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The Aircraft (Rotary Wing) Technical Inspector is responsible for ensuring that assigned aircraft are maintained within required specifications and are airworthy before operation. Inspects repairs and modification of aircraft structures, structural components and engines of complex to extreme difficulty.
Job Responsibility
Plan, conduct, and supervise aircraft technical inspections.
Develop and implement quality control and ground safety programs to ensure compliance with contract specifications.
Evaluate personnel, including verification of skills, training and experience.
Perform audits and inspections of work centers and ongoing maintenance actions, procedures, equipment and facilities.
Examine parts and components for conformance to design specification to determine serviceability.
Monitor timeliness and applicability of maintenance technical data and technical library.
Review maintenance source documents, inspection records, note recurring discrepancies or trends and initiate appropriate action.
Manage the material deficiency and technical order improvement program.
Review engineering investigation requests.
Initiate and review quality deficiency reports, technical deficiency reports and hazardous material reports.
Conduct safety inspections, training, and drills.
Inspect and verify proper completion and documentation of safety and flight discrepancies.
Brief and debrief pilots and crew members assigned to functional check flights.
Participate in maintenance test flights and operation checks as required.
Ensure compliance with aircraft configuration control, Army oil analysis Program and test measuring diagnostic equipment calibration.
Provide lower level technicians guidance in aircraft repair and technical inspection techniques and procedures.
Prepare evaluations, special reports, and records pertaining to aircraft maintenance repair and related activities.
Make entries in aircraft logs and records.
Requirements
Five (5) years of recent applicable aircraft maintenance experience.
One (1) year experience performing Technical Inspections on rotary wing aircraft.
A valid and up-to-date (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
A Valid FAA Inspection Authorization (IA). If no IA, shall have a minimum of five (5) years as an inspector on helicopters.
Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.