Bench Mechanic in Wellington, Kansas

Job Title: Bench Mechanic

Job Description

As a Bench Mechanic, you will perform accessory repair and overhaul, including cleaning, tearing down, inspecting, and rebuilding using appropriate tooling as required by maintenance manuals, drawings, service bulletins, and work instructions to ensure airworthiness.

Responsibilities

• Perform disassembly and cleaning of units.

• Conduct minor repair operations such as flushing, grit blasting, vapor degreasing, and using basic machining equipment.

• Execute initial planning on SRO according to customer specifications, OEM manual requirements, service bulletins, DER repairs, and other applicable work instructions.

• Maintain a minimum of 80% billable percentage.

• Monitor material shelf-life and properly dispose of out-of-date material.

• Maintain a safe and audit-ready work area.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office basics.

• Ability to learn industry-related software.

• Skill to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Skill to read and interpret basic inspection tools, including I.D., O.D., ‘C’, depth micrometers, and calipers.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain respiratory certification and wear a face respirator.

• Must possess the necessary hand tools to perform position responsibilities.

• Ability to obtain a Mechanic stamp.

• Skills in grinding, drilling, repair, aviation, troubleshooting, cleaning, hand tools, mechanical aptitude, assembly, component level repair, and sheet metal.

Why Work Here?

Our organization offers great benefits to employees and provides endless opportunities for growth. The facility is expanding as work from other locations is relocated, ensuring a dynamic and supportive work environment.

Work Environment

The work environment is a warehouse/manufacturing setting where you will engage in disassembly, cleaning, inspection, re-assembly, and testing of all products and components. Usage of hand tools, wrenches, and other mechanical equipment is required.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Wellington, Kansas.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $21.30 – $25.00

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Wellington,KS.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Jan 31, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.