Inspector Lead; 5th Shift

Inspector Lead (5th Shift)

As a Service Center Inspector – Lead, you will lead and mentor a skilled team while ensuring inspection methods and procedures meet FAA regulations and manufacturer requirements, playing a critical role in aircraft safety, quality, and compliance.

• Aircraft & Component Inspections: Conduct in‑process, incoming, hidden damage, and final inspections to ensure all maintenance, repairs, and alterations meet airworthiness standards.
• Airworthiness Certification & Return to Service: Certify aircraft and components for return to service by inspecting hardware, verifying documentation, and ensuring compliance with FAA regulations and Textron Aviation quality standards.
• Technical Documentation Interpretation: Interpret and apply maintenance manuals, wiring diagrams, structural repair manuals, and approved technical publications to support accurate inspections and compliance.
• Regulatory Compliance & Records Oversight: Verify inspection records, reports, and FAA documentation to ensure accuracy, traceability, and adherence to regulatory and quality requirements.
• FAA & Customer Requirements Support: Apply RII, Part 135 customer requirements, MELs, airworthiness directives, service bulletins, and conformity standards to all inspection and buy‑off activities.
• Inspection Leadership & Audit Support: Guide and coordinate inspection activities, support FAA or ODA audits, assist with conformity and certification processes, and collaborate with Quality leadership on document control and compliance.

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent; A&P License;
  Knowledge of blueprints, specifications, arithmetic, and broad knowledge of aircraft instruments and equipment.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of aircraft instrument and equipment inspection, repair and functional test experience or directly related instrument and equipment work.

• Familiar with Non‑Destructive Testing procedures and applicability.
• SAP Experience.
• Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to lead and direct inspection related activities of aircraft maintenance.
• Previous experience within the corporate jet sector.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an airport security badge through the local airport authority, if applicable.

• 401(k) company match with an additional annual contribution equal to 4% of eligible compensation.
• Education assistance for undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs, compensated at the start of the semester.
• Flight training bonus program for earning pilot certifications.
• Fertility and adoption assistance, along with discounted childcare and planning.
• Free financial consultations and guidance.
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Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Textron Aviation Inc. must comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations. If a position requires access to sensitive information controlled under these laws and regulations, a successful applicant must be eligible to meet any requirements to access controlled information.

Join Textron Aviation’s Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Visit  for more information on the tax credit.