Join the Aerospace Elite: PDS Tech Commercial is Hiring Skilled Structures Mechanic

Position Overview

Join a high-performing, team-oriented production environment under moderate to light supervision. You’ll perform precision structural assembly tasks, including fitting, drilling, riveting, and aligning components, ensuring full compliance with FAA specifications, customer requirements, and internal quality standards.

Title: Structures Mechanic

Location: Savannah GA

Contract: Contract to hire

Pay rates: Level 1 = $21.21, Level 2 = $25.66, Level 3 = $28.75

Job Description:

·         In a team-oriented work environment, under moderate supervision, performs a variety of structural assembly operations in a production department.

·         Perform assembly and fitting of detail parts and structures and varied drilling and riveting operations; ensures parts/assembly meet FAA requirements, customer specifications, and company standard of quality

·         Rivet structural assemblies and parts, including sheetmetal parts, using all tools required to do the job (e.g. portable riveting guns, pneumatic guns, pneumatic drills, counter sinks, rivet shavers, files, reamers, rivets)

·         Read work orders, blueprints, lofts, sketches, and operation sheets to determine sequence of operations, type size and hole pattern for rivets.

·         Check all work and ensure a defective free assembly prior to final inspection

·         Maintain and use all logs and records (e.g. MIR sheets, DMTs, Crabs, PCOs). Use resource planning system to enter daily labor against correct Work Order and Item numbers

·         Align and assemble parts to be riveted using jigs, holding fixtures, pins, clamps, and fasteners

Additional nice to have

·         Fabricated metal structures by cutting, bending, shaping, and assembling metal pieces using welding techniques

·         Daily use of grinders, drills, power sanders

Education/Experience:

·         High School Diploma or GED required.

·         1 year related structural assembly experience (Level 1)

·         2+ years’ experience needed for Level 2

·         4+ years’ experience needed for Level 3

·         Experience working with Solumina and Smarteam preferred.

·         One year experience credit considered for graduates of Savannah Tech Aircraft Structures Technical Certificate Program.

·         Basic knowledge of various aircraft structures, sheetmetal, and fabrication processes

·         Ability to read and interpret basic blueprints

·         Read and interpret 6" scale

Why Join Us:

At PDS Tech Commercial, we believe in fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Our team is dedicated to continuous improvement and excellence in the aerospace industry. We offer opportunities for professional growth, and a supportive culture that values your contributions. Join us and be part of a company that is shaping the future of aerospace technology.

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