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Form of workCoordinates and schedules aircraft inspections, diagnostics, and repairs on fixed-wing or rotary aircraft as required by Federal Aviation Administration standards and regulations. Work involves serving as an Aircraft Mechanic, coordinating with external entities to schedule aircraft maintenance and repairs, and keeping current of aviation and aircraft developments to include industry guidelines, standards, applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Serves as a lead worker. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.
Essential Duties:
- Serves as a lead worker by serving as a resource for complex questions; assigning work; presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager; providing input on team members' career conversations; and approving leave requests to ensure operations coverage.
- Works with external entities to schedule aircraft maintenance and repair work.
- Provides technical assistance to offsite aircraft via phone or email.
- Determines workload and prioritizes aircraft maintenance and repair work, and inspections.
- Reviews, approves, and enters completed aircraft maintenance and repair work.
- Monitors tools and parts inventories and obtains supplies.
- Reviews completed work to ensure that maintenance and inspections meet applicable standards and regulations, and that aircraft are ready for operation.
- Completes inspections, diagnoses, and repairs of aircraft engines, components, and systems.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.
Experience: 5 years of experience in Fixed/Rotary wing aircraft maintenance and repair work. (Experience can be satisfied by full-time or prorated part-time equivalent).
Licenses and Certifications:
- Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
- Airframe Mechanic Cert
- Cert Powerplant Mechanic
Competencies:
- Federal Aviation Administration circulars, orders and regulations
- Repair, troubleshooting and maintenance of hydraulic pumps, electronic and mechanical components and equipment
- Preventive maintenance methods and procedures
- Schematic electrical wiring
- Mechanical systems
- Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
- Hazardous materials management methods and procedures
- Maintaining effective working relationships with others
- Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
- Maintaining logs and accurately recording work in progress
- Communicating technical information effectively
- Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment and mechanical devices of the trade
- Read and work with color coded electrical wiring
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
- Subject to noise, vibration and atmospheric conditions-fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation
- Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
- Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device
- Works in narrow aisles or passageways
- Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs
- Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc
- Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
- Stooping, Kneeling and Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
- Crawling-moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
- Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting -using upper extremities to press against object with force to move in a direction or in a sustained motion
- Fingering, Grasping and Feeling -picking, pinching, typing, applying pressure and determining size, shape, temperature or texture of objects; working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand
- Talking and Hearing -expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words; receive information by oral communication
- Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
Conditions of Employment:
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- This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
- Must pass a drug test prior to employment for Safety Impact positions, and subject to random drug testing.
- Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.
