Maintenance Technician - Weekend Shift (SkillBridge)

About the role

GE Aerospace is offering a weekend-shift Maintenance Technician position as part of the Military DoD SkillBridge program, which gives active-duty service members on their last 180 days of service civilian work experience and training. The ACSC facility repairs engine components, including rotating parts, complex assemblies and nozzles on 29 engine models. Participants are not paid by GE Aerospace because they continue to receive military pay and benefits.

Key responsibilities

• Build, install, move, rearrange and perform major and minor maintenance on machine tool equipment and facilities
• Diagnose problems, dismantle, repair, replace parts, realign, adjust and reassemble equipment
• Work may include construction, welding, plumbing, carpentry, rigging, millwright work and correcting electrical power and control circuits
• Maintain the preventive maintenance program and keep necessary paperwork
• Follow sketches, prints and written or oral instructions, and direct or instruct others when needed

Required profile

• Active military personnel on their last 180 days of service
• High school diploma or GED
• Documentation of a mechanical/electrical trade education program and/or 2 years of military mechanical experience
• 2 years of industrial facilities maintenance experience in the last 5 years (welding, machine tool repair, pipe fitting, plumbing, rigging, millwright, carpentry, painting, industrial electrical)
• Ability to lift and move up to 40 pounds; items heavier require assistance
• Ability to work in a noisy environment wearing safety gear, and to handle U.S. export-controlled information (must be a U.S. person)

Required skills

• Basic computer use, applications and keyboarding (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
• Knowledge of industrial mechanical and CNC machine tools
• Reading, interpreting and modifying mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic drawings and schematics
• Basic electrical circuits and electronics
• Shop math with fractions and decimals
• Preferred: 1+ years on pumps, motors and drives, closed-loop systems, precision measuring equipment, material handling devices, and 3+ years in high-tech manufacturing or military equipment