Maintenance Technician - Weekend Shift (SkillBridge)

About the role

GE Aerospace's ACSC facility repairs engine components, including rotating parts, complex assemblies and nozzles on 29 engine models. This weekend-shift Maintenance Technician internship is 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 with an industry partner. 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 read, interpret and modify mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic drawings and schematics
• Ability to lift and move up to 40 pounds; items heavier require assistance
• U.S. person status (citizen, lawful permanent resident, asylee or refugee); access to U.S. export-controlled information is required

Required skills

• Basic computer use, applications and keyboarding (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
• Industrial mechanical and CNC machine tool knowledge
• Interpretation of faulty circuit components in mechanical and basic electrical systems
• 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