Technical Inspector Aircraft

Responsibilities

• Ensure assigned aircraft are maintained within required specifications and are airworthy before operation.
• Inspect repairs and modification of aircraft structures, structural components and engines of complex to extreme difficulty.
• Plan, conduct, and supervise aircraft technical inspections.
• Develop and implement quality control and ground safety programs to ensure compliance with contract specifications.
• Evaluate personnel, including verification of skills, training and experience.
• Perform audits and inspections of work centers and ongoing maintenance actions, procedures, equipment and facilities.
• Examine parts and components for conformance to design specification to determine serviceability; serviceable, unserviceable‑reparable, unserviceable‑non reparable, affixing completed appropriate form/tag for disposition; return to stock, route to appropriate shop for repair and/or turn‑in. Form/tag will contain comment relative to evaluation and be stamped by the Inspector.
• Monitor timeliness and applicability of maintenance technical data and technical library.
• Review maintenance source documents, inspection records, note recurring discrepancies or trends and initiate appropriate action.
• Manage the material deficiency and technical order improvement program.
• Review engineering investigation requests.
• Initiate and review quality deficiency reports, technical deficiency reports and hazardous material reports, ensuring that they are accurate, clear, concise and comprehensive.
• Conduct safety inspections, training, and drills.
• Inspect and verify proper completion and documentation of safety and flight discrepancies.
• Brief and debrief pilots and crew members assigned to functional check flights.
• Participate in maintenance test flights and operation checks as required.
• Ensure compliance with aircraft configuration control, Army oil analysis Program and test measuring diagnostic equipment calibration.
• Provide lower level technicians guidance in aircraft repair and technical inspection techniques and procedures according to directives, technical manuals, work standards and operational policies throughout all aircraft modifications and/or maintenance efforts.
• Prepare evaluations, special reports, and records pertaining to aircraft maintenance repair and related activities.
• Make entries in aircraft logs and records.
• Perform other qualified duties as requested.

• Five (5) years of recent applicable aircraft maintenance experience.
• One (1) year experience performing Technical Inspections on rotary wing aircraft.
• A valid and up‑to‑date (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
• A Valid FAA Inspection Authorization (IA). If no IA, shall have a minimum of five (5) years as an inspector on helicopters.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Valid Driver’s License.

• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic systems or other technology as applicable to fabrication, repair, operation and maintenance requirements.
• Efficient in record keeping and preparation of reports; capable of reviewing other people’s work and determining accuracy and conformity to standards.
• Proficient in the use of the Unit Level Logistics System‑Aviation Enhanced (ULLS‑AE), the current maintenance management system utilized to maintain Army aircraft forms and records.
• Thorough comprehensive knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting/repair procedures and replacement of components.
• Thorough knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modification and repair and the ability to determine functionality of non‑complex electrical systems.
• Detailed knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, cable tensiometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers, etc. is required.
• Ability to provide technical support to structural/mechanical engineers and customers.
• Excellent organizational skills in prioritizing workload to meet aircraft delivery schedule.

• Must be able to walk and…