About Us:
Ethos A&C, a Wencor Company, is a trusted provider of gas turbine and aviation engine component repair services with facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Specializing in fuel nozzles, gas turbine accessories, component repair, and electrical harnesses, we deliver high-quality solutions that help our customers maintain safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Overview of the Position:
The Grit Blaster performs abrasive blasting, peening, and aqueous cleaning operations in the overhaul and repair of the company's product. This position follows standard industry practices and practices safe work habits to ensure production is performed in an efficient and safe manner.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform abrasive blasting, peening, and aqueous cleaning operations in support of the overhaul and repair of company products in accordance with established procedures and specifications.
- Follow process sequence sheets, travelers, routers, repair manuals, and quality assurance procedures to ensure compliance with customer, company, and FAA requirements.
- Wear and maintain all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and comply with all safety, environmental, and hazardous material handling procedures.
- Verify the correct blast media, blasting pressure, and process parameters are selected and utilized for each operation.
- Inspect grit blasting and cleaning equipment prior to use to ensure proper operation and report equipment malfunctions or unsafe conditions to supervision.
- Identify, document, and report any product, process, quality, or safety concerns to supervision in a timely manner.
- Ensure all required inspection and measuring equipment is within calibration requirements before use.
- Accurately complete required production and quality documentation, including signing travelers and recording labor hours on daily timesheets.
- Move completed parts to the next operation in accordance with production requirements and established workflow processes.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area in accordance with company housekeeping and safety standards.
- Support continuous improvement efforts and maintain compliance with company quality and operational standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Compensation:
The wage range for this position is $22.40 to $35.67 per hour. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including geographic location, skills, experience, education, certifications, internal equity, and business needs.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with multiple plan options
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match and potential discretionary employer contributions
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Company-paid life insurance, AD&D insurance, and disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Travel Assistance services
- Healthy Rewards Program, with wellness reimbursement opportunities
- Tuition assistance of up to $9,000 annually for eligible employees
- Voluntary benefit options
- Career development and advancement opportunities within a growing organization
Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable plan terms.
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education / Experience Requirements:
One or more year's industrial experience is preferred. Understanding basic mathematics. High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.
Other Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Requires sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
- Requires frequent walking, bending, stooping, climbing, and balancing.
- Requires occasional reaching above shoulder level, kneeling or squatting.
- Requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling weight up to 50 pounds.
- Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity.
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Regularly required to use hands and fingers.
- Works in loud noise levels.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Ability to understand basic mathematics, including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, percentages, and graphs
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding and follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and frequently walk, bend, stoop, climb, and balance
- Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds
- Ability to work in loud noise levels
- One or more years of industrial experience
HEICO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HEICO and has not been reviewed or approved by HEICO.
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Retirement Support — The company maintains a long‑standing 401(k) program with company matching available to nearly all U.S. employees, with matches sometimes delivered in company stock. Official materials indicate broad participation and subsidiary‑level match structures.
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Flexible Benefits — The package spans medical, dental, vision, HSAs/FSAs, life and disability coverage, PTO and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an EAP, and various discounts, with multiple plan choices. Eligibility and specifics can differ by subsidiary.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs such as health fairs, screenings, flu shots, and on‑site classes appear alongside fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts. These offerings complement core coverage and support day‑to‑day wellbeing.
HEICO Insights
What We Do
HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of aerospace, defense, and electronics related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Flight Support Group (FSG/HEICO Aerospace) and Electronic Technologies Group (ETG). HEICO Aerospace offers jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts. It also involves in manufacturing specialty aircraft/defense related parts; offering thermal insulation blankets primarily for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications; subcontracting for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); providing specialty parts as a subcontractor for aerospace and industrial OEMs, and the United States government. In addition, this segment distributes hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical components for the aviation markets.






