Lead, QC

Are you an experienced aircraft maintenance professional with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for safety? As our Quality Control Lead, you’ll guide a team of inspectors ensuring every aircraft leaving our facility meets the highest FAA standards. In this role, you’ll balance hands‑on inspections with team leadership, from reviewing flight logs and verifying repairs to mentoring inspectors and driving operational excellence.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy leading by example, and are ready to play a critical role in keeping aircraft airworthy and operations efficient, this is the opportunity to take your expertise to new heights!

ST Engineering Aerospace is located at Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers’ requirements by providing a full spectrum of high‑quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know‑how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers’ aircraft operate safely and efficiently.

The Lead Inspector shall be responsible to the Supervisor Quality Control for the activities of all Inspectors assigned to his/her crew.

• Assist and direct all personnel assigned to his/her crew.
• Review incoming aircraft maintenance logs for items of work required to be accomplished at the Repair Station.
• Procure required forms and work orders and transfer work to be accomplished to forms.
• Assign and monitor inspectors’ duties.
• Survey all work in progress.
• Accept or reject work accomplished for all items generated on the work order.
• Ensure that shift inspectors give essential tie‑in to their relief to ensure proper completion of work in progress.
• Be responsible for entries in the aircraft maintenance flight logs, as well as the airworthiness release.
• Check for proper installation, security, safety and workmanship.
• Check for proper material and fasteners.
• Check for conformance to specification per repair, maintenance or other relevant manual or applicable engineering instruction approved by the FAA.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Good working knowledge of all aircraft job tasks, through understanding of all applicable FAR’s and company policy and procedures, through knowledge of all aircraft manuals and related materials. Through knowledge of all ST Aerospace Mobile and customer paperwork and a thorough knowledge of blueprint and drawing instructions.

SUPERVISION:
Performs duties according to his or her own judgement. Request assistance only when necessary.

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS: A strong level of interpersonal skills is required to maintain an effective relationship with various departments, inspectors, co‑workers, supervision and the customer.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:
Requires easy mobility around various sections of aircraft. Requires mental skills and quickness with the ability to cope with stress and intense effort or exertion usually caused by long working hours. Working environment requires standing 90% of the workday on hard surfaces. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and to report to work regularly.

• A&P License required
• 5 years heavy commercial aircraft maintenance experience
• Minimum of 2 years inspection experience

As part of the ST Engineering family, you will be treated like family. We offer a great range of benefits that our employees value and help make ST Engineering the best place to learn and work. Our benefits reflect our commitment to attract, engage and retain the most talented people and offer a diverse selection of benefits to suit you and your family.

Some of the benefits we offer are listed below:

• Medical Benefits
• Vision Insurance
• 401k with Employer match
• PTO
• Company provided uniforms
• 6 Nationally recognized holidays
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Company sponsored events throughout the year

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