Simulator Mechanic - The Staffing Resource Group, Inc

Flight Simulator Mechanic

Industry: DoD

Location: Tampa, FL

Salary: $22-$26/hour

Employment Type: Contract to Perm

Shift: 1st Shift, 9/80 Schedule

Clearance: Ability to obtain

Travel: Must be willing and able to assume work assignments away from the facility for extended periods, for site installations and be willing to work rotating shifts.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree.
• 3 + years experience in aircraft structural repair or flight simulator assembly.
• Must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to figure percentages, area, circumference, and volume and apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Must have a good knowledge of basic electrical and mechanical hand tools and be able to effectively use them.(Hammers, wrenches, screw drivers, pliers, precision measuring devices such as calipers, micrometers and scales, etc.)
• Must have a sound understanding of military and commercial workmanship standards.
• Must be able to work from parts lists, assembly drawings, schematics, and engineering orders, engineering change orders, engineering logs, client workmanship standards and client manufacturing procedures/work instructions.
• Must have basic computer skills for time reporting and work order processing.

Preferred Skills:

• Airframes portion of the FAA A&P license preferred.
• Ability to operate a forklift or scissor lift.

Duties:

• Assembles machined and bought parts, and disassembles and replaces parts as required.
• Read work orders, follow production, and sample assemblies, diagrams, parts lists and receive verbal instructions regarding duties.
• Measure parts to determine specified tolerance and read precision measuring equipment.
• Fabricates parts from raw materials.
• Drills, taps, reams, countersinks, and spot faces bolt holes in parts, positions and aligns parts, and bolts, screws, and rivets parts together to close tolerances.
• Install flight simulator individual assemblies such as control linkages, throttle alignment, consoles, cabinets, fuselage components, electric, hydraulic motion system actuators.
• Assisting in the preparation of assigned bays for trainer arrivals by laying out and drilling a motion pad, installing adapter plates and assemble computer flooring to receive computer cabinets if required.
• Assist with marking identifying information on parts, completing inventory on assigned toolbox and signing inventory sheet, and assisting in tool room inventory.
• Assisting with the offload of trainers, assemblies and associated equipment assist in house installs, hardware software integration and teardown, pack, ship, and site installation.
• Support trainer modification and upgrades in-house and at customer sites.
• Support relocation of commercial or military training devices domestic or overseas.

EOE/ADA

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