**Job Title: Aviation Mechanic** **Job Description** Join our team as an Aviation Mechanic, where you will play a crucial role in building helicopters for civilian and military purposes. **Responsibilities** + Install and adjust complex assemblies including correlator assembly, main rotor assembly, tail rotor assembly, and exhaust manifolds. + Perform installations using power and hand tools according to blueprints and specifications. + Set up, align, and assemble parts to be riveted in jig or fixture with temporary fasteners. + Verify dimensions and alignment, drill parts, deburr holes, and reassemble parts for riveting. + Fabricate thermoplastic parts and check for clarity, distortions, and defects. + Fit and bond parts to assemble larger components, including installing gas tanks and electrical terminal boards. + Assemble and mount doors, install locking mechanisms, and prepare openings. + Build seat structure assemblies and attach cabin and tail cone to pylon. + Select appropriate subassembly parts, measure specified tolerances, and hone and buff parts to fit. + Position, align, and assemble parts using jigs, fixtures, and templates. + Assemble and test dampers, conduct hydraulic tests, and record results. + Inspect and test work to ensure conformance to specifications and maintain tools and equipment. **Essential Skills** + Aviation maintenance experience + A&P license + Ability to read blueprints and schematics + Troubleshooting skills + Aircraft maintenance and repair + Avionics installation and wiring diagram proficiency + Mechanical troubleshooting **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Military experience is a plus + Open to machine builders, diesel mechanics, and mechanically inclined individuals + Experience with fabrication and sheet metal work + Knowledge of wire harnesses and cable assembly **Why Work Here?** We offer a competitive compensation package that includes a daily per diem for those outside a 60-mile radius. You will enjoy a minimum of 3 weeks of paid time off per year, 9 paid holidays, and comprehensive insurance coverage starting from day one. Our retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with a company match of up to 3%. Additional benefits include short-term disability, bereavement leave, and more. **Work Environment** You will be working in a clean, temperature-controlled shop with a small, family-type atmosphere. The facility hosts about 150 people, and you will report to a team lead. Enjoy a 1/2 hour unpaid lunch break. We offer positions for both 1st shift (Monday – Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM) and 2nd shift (Monday – Thursday, 2:00 PM – 12:30 AM) with a $1.50 per hour shift premium. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Menominee, Michigan. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $35.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • 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 Menominee,MI. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Aug 22, 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.