Sheet Metal Mechanic- Heritage Aviation

Job Title: Sheet Metal Mechanic

Department: Production

Reports to: Machine Shop Supervisor

Location: Grand Prairie, Texas

Full/Part Time: Full time

Remote work authorized: No

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

CBA: No

Effective Date: 1 April 2023

Security Clearance Req: No

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Heritage offers a stable work environment with career growth opportunities. We take great pride in our people and believe they are our greatest asset.

We are seeking a team player to plan, lay out and perform fabricating and assembly operations on sheet metal products with minimum supervision. Work involves any of the following: Sets up and operates machines such as drill presses, punch presses, shears, bending rolls, brakes, grinders, and numerical control equipment to shape and alter sheet metal according to specifications. Follows blueprints, rough sketches, or engineer drawings to shape metal accurately. Uses hand and power tools to shape and smooth metal and to blend seams. May set up and operate soldering and welding equipment.

Duties/Responsibilities:

· Ability to follow written and oral instructions and read and implement instructions from OEM drawings (in English).

· Operates machinery and equipment within a fabrication shop. Reads job specifications to determine machine adjustments and material requirements.

· Ability to utilize manufacturer’s manual and blueprints to properly identify and install fasteners used in assembly operations.

· Fully analyzes all required blueprints, drawings, work orders and sketches in order to fabricate desired product or part.

· Demonstrated ability to detect errors and correct through proper departmental channels.

· Experience with proper use of tools, torque wrench, equipment utilized in paint and corrosion removal, safety equipment (goggles, respirators, sanding booth), sheet metal tools for forming of aluminum (shears, brakes, rollers, wheels, shrinker/stretchers).

· Sets stops or guides to specified length as indicated by scale, rule or template.

· Observes machine operation to detect workplace defects of machine malfunction.

· Expertise in assembly and measuring devices/tools, corrosion types and removal techniques, and use of surface conversion coatings for spot treatment of bare metals.

· Measures part dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation.

· Removes burrs, sharp edges, rust, or scale from parts.

· Operates equipment needed to perform job, unless a certification is required.

· Performs related duties as assigned by supervision.

Requirements:

· High School diploma or general education degree (GED)

· 2+ years related fabrication experience (i) reading and understanding mechanical drawings; (ii) using hand tools, power tools, and machinery such as drill presses, rivet and hardware presses; (iii) previous experience manufacturing simple to complex mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies

· MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

· REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

This maintenance classification activity is usually accomplished in an indoor workshop environment. Activities may include climbing, standing, stooping, bending, pushing, kneeling, stretching, and walking demands. May require lifting of objects whose weight normally will not exceed 50 lbs. Special vision abilities required to perform this job are close and peripheral vision, and acceptable depth perception. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Health savings account
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person