E-6B IMMC SCA Aircraft Mechanic ; Structures

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Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced aircraft mechanics to support a maintenance program with Northrop Grumman in Lake Charles, LA
. The Navy E-6 is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707 platform. The aircraft are utilized primarily for long-range patrols along the entire U.S. border, and in source and transit zone countries. This platform, now modified to the E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO (“Take Charge And Move Out”).

These positions are Service Contract Act positions.

These positions are contingent upon funding.

This position will be hired for any shift.

Your duties include:

• Maintains, repairs, and modifies aircraft structures and structural components of moderate difficulty
• Maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components
• Applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions and restores equipment condition and operation, applying comprehensive technical expertise to solve moderate to complex problems by interpreting technical documentation such as blueprints or manufacturers’ manuals
• Troubleshoots malfunctions in aircraft structure, landing gear, flight surfaces and controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic, engines, auxiliary power unit, and ventilation and heating systems
• Repairs, replaces, and rebuilds aircraft structures, such as wings and fuselage, and functional components including rigging, surface controls, and plumbing and hydraulic units, using hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment such as shears, sheet metal brake, welding equipment, rivet gun, and drills
• Reads and interprets manufacturers' and airline's maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components
• Performs 100‑hour, progressive, isochronal, phase, periodic, and other hourly or calendar inspections, examines reciprocating engines for cracked cylinders and oil leaks, and listens to operating engine to detect and diagnose malfunctions, such as sticking or burnt valves, inspects jet engines and components for cracks, corrosion, foreign object damage, burned areas, distortions, security, warping, wear, and missing segments
• Inspects jet engine turbine blades to detect cracks, distortion, corrosion, burn‑out, security, or breaks, tests engine operation using testing equipment, such as ignition analyzer, compression checker, distributor timer, ammeter, and jet calibration tester, to locate source of malfunction

Job duties require that this mechanic:

• Must have a thorough knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures and replacement of parts
• Have a broad knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modifications and repair
• Have basic knowledge of electrical theory
• Have thorough knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers
• Replacing or repairing worn or damaged…