Yuma, AZ · On-site
$28.50 - $37.25/hr
... preflight/post flight turn around inspections and servicing when required. • Maintains aircraft logbooks and historical data as required • Complies with safety, foreign object damage and tool ...
Yuma, AZ · On-site
$28.50 - $37.25/hr
... preflight/post flight turn around inspections and servicing when required. • Maintains aircraft logbooks and historical data as required • Complies with safety, foreign object damage and tool ...
A Preflight job involves reviewing and verifying digital files before they are sent to print or production. Preflight specialists check for errors in file formats, colors, fonts, image resolution, and other technical specifications to ensure a smooth printing process. Their role helps prevent costly mistakes and production delays. Preflight professionals often work in printing, publishing, or graphic design industries, ensuring that files meet quality and technical standards before final output.
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$28.50 - $37.25/hr
Full-time
Medical, Life, Retirement, PTO
Re-posted 28 days ago
8.9
Based on 42 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
54th of 449 rated engineering
Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $4.5B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.
Overview
The incumbent is responsible to service, troubleshoot, repair and inspect aircraft to ensure airworthiness.
Major Job Activities
Description:
• Inspects and certifies aircraft at specific intervals as required by OEM and FAA
• Troubleshoots system malfunctions, performs necessary corrective actions
• Document’s maintenance of aircraft on appropriate forms
• Removes and replaces defective components
• Complies with Service Bulletins, Instructions and Airworthiness Directives as directed
• Performs maintenance on Ground Support Equipment
• Performs preflight/post flight turn around inspections and servicing when required.
• Maintains aircraft logbooks and historical data as required
• Complies with safety, foreign object damage and tool control program requirements
• Washes, waxes, clean and maintains exterior and interior of aircraft
• Serves as a point of contact with the Quality Assurance Representative
• Advises management of problems that may delay scheduled delivery of aircraft to customer
• Ensures materials issued for assigned tasks are the correct items with proper documentation to repair the problem
• Provides on-the-job training to new employees as required
• Assists with supervision and inspects maintenance performed by FAA certified and non-certified personnel
• Services oxygen, nitrogen, tires, oil and hydraulic systems
• Inspects for and treats corrosion on aircraft and Ground Support Equipment as required
• Greetings to all visitors and clients
• Exhibits positive courteous behavior with customers, businesses and coworkers
• Assists coworkers and those in other departments to successfully perform job tasks and functions when necessary
• Follows all safety procedures and practices established by the Company and regulatory bodies
• This job does not have supervisory responsibilities
Material & Equipment Directly Used
• Aviation maintenance hand and power tools
• Aviation test sets
• Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Engine Oil, Hydraulic Fluid, Cleaning Compounds, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Compressed Air, Aircraft Fuels, Primers and Paints
Working Environment
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 is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of radiation; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Physical Activities
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 use hands or finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Qualifications
Education / Certifications:
• Graduation from a standard four (4) year high school or equivalent (GED).
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant License
• Valid State Driver License
• Valid Passport
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level security clearance.
• Sufficient aviation maintenance hand tools to perform routine Airframe and Powerplant duties
Experience:
• A&P required and 2 years experience preferred
• Computer proficiency sufficient to perform the job, duties, and tasks associated with the position
• Aircraft sheet metal repair and component repair
• Instrument, electronic and electrical test equipment
• Military or commercial aviation maintenance and its terminology
• U.S. government regulations for federal contractors and FAA maintenance programs
Skills & Technology Used:
• To understand and use the English language both oral and written to communicate information or ideas to
another person or persons
• Write simple correspondence
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Recognize or identify the existence of a problem as well as elements of a problem
• Perform a task in the presence of distracting stimulation or under monotonous conditions without significant loss of thought process and efficiency
• Perceive and feel such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature or texture
• Operate hand and power tools
• Travel worldwide with limited notice
• Interpret drawings, specifications and schematics of aircraft instrument/electronic components
• Recognize from schematics and drawing not only how one assembly functions but also how various assemblies interact with each other.
What We Bring:
At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.
Employee benefits include the following:
• Healthcare coverage
• Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
• Retirement plan
• Wellness programs
• Paid time off, including holidays and leave of absences
• Eligible Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development resources
• Employee assistance resources
Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
At V2X, we are deeply committed to both equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We ensure all individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, recognizing the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills. This commitment, aligned with our core Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences encourage innovation, and expand our success in the global marketplace, ultimately enabling us to best serve our clients.
Qualifications
Education / Certifications:
• Graduation from a standard four (4) year high school or equivalent (GED).
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant License
• Valid State Driver License
• Valid Passport
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level security clearance.
• Sufficient aviation maintenance hand tools to perform routine Airframe and Powerplant duties
Experience:
• A&P required and 2 years experience preferred
• Computer proficiency sufficient to perform the job, duties, and tasks associated with the position
• Aircraft sheet metal repair and component repair
• Instrument, electronic and electrical test equipment
• Military or commercial aviation maintenance and its terminology
• U.S. government regulations for federal contractors and FAA maintenance programs
Skills & Technology Used:
• To understand and use the English language both oral and written to communicate information or ideas to
another person or persons
• Write simple correspondence
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Recognize or identify the existence of a problem as well as elements of a problem
• Perform a task in the presence of distracting stimulation or under monotonous conditions without significant loss of thought process and efficiency
• Perceive and feel such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature or texture
• Operate hand and power tools
• Travel worldwide with limited notice
• Interpret drawings, specifications and schematics of aircraft instrument/electronic components
• Recognize from schematics and drawing not only how one assembly functions but also how various assemblies interact with each other.
What We Bring:
At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.
Employee benefits include the following:
• Healthcare coverage
• Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
• Retirement plan
• Wellness programs
• Paid time off, including holidays and leave of absences
• Eligible Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development resources
• Employee assistance resources
Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
At V2X, we are deeply committed to both equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We ensure all individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, recognizing the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills. This commitment, aligned with our core Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences encourage innovation, and expand our success in the global marketplace, ultimately enabling us to best serve our clients.
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Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing
10,000+ Employees
McLean, VA, US
1945
