Maintenance Mechanic - Kansas City International Airport

About Oshkosh AeroTech, an Oshkosh company

Oshkosh AeroTech is a leading provider of aviation ground support products, gate equipment and airport services to commercial airlines, airports, air-freight carriers, ground handling and military customers. Oshkosh AeroTech offers products that make a difference in people's lives by supporting those in our communities who do some of the toughest work. They own many of the most trusted brands in the air transportation industry, including LEKTRO®, JetAire®, JetPower®, AmpTekÔ, Jetway®, and more.

About the role

Join Oshkosh AeroTech as a Maintenance Mechanic, performing essential troubleshooting, repairs, and preventive maintenance on airport machinery, including passenger loading bridges and related systems. You'll diagnose equipment issues, perform detailed repairs, maintain accurate maintenance records, and ensure compliance with safety protocols. This position is ideal for individuals with mechanical, electrical, and troubleshooting skills who thrive in dynamic environments and are committed to operational safety and reliability.

Our Benefits

Joining Oshkosh Aerotech means becoming a valued member of a dynamic team with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, 401K, and more!

Your Impact

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery (e.g., passenger loading bridges) using diagrams, manuals, hand tools, power tools, and precision instruments.
• Diagnose equipment issues through observation, listening, and testing.
• Dismantle devices to inspect, repair, and replace defective components.
• Perform preventive, corrective, predictive, and emergency maintenance, including electrical systems and control mechanisms.
• Record maintenance activities, parts usage, and time spent accurately in CMMS.
• Comply with all safety protocols, including Lock-Out/Tag-Out and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Complete routine cleaning tasks, notify management of potential equipment issues, and be available for emergency response as needed.

Pay and benefits

PAY RANGE: $24-$32/hr.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Valid Driver's License.
• 2+ years' experience in equipment maintenance and maintenance operations.
• Possess mechanic skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting techniques.
• Ability to obtain airport security clearance.
• Availability to work day or night shift including weekends and holidays.
• Willingness to work in various weather conditions as well as at different heights and in confined spaces.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in airport operations or HVAC maintenance.
• Understanding of PLC Control System.
• Ability to read and interpret manufacturer instructions regarding repair and maintenance of passenger loading bridges.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of a Maintenance Mechanic, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and work in small spaces. Ladder work required. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Ability to work in outside weather conditions on an airport ramp. Specific vision abilities required by this job include good close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Good hand / eye coordination is required.

Work Environment

The work environment is similar to airport operation with vehicular traffic. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, cold, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees will work on an airport ramp around aircrafts and around heavy equipment.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.