Job Description

Heat Treater B - 3rd Shift(

Job Number

344679)

Textron Aviation has been inspiring the journey of flight for nine decades through the iconic and beloved Cessna and Beechcraft brands. We are passionate advocates of aviation, empowering people with the freedom of flight. As you join our legacy as a global leader in private aviation, you’ll have opportunities to try new fields, expand your skills and knowledge, stretch your abilities, and build your career. We provide a competitive and extensive total rewards package that includes pay and innovative benefits to support you and your family members – now and in the future, beginning day one. Your success is our success.

Description

Job Summary: To heat treat, age harden and perform conductivity testing on steel and aluminum aircraft parts. May be required to assist lower grade Operators. Responsibilities:

• Works from shop routers, specifications, and standard detailed instructions to plan and perform heat treating operations, include annealing, tempering, normalizing and/or age on a wide variety of aircraft parts.
• Sets up and operates heat treating equipment such as generators, infraanalyzer, and atmospheric control tempering furnaces or vacuum furnaces. May input sequence of events in work center console.
• Selects and positions parts in racks according to size, shape, alloy and number to be heat treated.
• Maintains records on a variety of aircraft parts according to date, time, dew point reading, lot number and temperature.
• Measures conductivity of material following heat treat operations to determine compliance with quality standards.
• Uses a variety of simple hand tools and other hand and power equipment.
• Visually checks indicator gauges as to temperature and atmospheric conditions in furnaces.
• Responsible only for own work.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

Education

Must have a high school diploma, an equivalent certificate, or a bronze level WorkKeys certification.Experience:

Requires a minimum one year of heat treat experience. Required to successfully complete training and certification in conductivity measurement.

Textron Aviation Inc. must comply with U.S export control laws and regulations. If a position requires access to sensitive information controlled under these laws and regulations, a successful applicant must be eligible to meet any requirements to access controlled information. Working Conditions:

Disagreeable working conditions due to heat and fumes.

Kansas Tax Credit

Join Textron Aviation’s Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Visit https://www.aircapitaloftheworld.com/taxcredits for more information on the tax credit.

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recruiting Company: Textron Aviation

Primary Location

: US-Kansas-Wichita

Job Field

: Manufacturing

Schedule

: Full-time

Job Level

: Individual Contributor

Job Type

: Standard

Shift

: Third Shift

Job Posting

: 09/30/2026, 8:03:24 PM