Equipment Maintenance Technician

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Job Description:

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for an Equipment Maintenance Technician to join our team based in Kinston, NC.

Meet the Team:
Our team at Airbus Aerosystems Kinston manufactures crucial aircraft components. On the shop floor you’ll be surrounded by individuals who are passionate about aviation and skilled in areas like electrical, structure and quality. Join our team and help build the next generation of aircraft.

Your Working Environment:
The Airbus Aerosystems Kinston facility sits at the forefront of aerospace manufacturing, specializing in the production of large, advanced composite aerostructures. Our team builds critical components for the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 XWB, including the composite center fuselage and wing spar.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive pay, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path; as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes; and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges

• Conducts routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent break downs of facilities, machinery, and equipment.

• Uses hand and power tools.

• Tests, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs machines and equipment.

• Uses PLC, CNC along with blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications.

• Move and place in correct position heavy equipment, real property and installed property in accordance with established methods.

• Accomplish all necessary rigging.

• Obtain and deliver material and equipment necessary to support plant maintenance and repair.

• Work from diagrams, prints, specifications or verbal orders.

• Use hand tools, powered tools and shop equipment.

• Perform disassembly and assembly operations necessary to accomplish assignment.

• Enter and retrieve data from the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and order parts required to accomplish the tasks (except as relates to inventory, store, record, issue and any other

• duties related to material support technician.

Your Boarding Pass

• This position requires to be able to work on all shifts.

• Workkeys Assessment completion OR High School Diploma/ GED

• Travel Required: 5% domestic/international travel

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Ability to articulate complex issues to others.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all matters is essential.

• Demonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 100 %

• Vision: Daily able to see and read