Aircraft Maintenance C - Ground Equipment; GSE

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The Aircraft Maintenance C Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Technician reports to the Site Manager and provides hands-on maintenance and mission support for powered and non-powered ground support equipment (GSE). The technician troubleshoots, inspects, tests, repairs, overhauls, and operates equipment to determine serviceability and restore proper operation. Supported equipment may include aircraft power carts, aircraft movement vehicles, ground aircraft air conditioners, heaters, and associated accessories and components.

The role applies approved technical data, safety procedures, and program and government directives to keep GSE available, safe, and ready to support aircraft operations.

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite, shifts, weekends, and extended hours as assigned to support mission requirements.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to interpret commercial, OEM, military, and other technical reference materials used to perform maintenance and repair.
• Ability to move up to 75 pounds and perform the physical activities required for GSE maintenance, including ascending, descending, remaining in stationary position when needed, positions self to maintain ground support equipment, reaching, and moving around ground support equipment, aircraft, etc.
• Constantly working in outdoor weather conditions. The diversity of working conditions both CONUS and OCONUS range from an environment where there is little or no physical discomfort, to an environment where there are austere conditions and/or inclement weather that may subject the individual to severe changes in temperature, wind, rain, etc. May be required to work in areas where high noise hazards, exposure to fumes, airborne particles, and electrical shock hazards exist.

• Perform scheduled, preventive, and unscheduled maintenance on powered and non-powered GSE in accordance with approved technical data, operations manuals, safety procedures, and applicable government and program directives.
• Inspect, test, and operate GSE to determine serviceability, identify discrepancies, and verify proper operation following maintenance or repair.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults using approved diagnostic methods and equipment, including load banks, impedance bridges, multimeters, flow-meter panels, and other common or specialized test equipment.
• Remove, disassemble, clean, inspect, treat corrosion as required, repair, reassemble, reinstall, and functionally test GSE accessories and components.
• Use common hand tools, special tools, and calibrated test equipment safely and effectively; report defective, out-of-calibration, or unsafe equipment…