Gas Turbine Mechanic
Operations Job
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About the Role:
To perform layout, fabrication, and assembly of diversified types of assigned parts, subassemblies, assemblies, engines and brazing fixtures.
What You Will Do:
Perform layout, fabrication, assembly, and mock-up of diversified types of parts, subassemblies, assemblies, and engines of an assigned project, working from and interpreting emergency experimental work assignments, work orders, travelers, Solar and customer engineering prints, specifications, drawings, sketches, lofting information, and other oral and written instructions
Recommend sequence of operations and methods necessary to complete fabrication or assembly assignments
Work with or without the benefit of tooling, planning, and engineering information
Collaborate in the solution of problems and provide information to benefit the assigned project
Determine configuration, form, test, and assemble hydraulic and pneumatic lines and bracketry
Perform any operation before or after machining and welding required to fabricate and assemble all types of parts and assemblies including those which involve difficult configurations and critical coordination of component parts and assemblies
Make layout necessary to establish locations of parts, trim lines bosses, hole and flange patterns, where dimensions and fitting are exacting, requiring the use of such mathematics as plane geometry and shop trigonometry to calculate dimensions
Make layouts on flat and formed sheet metal parts and trim, form, bend, and roll difficult shapes making allowances for material and welding distortion
Develop brazing techniques to lay up and braze parts and assemblies
Set up and operate brazing ovens
Use torch for heating and hot forming
Perform such operations as plating, processing, metal finishing, and heat treating as required
Select materials, tooling and testing equipment and set up and utilize the type of hand, machine forming, and assembly tools and equipment required to accomplish the fabrication task
Alter and adapt standard tooling to locate and assemble parts and materials or improvise temporary tooling and production aids
Utilize a thorough knowledge of the principles of gas turbine engines to assemble and build up parts, assemblies, engines, and test equipment
Exercise the utmost care while tearing down engines and accessory units in order not to disturb or destroy evidence developed during the engine run
Lay out parts undergoing tests and examine for variations from conditions recorded prior to testing, observing, and recording the condition of parts and assemblies for evidence of such conditions as heating, rubbing, discolorations, wearing, leaking, etc.
Set up and operate balancing machines and balance gas turbine engine parts, assemblies and other hardware to critical requirements
Maintain log books for engines worked through test status and assure the accumulation and retention of historical data for each engine
Determine sequence of operations and lay out, fabricate, assemble, repair, rework, and alter all types of brazing tooling fixtures and fixture subassemblies, including such complex developmental and first run fixtures as muffle boxes with or without adequate tooling and complete fabrication information, working from Company specifications, blueprints, sketches, and written or oral instructions and in accordance with shop practice
Maintain proper brazing fixture configuration, where adherence to close tolerances is required
Perform any operation before or after welding required to fabricate all types of developmental or production brazing fixtures including those involving complex contours
Make functional check of the completed brazing fixture unit as required
Install thermocouple, air and vacuum lines to brazing fixture at predetermined location points
Join brazing fixture components together by clamping and/or bolting
Trim, bend, form and roll sheet metal parts and bar stock
Adapt standard tooling to locate and assemble parts and materials and may improvise production aids to assist in accomplishing the above operations
May lay out and fabricate sheet metal products for maintenance, such as splash guards, coolant pans and tanks, catch tanks, etc.
Lay out, fabricate and assemble special field service tools as ordered by Solar and/or customers
Perform the duties of engine mechanic classification as required
Perform rework, repair, and overhaul wherein the operations are essentially the same level of difficulty as required for the operations described herein
What You Have:
High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
1 years of Mechanical Experience Experience with Precision Measuring Devices (multi-meters, dial calipers, depth mics, etc)
Blue Print Reading Experience
Experience with Forklift, Overhead Crane
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience working with gas turbines or other turbomachinery.
Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Thermocouples wiring with termination experience
Experience in the following: proximeter, bolt heater, hydraulic stretch tooling, pullers, torch, spot tacker, build stand elevator.
SFIS Experience
Summary Pay Range: $24.00 - $42.41 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits: Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees