Aircraft Assembly Operator

5 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Marand Precision Engineering Full time $60,000 - $80,000 per year

About us:

Headquartered in Melbourne since 1969, Marand has a presence in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, London United Kingdom and Fort Worth Texas USA. We are well placed to provide support to local and international Customer programmes.

From designing to manufacturing complex equipment, tooling and bespoke products for predominately blue-chip client base, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems, BHP, Rio Tinto and Carbon Revolution, each one of our team members play a key role in propelling our company forward. 

A job at Marand is an opportunity to apply your craft on exciting projects, develop new skills, grow your career, celebrate success, and live a balanced life.

With our commitment to work life balance and regular team lunches to our robust health and wellbeing support, we put our people first and have processes and governance systems in place to ensure that's the always case. Take your career to new heights at Marand

Your new role:

As the Aircraft Assembly Operator, you will be working closely with the assembly team on critical projects within the aerospace/defence industry. Reporting to the Assembly Supervisor, you will be responsible for structural builds, working on military aircrafts exhibiting a strong focus on quality in a dynamic environment.

Key responsibilities of the role are:

  • Reading and following work instructions / engineering plans, with the ability to interpret engineering drawings being highly advantageous.
  • Jig assembly utilising liquid shimming during pre-structure build.
  • Drilling and reaming of structural holes, deburring and countersinking.
  • Using pneumatic drills in confined areas (structure drilling).
  • Using measuring equipment, vernier calipers, pin gauges, go/no-go gauges, feeler gauges, surface thickness gauges, depth gauges.
  • Bonding composite parts to metallic surfaces, assembly and bonding of anchor nuts.
  • Final structure assembly incorporating the application of sealants.
  • Using pneumatic nut fasteners, fastener grip length gauges and handheld electric fastener torque runners.
  • Ancillary tasks and assembly processes controlled by work instructions and planning.

As an ideal candidate you will have:

  • Strong mechanical background.
  • Experience using hand tools.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to follow supervisory direction.
  • Demonstrate proven experience of Work Health and Safety practices.
  • Experience within the automotive industry and or a similar role would be advantageous but not essential.

This role is an integral part of a wider team and will involve working safely near others, with minimal supervision. It may also require working either a day or an afternoon shift.

Some of the reasons you'll love working at Marand:

  • Early Friday finish.
  • Social club and monthly BBQ.
  • Attractive hourly rates with the ability for overtime.
  • Fantastic opportunity to grow and explore your career.
  • Opportunities for further training and career development.

As part of our recruitment process, successful candidates will be required to complete a police check and pre-employment medical assessment.

Thank you for your interest in becoming part of Marand. Should your application progress to the next stage, a team member from the Human Resources team will be in contact.

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