DCR Senior Aircraft Technician

Senior Dynamic Component Repair Technician

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Senior Dynamic Component Repair Technician to join our DCR team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Your duties will consist of training, guiding and teaching assigned technicians regarding techniques of work performance within assigned area.

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Provide support to section lead and supervisor and backup when vital for reporting or daily routine
• Provide technical support and expertise to the section technicians
• Reworks parts for the Overhaul process
• Inspects parts for continued airworthiness
• Assembles parts for repair or overhaul

Your boarding pass:

• A minimum six (6) years of mechanical skill experience
• Proven ability to provide basic leadership to lower level technicians
• FAA Airframe & PowerPlant License is preferred but not required
• Read, Write, and Understand the English Language

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: More than 90%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings Daily
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts Daily
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs Daily
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. Daily
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Daily
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer. Daily
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor Daily
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Possible once or twice a year.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site

Citizenship:

• Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status

As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

Airbus provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Airbus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits and training. Airbus expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. As a matter of policy, Airbus does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered. Airbus reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

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Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to View email address on click.appcast.io.