Aircraft Worker; F

Location MCAS Yuma, Bldg 229, Marontate Ave., Yuma, AZ, 85365, United States

Base Pay $40.7 / Hour

Employee Type FT Non-Exempt

Required Degree High school

Travel 20%

Manage Others No

Contact information

• Name John Mc Keon
• Phone  ext.
  107
• Email

About PKL Services Inc. We are an elite provider of skilled personnel, delivering Aerospace Maintenance, Training, and Logistics Services, committed to continual improvement, exceeding customer expectations, and implementing quality standards in dynamic environments.

About the role

PKL Services will be providing contractor Organizational Level (O-Level) maintenance in support to 3 rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3 rd MAW) squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma AZ.

As the Aircraft Worker
, you will make repairs to aircraft following orders of higher-grade workers in accordance with NAVAIR maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.

Additional duties include:

• Performs scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, preservation, de-preservation, disassembly, rework, repair, replacement, re-assembly, or adjustment of various aircraft systems in accordance with applicable directives and instructions.
• Removes, cleans, reinstalls, or replaces defective parts, accessories, and components such as worn gaskets, couplings, and fittings, bad actuators, accumulators, gauges, sections of corroded fuel and oil lines.
• Prepare aircraft, components and/or parts for paint removal by cleaning/washing aircraft interior and exterior surfaces prior to coatings removal, in accordance with established procedures and technical requirements.
• Inspect aircraft and components for any damage or defects after coatings removal and document such damage or defects on the maintenance work request worksheet.
• Perform visual inspections for damage to aircraft surfaces and components; inspect for corrosion; and record findings on proper documentation.
• Refinish, repair damaged finishes on aircraft surfaces, and paint services.
• Be knowledgeable of a variety of surface preparation methods and techniques and capable of selecting the appropriate technique/method for proper adherence of coating materials to meet high quality standards.
• Prepare coating materials ensuring proper smoothness and flow consistency to meet specific thickness requirements or other tolerances and to prevent skips, runs, dry areas, and drips thereby minimizing rework.
• Mix, thin, blend, match tints and tones in coating material and/or repair damaged finishes on aircraft surfaces and perform other journeyman level painting work.
• Clean/wash aircraft and component interior and exterior surfaces prior to coatings application with various cleaning compounds.
• Shall assist in troubleshooting malfunctions in aircraft structure, landing gear, flight surfaces and controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic, engines, auxiliary power unit (APU), and ventilation and heating systems, remove cleans, reinstalls, or replaces defective parts, accessories, and components such as worn gaskets, couplings, and fittings, bad actuators, accumulators, gauges, sections of corroded fuel and oil lines.
• Workers may supervise the jacking and towing of aircraft, adjusts and settings such as cable tension and seat movements settings and adjustments, obtain standard parts such as fuel and oil line connections and fittings, cable linkage, and spark plug cables and harnesses by referring to the parts manuals and by making comparisons with samples.
• May perform pre-flight, thru-flight, and post-flight maintenance inspections, enter in the maintenance records description of the work performed, and services engines and aircraft components at line station making repairs, short of overhaul required to keep aircraft safe operating condition.
• Maintain a clean work environment. Cleaning as you go: sweeping, mopping, taking out the trash at the end of each shift.
• May require programs assignment of additional collateral duties as spelled out in the Performance Work Statement.
• Ensure all work is performed strictly in accordance with published instructions/manuals…