Competitive wages and benefits
- Employer paid medical and dental for employee
- Employer paid life insurance for employee
- Generous Personal Time Off benefit
- Holidays with flexibility
Machinist
Shreveport, LA
Future Opening: Machinist
Full Time • Shreveport, LA
Job Summary
The Machinist uses machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders, to produce precision metal parts.
General Accountabilities
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or Vernier calipers.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or work pieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment. Operate welding equipment.
- Operate cutting equipment.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Communicate effectively with other personnel at all levels by keeping co-workers and leadership apprised of work progress and difficulties as they arise.
- Complete on-the-job-training (OJT) forms and required reading.
- Help with general clean-up of work area.
- Responsible for accurately clocking to jobs.
- Regular and prompt attendance.
- Effective and appropriate conduct with co-workers.
Title of Supervisor: Director of Shops/Facilities
Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of safe working techniques and procedures.
- Ability to use computers and general understanding of software program(s).
- Basic knowledge of aircraft Aviation Maintenance Manuals, Technical Orders, and Job Guides.
- Ability to perform basic and intermediate mathematical functions.
- Meet all regulatory requirements per FAR 65.
Experience & Education
- High school education or equivalent.
- Two years of previous experience as machinist.
- Ability to program CNC equipment preferred.
Physical Requirements/Working Environment
- Ability to lift 50 lbs.
- Ability to walk short distances.
- Ability to stand for several hours.
- Ability to climb ladders and stairs.
- 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.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Travel
Occasional
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Advanced Aero Services is launching an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the Shreveport Regional Airport. The MRO facility will serve the commercial airline customers at an existing hanger on the airport property.
Advanced Aero Services is managed by people with 40+years in the aviation industry. As a start up company, you can grow as the company grows. The five year growth plan is to have multiple sites at Shreveport Regional Airport with the possibility of 1,000 employees.
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