Job description
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Aircraft Worker: Kirtland AFB
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Direct Hire with Amentum Including Full BenefitsPay Rate: $36.24 per hour - Duties and Responsibilities
- Work closely with and under the direction of Aircraft Mechanic Lead and Production Supervisor:
- Launches and recovers aircraft and performs required inspections to ensure airframe structure and powerplant serviceability.
- Performs aircraft ground handling and servicing.
- Adjusts, aligns, and calibrates aircraft components.
- Performs functional checks of fuel, hydraulic, engines, avionics, and electro-environmental systems.
- Rigs, tracks, and balances rotor systems.
- Advises Lead Mechanic of deficiencies affecting aircraft airworthiness.
- Performs inspections, accomplishes refurbishment and phase maintenance.
- Prepares and maintains aircraft maintenance records and historical documents.
- Maintains aircraft maintenance forms and ensures all historical documents are given to plans and scheduling.
- Accomplishes aircraft maintenance actions using the IMDS.
- Uses applicable technical orders/manuals when performing aircraft maintenance, time compliance technical order, and to troubleshoot aircraft.
- Researches, orders and receives aircraft parts.
- Prepares parts for turn-in back into the supply system.
- Initiates material deficiency reports as required.
- Inventories aircraft support equipment.
- Maintains tools, hand and special, in a safe and serviceable condition.
- Reports unserviceable tools and equipment to appropriate responsible party.
- Annotates equipment/tools inspection and condition documents.
- Checks serviceability and operates powered and non-powered support equipment.
- Complies with established policies, procedures and standards.
- Assists other mechanics/specialists as required.
- Complies with all safety, bioenvironmental, security and housekeeping standards.
- Complies with training requirements.
- Trains newly assigned personnel as required.
- Operates vehicles, both special purpose and regular as required.
- Maintains H-1or H-60 helicopters as training is provided.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Key Performance Indicators
- Knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures and replacement of parts desirable.
- Knowledge of aircraft sheet/metal/structural modifications and repair desirable.
- Knowledge of electrical theory desirable.
- Knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment, torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, sheet metal brakes and sheers desirable.
- Requires working knowledge of technical publications.
- Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician and may be required to make entries in aircraft logs and records.
- Must be able to prioritize workload to maintain schedules on assigned projects.
- Qualifications
- Work Experience
- Minimum at least one (1) year of recent (within the past three (3) years) of H-60 or UH-1N aircraft maintenance experience.
- Educational Qualifications
- Military aviation technical school (CDC—military correspondence course or equivalent acceptable) or possess an Airframe and Power Plant License.
- Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of the use of hand and special tools, and testers is required.
- Knowledge (aircraft/vehicle movement and safety/hazards) of flight line operations is desired.
- Knowledge of aircraft technical orders/job guides/publications is desired.
- Working knowledge (input and extract data) of IMDS is desired.
- Knowledge of vibration analysis and troubleshooting procedures desired.
- Must be willing and able to perform in-flight FCF checks.
- General
- Must have basic working knowledge of aircraft safety directives.
- Must have a current civilian driver's license, and be able to obtain and maintain a government flight line driver’s license.
- Must be able to read, write, and understand English
- Must be able to obtain and maintain Restricted Area Badge (Position of Trust) clearance.
- Must be willing to work any shift, including weekends.
- Must be willing to travel (infrequent, <10%).
- Required lifting up to 50 lbs.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
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