$6,500 Sign-On Bonus Relocation AssistanceSUMMARY: The Lead Mechanic oversees the maintenance tasks in the service, repair, and overhaul of aircraft to ensure airworthiness. Ensures timely completion of tasks and provides training and mentorship for an assigned function area. Assists with Maintenance Supervisor responsibilities for short periods of time.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures all tasks are promptly completed in compliance with federal regulations, customer guidelines, and company policies.
- Reviews required customer and FAA paperwork to ensure proper maintenance updates and compliance with applicable regulations and customer requirements.
- Leads the maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alteration of, or approves and returns to service, any aircraft, or part thereof, only for which that Lead is rated and has satisfactorily performed the work concerned at an earlier date.
- Performs maintenance tasks as required and becomes an active crew member.
- Conducts crew meetings to ensure communication regarding work, safety, and quality.
- Uses technical data to order parts and ensure the material is suitable for the aircraft being installed. Ensures all parts for the specialty area are ordered promptly.
- Ensures Engineering is submitted on time as needed.
- Responsible for keeping all assigned areas clean and audit-ready. Identifies and eliminates hazards that pose risks to employee safety and the quality of work. Ensures compliance with safety requirements.
- Responsible for on-time delivery in assigned skill set in coordination with other skill sets.
- Monitors and corrects routine and non-routine labor hours prior to exceeding the allotted estimated hours.
- Notifies Supervisor of variations in labor requirements to ensure the most efficient utilization of labor and resources and to avoid LOW when possible.
- Answers questions from customers as needed.
- Responsible for setting timeframe expectations with technicians on task card accomplishment.
- Oversees On-the-Job Training (OJT) to provide learning opportunities through work assignments and mentoring.
- Recommends changes to processes to improve efficiencies and workflow.
- Complies with, communicates, and provides guidance to team members on ATS policies, procedures, and Safety Management System (SMS) requirements. Promotesthe "Balanced Technician" concept.
- Mentors and develops the technical and leadership skills of the mechanics.
- Communicates all information on assigned employees to the supervisor, including disciplinary problems. May deliver or give input with performance evaluations on assigned employees.
- Provides regular feedback and performance coaching, including appropriate time management, task prioritization, and ensuring proper knowledge and training to accomplish assignments for all members of the assigned crew.
- Responsible for accurate timekeeping, including clocking into jobs.
- Responsible for the accuracy of clocking into jobs for the assigned team.
- Responsible for adhering to all ATS-required training.
- Regular and predictable attendance.
- Effective and appropriate conduct with co-workers.
OTHER DUTIES:- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Performs Delegated Inspector duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL EFFORT AND DEXTERITY: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, stand, and walk; use their hands and arms; talk or hear; and focus on close-up objects. The employee may be required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may also be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
ENVIRONMENT: Based on location, you may be required to pass a background check for an SIDA (Security Identification Display Area) or an AOA (Airport Operations Area) badge.
The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate to high. May occasionally work near moving mechanical parts in high, precarious places and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. May work outdoors in various weather conditions. This position requires the use of a respirator.
EMPLOYER'S RIGHTS:This job description is not a contract for employment, and either party may terminate employment at any time. The job description is not intended to be, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. ATS reserves the right to revise the job description at any time.
