Job Description:
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* Maintain and repair complex to extreme difficulty aircraft structures, structural components, and engines.
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Aircraft Maintenance Responsibilities:
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* Maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems and mechanical components.
* Applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions.
* Restores equipment condition and operation by applying technical expertise.
* Interprets technical data such as blueprints or manufacturers' manuals to solve complex problems.
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Key Accountabilities:
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* Makes entries in aircraft logs and records.
* Provides guidance and technical expertise to lower-level technicians throughout all aircraft modifications and/or maintenance efforts.
* Plans, conducts, and supervises aircraft technical inspections.
* Computes basic weight and balance records.
* Participates in maintenance test flights and operation checks as required.
* Ensures compliance with aircraft configuration control, army oil analysis program, and test measuring diagnostic equipment calibration.
* Guides lower-level technicians in aircraft repair and technical inspection techniques and procedures according to directives, technical manuals, work standards, and operational policies.
* Servicing and lubricating aircraft and subsystems.
* Safety prepares aircraft for inspections and maintenance checks and services.
* Performs scheduled inspections and assists in performing special inspections.
* Diagnoses and troubleshoots aircraft systems using special tools and test equipment as required.
* Operates power vehicles, machinery, hand tools, ground support equipment, forklift, etc.
* Wears proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
* Passes a Respirator Physical and Fit Test qualification.
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Requirements:
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* Requires a comprehensive knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting/repair procedures and replacement of components.
* Requires a thorough knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modification and repair and the ability to determine functionality of non-complex electrical systems.
* Requires a detailed knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, cable tensiometers, sheet metal brakes, and shears.
* Must possess experience and ability to provide technical support to structural/mechanical engineers and customers alike.
* Must possess excellent organizational skills in prioritizing workload to meet aircraft delivery schedule.
* Required valid up-to-date A&P license and five years aviation maintenance experience, five years rotary wing aircraft experience.
* All mechanics assigned to perform maintenance on FAA certified aircraft must meet FAA requirements.
* Required to possess the level of experience necessary to inspect all required aeronautical type maintenance to be performed by skill class Mechanic I and have a combination of experience to repair engines, sheet metal, structural, hydraulic, electrical, power train, and general mechanical maintenance of moderate difficulty.
* Required basic knowledge of electrical theory.
* Required working knowledge of making entries in aircraft logbooks & records, military technical publications, and the Army's Unit Level Logistics Aviation Information System, ULLSAE.
* Required to determine functionality of non-complex electrical systems.
* High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
* U.S. Military technical school or specialized training course is desired for AH-64 training; certification of education is required.
* Must be a U.S. Citizen.
* Must be in possession of a U.S. Passport and able to travel internationally.
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Clearance Requirements:
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* Must be able to obtain and maintain a (Secret Clearance) US Government Clearance.
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Work Environment:
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* Work is performed in Aircraft maintenance hangar that is moderately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
* May be required to occasionally lift/push/pull objects up to 50 pounds.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
* The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
* May be exposed to extreme noise from turbine and jet engine aircraft or operating equipment.
* May be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; may be exposed to electrical shock hazards or work near moving mechanical parts, vehicles, or aircraft.
* Will handle dirty parts and lubricants.
* Will be required to wear proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
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About Us:
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.