American Airlines: Connecting the World
American Airlines stands as one of the world's largest and most respected airlines, connecting people to destinations across six continents since 1937. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, this industry leader operates over 1,300 aircraft in its mainline and regional fleets, serving approximately 350 destinations in 50 countries with nearly 6,700 daily flights. As a founding member of the oneworld alliance and S&P 500 company, American Airlines has established itself as a cornerstone of global aviation excellence.
Diverse Career Pathways
With over 130,000 team members nationwide, American Airlines creates diverse career opportunities across multiple disciplines including aviation maintenance, customer service, operations, technology, finance, and corporate management. Whether you're stationed at one of hundreds of airports, working from the state-of-the-art headquarters in Fort Worth, or serving customers remotely, there's a place to start or advance your career.
Culture of Growth and Inclusion
American Airlines embodies a commitment to service, excellence, and humanity. The company believes in caring for people on life's journey-both customers and team members. With 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups, the airline fosters an inclusive work environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation. Team members are encouraged to tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills while advancing their careers.
Comprehensive Benefits and Perks
- Travel Benefits: Access to 365 destinations across the global network for you, family, and friends
- Day-One Health Coverage: Comprehensive health, dental, prescription, and vision benefits plus virtual doctor visits
- Retirement & Wellness: 401(k) program with employer contributions and robust wellness programs
- Additional Perks: Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, and discounts on hotels, cars, and cruises
- Professional Development: Training programs and leadership advancement opportunities to explore your potential
Why Team Members Choose American
Join American Airlines and become part of a dynamic organization that values service excellence, human connection, and professional development. Feel free to be yourself while connecting millions of passengers annually across one of aviation's most extensive route networks. Your career journey awaits with a company dedicated to helping you become the best version of yourself.
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Aviation Maintenance Technician Plater
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why You'Ll Love This Job
- Responsible for being a key reason why friends, family, and customers of American Airlines fly safely and on time.
- There are also opportunities for job growth and advancement, training, and working with many of the industry's most talented aviation professionals.
What You'Ll Do
These are the essential functions of the jobThis list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed when operationally necessary, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship. Please contact [email protected] should you wish to request an accommodation.
Technical Functions
- An Aviation Maintenance Technician - Plater will be able to perform operations, techniques, and all other facets and processes of advanced plating operations in accordance with manuals and procedures expected by American Airlines. An Aviation Maintenance Technician - Plater will possess process knowledge about aircraft type plating including but not limited to chrome, nickel, cadmium, copper, silver, and aluminum processing.
- Service aircraft, including but not limited to, mechanical work involved in the dismantling, disassembly, overhauling, repairing, fabricating, assembling, welding, checking, repairing, replacing, testing, adjusting, installing, and erecting all parts of airplanes required to maintain airworthiness of aircraft and their components
- Conduct scheduled maintenance inspections
- Certify for the quality of own workmanship (i.e., that it is in accordance with the proper maintenance manuals and references)
- Connect/remove ground power and ground start units
- Push out/tow aircraft and perform guideman functions
AMT Work Conditions - General Functions
- Perform inspections in extreme environmental conditions, including extreme heat (over 100deg Fahrenheit), extreme cold (below 32deg Fahrenheit), rain, sleet, wind, and snow
- Perform duties that require general safety awareness (e.g., when working in an area with moving vehicles)
- Perform duties that require use of personal protective equipment (e.g., wearing fall protection while working at heights, wearing respirators while working around fumes and vapors)
- Perform duties in conditions that are dirty (e.g., dirt, dust, grime)
- Perform work in confined, tight, or awkward spaces
AMT General Functions
- Sign mechanical flight releases and/or airworthiness releases
- Maintain knowledge of and use manuals, supply/parts catalogs, minimum equipment lists, and general maintenance manuals
- Ensure forms, records, reports, and other work-related paperwork are completed properly
- Perform Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walks
- Clean work area
- Request parts
American Airlines General Functions
- Report to position on time, as scheduled, and at assigned station or location, including varying shifts, weekends, and holidays
- Perform all functions in accordance with safety procedures and policies
- Complete job-relevant trainings
- Adhere to government regulations (e.g., DOT, FAA, TSA)
- Adhere to company policies, procedures, and performance standards
- Receive assignments and follow instructions from supervisor or Crew Chief, as applicable
- Coordinate with other employees and stakeholders in order to accomplish work tasks
- Wear uniforms as required by company policy
- Use relevant electronic systems to complete work
All You'Ll Need For Success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- High School diploma or GED
- Valid driver's license
- 24 Months Verifiable, hands-on work experience in aircraft type plating
- Possess advanced plating process knowledge about critical manual operations and plating processes.
- Ability to work rotating shifts including weekends, holidays, and days-off
- Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA)
- Must be able to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges
- This job is subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing. Your previous employers will be contacted to verify if you had any DOT drug violations and/or refusals to test for drugs or alcohol in the previous two year period. Your DOT required urine specimen will be tested for the following substances: Cocaine, Marijuana, PCP, Amphetamines and Opiates.
- Travel to the interview and any subsequent relocation expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.
What You'Ll Get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
- Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
- Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
- Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
- 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
- Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel Free To Be Yourself At American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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