Quality Control Inspector; KCAK

Purpose

The Quality Control Inspector is responsible for performing inspections of aircraft, engines, appliances, and aircraft components to ensure maintenance, repair, overhaul, alteration, and inspection activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements, approved technical data, customer requirements, and Berry Aviation, Inc. (BAI) quality standards.

This position supports safe and compliant operations by identifying discrepancies, verifying workmanship, maintaining accurate inspection documentation, and ensuring maintenance activities are completed in accordance with FAA regulations, company procedures, and customer requirements.

The Quality Control Inspector works closely with the Director of Quality/Chief Inspector and maintenance personnel to perform inspections, verify compliance, and identify quality concerns within the repair station environment.

• Work with the Director of Quality/Chief Inspector to ensure the Quality Control Procedures outlined in the Berry Aviation, Inc. (BAI) General Maintenance Manual are enforced and followed by all personnel.
• Work with the Director of Quality/Chief Inspector to establish the policies and procedures outlined in the General Maintenance Manual as they relate to the functions of the inspection department.
• Ensure that when maintenance is performed in accordance with the Air Carriers manuals and that all required inspection items (RII) have been inspected, documented and marked as a  RII  on all required inspection records, forms and/or maintenance logs.
• Ensure maintenance personnel have and use the most current aircraft/component manufactures maintenance manuals, technical data, and required forms during maintenance.
• Ensure that precision tools and test equipment used by maintenance personnel are the proper tools and/or test equipment called out in the applicable maintenance/overhaul manuals and are within the required calibration interval at the time of use.
• Ensure aircraft parts and/or components removed by maintenance personnel during the course of maintenance activities have been properly tagged listing the correct disposition to prevent the use of rejected and/or unserviceable parts.
• Ensure the procedures for  Segregation and Handling of Parts  as outlined in the General Maintenance Manual is being followed by all personnel.
• Perform daily in-process inspections on aircraft undergoing maintenance, repair and/or overhaul to assure all worked performed meets the requirements outlined in the General Maintenance Manual and 14 CFR Part 43.
• Perform daily in-process reviews of all inspection records, forms and tags to ensure maintenance personnel are signing off inspection checklists progressively and all inspection findings & corrective actions have been documented on the work order with all required information as outlined in the General Maintenance Manual and 14 CFR Part 43.
• Ensure that only serviceable and airworthy approved parts are installed as part of the maintenance.
• Monitor shelf life limited parts and materials used by the airline to ensure out of date items are not used on aircraft.
• During the daily in-process reviews/Inspections identify maintenance tasks that qualify as a major repair/alteration as outlined in the General Maintenance Manual and 14 CFR Part 43, ensure these tasks are clearly marked on the work order as such. Coordinate with the Lead Mechanic and Director of Quality/Chief Inspector to ensure FAA approved data is available and used to perform the major repair/alteration.
• Perform maintenance records audit and finial inspection on a civil aviation article once maintenance is complete, this should include the following:
  • Review all inspection records, work orders and forms to ensure maintenance personnel have completed and properly signed off all inspection tasks and cleared all open discrepancies.
  • Ensure all required inspections have been performed and documented as such, this includes any  RII  items.
  • If any major repairs/alterations were performed verify work was performed in accordance with FAA approved data and the corrective action sign off references the approved data. Execute a FAA Form 337 outlining the work performed and forward to the Director of Quality/Chief Inspector for review and approval. If an AFM supplement was included as part of the major repair/alteration, make sure a copy has been placed in the AFM.
  • If any work performed require an update to the current aircraft weight and balance, make sure all required forms have been…