Aircraft Structures Mechanic

Position: Aircraft Structures Mechanic 3
DPP is seeking an Aircraft Structures Mechanic for an opportunity with our client in the Defense & Space Manufacturing industry.

Work location:
Onsite in Saint Augustine, FL
Work shift: 1st shift (6 AM – 4:30 PM); 2nd shift (4:30 PM – 3 AM)
Duration: 12 months
Terms: W2 position
Work authorization: US Citizen

Position summary:

• The Aircraft Structures Mechanic 3 will perform a variety of operations to assemble and make major assembly structures such as fuselage panels and bulkheads, and structural subassemblies such as rudders, flaps, and stabilizers.

Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of operations to assemble and make major assembly structures such as fuselage panels and bulkheads, and structural subassemblies such as rudders, flaps, and stabilizers.
• Aligns parts on jigs using templates and fixtures.
• Performs such minor part-fitting operations as filing, sawing, burring, crimping, trimming, framing, riveting, drilling, and reaming.
• Measures parts with micrometers and calipers to verify dimensions.
• May modify incomplete and complete assemblies to incorporate changes to structure.
• May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.

Basic qualifications:

• Ability to understand and interpret blueprints
• Ability to comprehend engineering requirements and put them into practice
• Independently perform complex, depot-level structural repairs and modifications.
• Use precision measuring tools (calipers, micrometers) to verify parts.
• Work with various materials, including aluminum and composites.
• May mentor lower-level technicians.

Preferred qualifications:

• Extensive experience with composites, structural repair, and precision measuring tools (micrometers, calipers).
• Ability to work as a lead technician, guiding lower-level employees, and working independently.
• Must perform strenuous work, including lifting 25–50 lbs. working in confined spaces, and working at heights.

Client insight: Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace.

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact Jacquelyn at to learn more about this position (#26-00394).

US Citizen: EOE/AA/V/D

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