Aircraft Technical Inspector – Ch47

Aircraft Technical Inspector – Ch47

Requirements

• Five (5) years of recent applicable aircraft maintenance experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience inspecting aircraft assigned (CH47).
• Possess a Federal Aviation (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant License (A&P).
• If no A&P, shall have a minimum five (5) year experience as an aircraft inspector on the airframe they will be inspecting.
• A valid (current) FAA Inspection Authorization (IA).
• If no IA, shall have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience as an aircraft inspector on the CH47.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for a facility credentials/authorization at the work location.

Responsibilities

• Plans, conducts, and supervises aircraft technical inspections.
• Develops and implements quality control and ground safety programs to ensure compliance with contract specifications.
• Evaluates personnel, including verification of skills, training, and experience.
• Performs audits and inspections of work centers and ongoing maintenance actions, procedures, equipment, and facilities.
• Examines 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.
• Monitors timeliness and applicability of maintenance technical data and technical library.
• Reviews maintenance source documents, inspection records, notes recurring discrepancies, or trends and initiates appropriate action.
• Manages the material deficiency and technical order improvement program.
• Reviews engineering investigation requests.
• Initiates and reviews quality deficiency reports, technical deficiency reports and hazardous material reports, ensuring that they are accurate, clear, concise and comprehensive.
• Conducts safety inspections, training, and drills. Inspects and verifies proper completion and documentation of safety and flight discrepancies.
• Briefs and debriefs pilots and crew members assigned to functional check flights.
• Participates in maintenance test flights and operation checks as required.
• Ensures compliance with aircraft configuration control, Army oil analysis Program and test measuring diagnostic equipment calibration.
• Provides 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.
• Prepares 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.