Chief, Helicopter Maintenance

FIRST DAY OF FILING
: NOVEMBER 20, 2024 AT 8:00 A.M. (PT)

THE FILING PERIOD MAY BE SUSPENDED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. THIS EXAMINATION MAY REOPEN AS THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE REQUIRE.

NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICIAL APPLICATION FILING PERIOD, NO EXCEPTIONS.

EXAM NUMBER
: J7498F

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT
: OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY

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• Flexible Benefit Plans – The County provides each employee with a monthly “benefit allowance” they can use to pay for benefits, allowing employees to choose among a variety of pre-tax and after-tax benefits that include Medical and Dental coverage, Group life insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Health care spending accounts, Long-term disability health insurance, Subsidized Dependent Care Spending Accounts.
• Robust Retirement Packages – Contributory-defined benefit plan; optional tax-deferred income plans that may include a county matching contribution up to 4% of employee’s salary.
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• Thirteen (13) paid holidays per year.

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DEFINITION:
Has immediate charge of a helicopter maintenance operations serving aircraft owned and/or operated by the County.

CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
Positions allocable to this class receive administrative supervision from the Captain in charge of the Sheriff Department’s Aero Bureau or the Fire Department’s Air Operations Battalion Chief. Incumbents serve as the highest level of maintenance management and technical review to helicopter mechanics, helicopter maintenance inspectors, and other air operations support staff. Incumbents are responsible for the maintenance of all technical records, manuals, parts and supplies, support equipment, and coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration on all required aircraft inspections.

Incumbents must possess expert knowledge of materials, tools, and procedures used in maintaining aircraft, principles of maintenance management and supervision, and safety procedures pertaining to aircraft and aircraft maintenance. This class may occasionally lift more than 50 pounds and regularly climb on aircraft and ladders while carrying tools, equipment, and parts.

Directs the planning, assigning, inspecting, reviewing, approving, and evaluating of the activities of helicopter maintenance operations in aircraft preventive maintenance, inspection, repair and replacement of aircraft engines, major component parts, transmissions, drive trains and assemblies, hydraulically actuated accessories, rotor masts, and major airframe members.

Develops and administers preventive maintenance timetables for major and minor repairs of engines, airframes, and major periodic inspections.

Schedules major maintenance to ensure maximum aircraft availability.

Oversees control and accounting of service life-limited parts, such as rotor mast assemblies, and other parts subject to stress failure.

Directs and participates in the design, fabrication, and installation of such devices as electrically actuated chemical drop tanks, search lights, loudspeakers, night vision devices and other equipment requiring substantive airframe and electrical system modifications.

Acts as Departmental liaison to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standard District Offices regarding supplemental type certifications required for major airframe and engine modifications.

Prepares estimates on the extent and cost of aircraft repairs and recommends to management on the need to repair or replace aircraft and other equipment.

Manages the budget assigned to the aircraft maintenance section and reviews all expenditures for compliance with County purchasing procedures prior to submitting purchase requests for approval.

Directs the operation of a tool and stock room including the requisition, receipt and issuance of parts, equipment, tools and supplies.

Directs the preparation and maintenance of records and reports.

Compiles and analyzes cost data.

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