Forum: Job Openings

Hello All!,
Does anyone know of anyplace hiring Pratt & Whitney engine mechanics?? I have 20 years experiance total on 100/200/220/229's. I know they need people in Saudi, I have been there and have the shirt, do not want another Wink

Any help would be great.

Thanks,
T

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Someone just posted this today; like the weather in Arizona?

Then again with 20 years, your likely looking for non-MIL jobs?

Good luck,
TEG

www.azguard.gov/hro/jobs.htm

03fomoco wrote:

http://www.azguard.gov/hro/jobs.htm

F100 and F110's

F110's are on there way out though.

HRO site shows NATIONWIDE but not mentioned in announcement? Dunno DSN number at bottom.

a bit of advice, don't limit yourself to looking for work on those exact PW models. The fact that you have experience on engines is a big benefit unto itself.

I have a friend who was blade blend qualified on PW engines - he got hired by the power company to "blend blades" on the water turbines at their dam. turbine blade is a turbine blade is a turbine blade - the size is just different...lol

I worked both PW and GE and the nomenclature is different with GE, but basically they are all the same - again turbine is a turbine. Your experience can get you in the door with just about any model or manufacturer.

Very true Davis... Engine Technicians are a vanishing species these days. Fewer and fewer are trained, and there are fewer and fewer in the field MIL or CIV. Everything is 'outsourced' to turbine (Aviation or otherwise) repair facilities at third party companies. Many do simple assembly line overhauls which doesn't lead to outstanding turbine mechanics.

With that said, there are special cases where F100 or F110 experience pays off. Many times the civilian 'contracts' are written for experience in a specific series engine. If one is written like, "F100 experience highly desirable..." those that have turned wrenches for 4 years on F100s will get the job before someone with 20 years F110. That's just the nature of the beast; the contractor is filling the slots on behalf of the customer and must fill the customer's requirement/needs for experience on that engine. Training in specifics of engine 'nomenclature' or specific operational specifications isn't given, and it often states so in the language of the contract as well.

At any rate, they'll all hire someone with turbine experience; fighter, heavy, rotor-craft, or power-plant before they hire a FNG off the street who's mechanical experience is 'loves air shows and enjoys changing his oil and doing tune-ups'

Keep 'em flyin' Thumb

TEG

Forum: Job Openings

Anyone hiring Pratt & Whitney engine mechanics?