Skin & Spar Surface Finish Technician

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes is excited to offer opportunities for a Skin & Spar Surface Finish Technician to join our Fabrication team in Auburn, Algona and Puyallup, Washington. This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

• Work from blueprints, templates, detail drawings, and verbal instructions to perform surface finish/conditioning on coordination holes in milled skins and spars.
• Use templates and jigs to properly position parts for subsequent finishing operations, including reaming, countersinking, and cold work.
• Scribe tooling locations and reference lines as specified in engineering drawings and specifications.
• Diagnose and correct any detected discrepancies in parts and processes.
• Check finished parts to ensure they meet quality requirements and specifications using precision measuring instruments (e.g., micrometers, trammels, probes).
• Use hand and power tools, including air motors, reamers, and cold-work guns, to perform finishing duties on machined parts.
• Operate ground‑controlled handling equipment to load, unload, and move parts within the shop.
• Perform rework as required, including filing, scraping, sanding, grinding, and hand finishing to meet gauge tolerances.
• Locate points and holes from established reference lines or index points using prints, templates, and work orders.
• Perform visual and functional checks on tools and accessories, making necessary adjustments and ensuring they are in good condition.
• Access workload using online computer systems and assign work based on priority or Team Leader direction.
• Review Work Order (W/O) to determine work requirements and ensure prior operations are complete.
• Consult with supervisor/team lead and other sources (e.g., engineering, planning, inspection) to resolve problems.
• Call for inspection or use SI&A as required throughout the process, including checking hole sizes and inspecting countersinks.
• Handle and dispose of hazardous materials in an approved manner while maintaining personal and tool certifications, ensuring compliance with safety standards.

• Perform physical tasks that include lifting weights ranging from 10–15 lbs to 15–35 lbs.
• Engage in various movements such as reaching, handling, turning, twisting, lifting, lowering, climbing, balancing, bending, kneeling, crouching, and squatting.
• Work in environments that may involve contact with metals, solvents, and coolants.
• Operate in proximity to moving parts and tools, sharp cutters, and potential slipping hazards.
• Adapt to varying noise levels and atmospheric conditions.
• Utilize personal safety gear to protect face/eyes, hands/arms, and feet while performing job duties.

• Basic computer experience and competency.
• Experience using basic math (e.g., addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
• 1+ years of experience or training in reading and interpreting drawings or blueprints.
• 2+ years of experience using hand tools and/or hand‑held power tool.
• Able to close tolerance drill within .003 and able to precision measure between .003.
• Able to lift, push and pull up to 35 pounds frequently within an 8 hour shift.

• 2+ years of experience providing close tolerance measurements and cuts on close tolerance holes.
• Ability to close tolerance.

High school graduate or GED preferred.

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post‑offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

This is an hourly position governed by the…