Senior Aircraft Electrical Technician (H145 FAL)
Airbus Americas · Columbus, MS
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Airbus Americas (aerospace & defense) in Columbus, MS.
- Tools it names
- Assembly lines, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1866 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 37 other live reliability postings in Mississippi.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 42%
- Welding 39%
- PLC 37%
- ✓ Tooling 32%
- EHS / safety 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Airbus Americas in Columbus
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requirements
for materials, supplies, equipment and job schedules.
- ✓Completing forms and records pertaining to completion of assigned work.
Requirements
- ✓Onsite or remote: 98% Onsite
- ✓Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings, able to see and read wire numbers. Daily
- ✓Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
- ✓Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
- ✓Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Daily
- ✓Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 60lbs/27kgs. Daily
- ✓Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 60lbs/27kgs. Daily
- ✓Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull equipment and tools. Daily
- ✓Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily
- ✓Squatting / Kneeling: Must be able to bend, stoop, and squat. Must be able to move about freely in areas with moving aircraft and parts; work in areas where exposure to chemicals and fumes will occur. Daily
- ✓Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily
- ✓Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Several times yearly.
- ✓Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven
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Job Description
Airbus Helicopters is looking for an Senior Aircraft Electrical Technician to join our H145 Final Assembly Line team based in Columbus, MS.
- •* These are essential roles so a signing bonus is available for qualified new hires joining Airbus.
You will be part of the team to perform work on assigned aircraft or parts in the avionics function. Tasks include fabrication, repair, and installation of aircraft parts, maintenance and repair of helicopters and support of helicopter specific programs. Also performing assembly, installation, repair or replacement of aircraft electrical/electronic components and systems in the manufacture, maintenance or refurbishing of aircraft and function check of components.
Meet the team
From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.
Your working environment
On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.
How we care for you
- •Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
- •Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
- •Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
- •Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Your challenges
- •Maintain close working relationship with assigned lead person with regard to schedules, priorities, availability of parts, supplies and tools, and special instructions as required.
- •Perform work from blueprints, sketches, vendor and service manuals, and other source data to obtain dimensions, locations, alignment, tolerances and other specification requirements.
- •Use a variety of standard and specialized hand tools, power equipment, measuring devices and test equipment in completing work assignments.
- •Assure that completed work complies with FAA regulations, customer requirements, and company specifications.
- •Coordinate with various departments regarding
Your boarding pass
- •Minimum of six (6) years of experience working on avionics in aircraft, preferably rotorcraft.
- •Required Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams, and apply standard shop practices in the fabrication and repair modifications of aircraft structures and repairs.
- •Able to independently assess wiring issues and install components.
- •Must be able to read, write, and speak English
- •Familiarity with common aviation type tooling.
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