L5 Senior Repair Technician, Amazon - Prime Air

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Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!

Prime Air is seeking an experienced Sr. Drone Maintenance Technician who combines technical skills with a passion for maintaining machinery and aircraft.

This person will be responsible for drone maintenance and routine service, ensuring the aircraft conforms to design, leading other repair techs and that vehicles are in safe operating condition.

This candidate is expected to work closely with engineering, flight operations, and other Prime Air teams to deliver on their assigned responsibilities.

This individual should possess strong analytical skills, be a self-starter, and work well independently.

Key job responsibilities

• The sr. repair tech is responsible for drone maintenance and routine service at the commercial operation location, ensuring the aircraft conforms to design, and is in safe operating conditions
• Drives time-based and condition-based maintenance activities
• Develop and own fleet performance metrics
• Verify adherence to FAA regulations and Prime Air directives and processes
• Manage fleet spare parts and inventory
• Hire, train, and mentor other repair techs
• Assign shift roster and oversee repair techs performance
• This candidate is expected to work closely with engineering, flight operations, and other Prime Air teams to deliver on their assigned responsibilities.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Tolleson, AZ, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Mechanical and electrical integration or assembly experience
• Experience in installation of sub-assemblies and assemblies while working to drawings or CAD files
• Ability to carry / lift up to 50 lbs, stand / walk during shifts lasting up to 12 hours, and be able to frequently push, pull, squat, bend and reach
• Demonstrate proactive safety mindset in ambiguous situations
• Familiar with common business applications and tools (e.g. MS Office, SQL)
• Excellent business communication skills
• Experience leading teams
• May require up to a total of six months of travel annually
• Position will be contingent upon successful completion of a DOT drug and alcohol screening
• This position may be subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing. Federal law requires Amazon to determine an applicant's history of Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and / or alcohol violation(s) or refusal(s) to test before hiring him / her into a safety-sensitive position, if applicable

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• FAA Airframe & Powerplant License
• Experience using Microsoft Office and Linux
• Familiar with Python or other scripting languages
• Experience creating CAD files based on loose specifications
• Experience in the aviation industry
• Ability and license to operate a motor vehicle
30+ days ago