Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of
Build your career with integrity by working at a company that doesn’t just treat you like a number. You’ll get the tools to do things right in a clean and safe work environment and the trust to fix any issue that comes your way. Our on-the-job training and team of experts mean you’ll be set up for success.
Take charge of our day-to-day operations, so we remain the trusted source for aviation repair and maintenance. Work with your team to implement the right processes and practices across our organization to help ensure flight and product efficiency.
As an Entry Level Shop support/Bench Operator General all around shop support, shipping and receiving help as needed, start-up and shut down activities and keeping the facility clean as assigned, Basic machine cleaning/upkeep, cover in multiple departments “as needed” or to cover for absent team members/heavy workloads These duties will align training for multiple departments and help determine placement for future apprenticeship.
**Entry level position, no experience needed. We will train qualified candidates.
Pay Range: $19.21 – $28.81 per hour plus quarterly bonus opportunity. Actual compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Shift Availability
Positions are available on 1st shift
What you’ll do:
General shop Support
Assist with Shipping & Receiving team and other areas about 50% of responsibilities.
Cover for absent team members to avoid interrupting the flow.
Perform start-up and shut down activities and keeping the facility clean as assigned.
Apprentice, future mechanic duties…
Plasma masking/demasking
Light machining “drilling holes/deburring”
Part cleaning/Prep
Shop maintenance and cleaning
Conduct sheet metal forming and blending on a variety of Turbine engine components utilizing a belt sander pneumatic tools and pedestal grinders and various hand tools and fixturing aids, using the correct blending materials and techniques to restore the correct profile and contour of the Turbine Engine hot section turbine components per the Engine Manuals.
- Ensure maintenance operations are performed in the appropriate sequence.
- Ensure that all test equipment or tools used to make airworthiness determinations is labeled in accordance with the RSQM before use.
- Complete the appropriate paperwork.
- Complete all maintenance or alteration processes IAW established standard work processes.
- Support cell personnel with the performance and appropriate documentation of maintenance or alterations performed.
- Confirm quality of work performed through routine in-process checks.
- Track and communicate status of assigned work orders to ensure on time delivery is met.
Basic Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year experience demonstrating basic mechanical aptitude and basic machine tool operation
- Minimum 1 year experience performing Shipping & Receiving task
- Lift up to 25lbs without assistance.
- Able to stand for minimum 50% of time during the shift.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Thoroughly familiar with the use of all tooling, equipment, technical data and inspection aids for their overhauling of the hot section turbine components.
- Ability to follow both written and verbal instructions.
- Willingness to learn and handle multiple tasks
Benefits that make life better:
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested.
- Paid Time Off starting on day one.
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
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About UsRaising the Standard of Excellence since 1911Skills Required
- Minimum 1 year of experience demonstrating basic mechanical aptitude and basic machine tool operation
- Minimum 1 year of experience performing shipping and receiving tasks
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds without assistance
- Ability to stand for at least 50% of the shift
- Familiarity with tooling, equipment, technical data, and inspection aids used for overhauling hot-section turbine components
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Willingness to learn and handle multiple tasks
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
