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Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC)
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Job Location: Houston, TX
Functional Area: Other Areas
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Reference Code
50200568 EX
Company
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is a world-leading manufacturer of business, special-mission and trainer aircraft – designing, marketing and supporting aviation products and services for businesses, governments and individuals worldwide. The company’s headquarters and major facilities are located in Wichita, Kansas, with operations in Little Rock, Arkansas; and Chester, England, U.K. The company leads the industry with a global network of more than 100 factory-owned and authorized service centers.
Department
HOU-Service
Position Summary
Repair and maintain components used for aircraft airframe and powerplant. Inspect aircraft engines, landing gear, instruments, pressurized sections, accessories – brakes, valves, pumps, and air-conditioning systems. They repair or replace worn or defective parts. Mechanics may also repair sheet metal or composite surfaces.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Performs routine inspections and troubleshooting, including airframe structures, engines, and aircraft system.
•Performs all airframe, power plant and propeller repairs and modifications required to meet company and FAA requirements.
•Removal and disassembly of defective parts; assembly and installation of replacement parts; and testing aircraft system.
•Operates all power tools and equipment necessary to accomplish job assignment.
•Completes all required maintenance records.
•Presents a clean and neat work area to our customers.
•Interprets technical manuals, drawings and blueprints.
•Performs other aircraft maintenance work as may be required.
•Performs varied additional duties as assigned
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
•Knowledge of the English languish
•General knowledge of the combined federal regulations
•Ability to perform basic communications
•Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
•Ability to read and understand blue prints
•Ability to read and understand aircraft wiring diagrams
•Ability to legally operate a motorized vehicle
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Six (6)years of work related experience and a FAA Airframe and Power Plant License. Working knowledge of Hawker Beechcraft products.
Physical Requirements:
•A/P Mechanics often stand, lie, or kneel in awkward positions and occasionally must work in precarious positions, such as on scaffolds or ladders
•Frequently lift or pull objects weighing more than 70 pounds.
Working Conditions:
Mechanics usually work in hangars or in other indoor areas. At the same time, mechanics have a tremendous responsibility to maintain safety standards, and this can cause the job to be stressful. Frequently, mechanics must lift or pull objects weighing more than 70 pounds. Noise and vibration are common when engines are being tested, so ear protection is necessary. Aircraft mechanics usually work 40 hours a week on 8-hour shifts, overtime work is sometimes required.
Branch
HBS Houston, TX (HOU)
Benefits
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation produces a wide range of the finest general-aviation, special-mission and trainer aircraft in the world. The company environment offers employees with dynamic challenges and engaging learning experiences to succeed in the aviation industry today.
We also offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package to you, your spouse or same-sex domestic partner, and your eligible children. In addition to protecting you and your family's health and well-being, we provide important income and work/life benefits to meet your needs.
Note: Packages will vary according to employees’ payroll designations and locations. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a bargaining unit will be in iverse Workforce
Diverse Workforce
Diversity at Hawker Beechcraft Corporation means building a culture in which all employees feel welcome and able to contribute to their maximum. We believe this gives us the advantage to attract, fully utilize, inspire and retain the most talented people possible. We want our employees to question more thoughtfully than our competitors, think more completely, consider from more perspectives and come to better conclusions. All of these are the critical ingredients necessary to compete in the global general-aviation industry.
In 2006, the company received the Equal Opportunity Corporate Diversity Award from the Urban League in Wichita, Kan. The award recognized our efforts for further understanding and cooperation among employees, customers and the community; to establish a diversity program that includes recruitment, promotion and supply chain components; and to contribute to improving the quality of life in the greater Wichita metro area by encouraging employee involvement.
One reflection of our commitment to diversity can be seen in the formally recognized networking groups called Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). These groups foster an inclusive work environment so that all employees are fully engaged and working together effectively to meet our business goals.
ERGs serve as forums to communicate diversity issues and concerns to leadership in a neutral, respective environment. Each group focuses on personal and professional development, while also taking on company and community projects.
> Women’s Network Initiative (WNI)
> Black Employees Network (BEN)
> Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies (GLBTA)
> Young Employee Success Network (YESnet)accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. Benefits for Hawker Beechcraft Services vary for some coverage options.
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Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC)
Hawker Beechcraft is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.
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