, Production Lead - First Shift. In addition to standard job description tasks, the Production Lead will be responsible for providing status of work documents and work accomplished in their work area.
The F-16 Production Lead will be required to interface with multiple functional organizations, in addition to the area supervisor and crew to resolve issues or constraints in the aircraft assembly/production environment. He/she will be the intermediary between the aircraft assembly crew and production supervision and provide technical guidance to the crew for the assembly of aircraft components. In this capacity the lead will status, communicate and support production goals and objectives of the day/week, assess skill and complexity of tasks, issue work assignments, establish nominal expectation of tasks by obtaining personal contract for each task period of performance with each of the employees; set, check and adjust to meet realization and build performance objectives.
Instill product disciplines to align with Production imperatives of Safety, Quality Schedule & Cost which include but not limited too; fall protection, critical moves and crane lifts, use & disposal of hazardous materials, adherence and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), material handling and storage of staged and work-in-process (WIP) parts, chemical control and labeling, clean as you go, housekeeping, Tool & FOD controls. The candidate will be required to support corrective action investigations, root cause analysis, advise on and implement innovations and process improvements, as well as maintain 6S/lean processes for their area of responsibility. Production Lead will be considered a working lead that will maintain certifications and qualifications to perform production tasks as required as well as other associated duties.
Basic Qualifications
6 years of experience relative to aircraft structures Manufacturing, Maintenance, Modification, Repair, Overhaul & structural repair.
Desired Skills
• Ability to problem solve.
• Excellent Written and Verbal communication skills.
• Leadership experience
• Ability to lead a team to meet critical schedules and resolve technical issues.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications with ability apply their intent.
• Ability to understand aircraft work instructions.
• F-16 structural repair experience highly desirable.
• Champion of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) control measures
Pay Information
Pay rate for this position is $32.64 - $58.89 per hour.
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Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.