Aircraft Quality Control Inspector

Amentum•Laredo, TX

11h

About The Position

The Aircraft Quality Control Inspector ensures assigned aircraft are maintained to the required specifications of 14 CFR Parts 43, 91, and 125, other applicable FAA and DOD regulations, OEM instructions, and CBP directives, and are airworthy before operation. The inspector provides quality oversight during aircraft maintenance, repair, and modification, including receiving, in-process, final quality, flight safety, and functional operational inspections and tests across organizational, intermediate, and depot-level work. The role evaluates work for compliance with customer specifications, standards, technical data, and regulatory requirements; documents maintenance in aircraft logs and records; interprets technical documentation; and provides technical guidance to technicians and maintenance teams. The inspector also monitors quality, safety, training, certification, tool-control, calibration, and related maintenance programs; coordinates with the Customer Quality Assurance Representative; and assists with procedures, plans, and functional check-flight briefings. The position requires use of government computer systems to access technical references and training requirements, compliance with work-order timekeeping and DHS/DOD procedures, and maintaining clean, safe work areas. Duties include handling and storing hazardous materials and waste appropriately, reporting safety issues and tool discrepancies, conducting weekly FOD walk-downs and cleaning duties, and periodically traveling in support of customer missions. Work may take place in an aircraft maintenance hangar or outdoors, and night shifts may be required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Valid Airframe and Power Plant (A&P) License.
Valid FAA Inspection Authorization (IA).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a CBP Background Investigation Suitability clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance.
Ability to obtain a government flight-line driver’s license.
Valid United States driver’s license.
Experience and ability to provide technical support to structural/mechanical engineers and customers.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload to meet aircraft delivery schedules.
Ability to read and interpret data.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to perform tasks involving frequent lifting, reaching, bending, walking, pulling, sitting, standing, crouching, stooping, kneeling, and stretching for prolonged periods.
Ability to work in cramped, awkward, or strained positions and climb ladders, work platforms, scaffolding, and aircraft structures.
Ability to carry items up to 40 pounds; must seek assistance or use weightlifting devices for heavier objects.
Ability to wear cumbersome personal protective equipment for HAZMAT operations.

Responsibilities

Inspect aircraft mechanics’ work on maintenance, repair, and modification of aircraft structures, engines, electrical systems, avionics, and subsystems.
Apply technical knowledge to determine proper equipment installation and operation and help solve complex maintenance problems by interpreting blueprints, manufacturers’ manuals, and other technical documentation.
Make entries in aircraft logs and records and provide technical guidance to lower-level technicians during modifications and maintenance.
Perform receiving, in-process, final quality, flight safety, and functional operational inspections and tests during organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance, modification, and repair.
Approve or reject work by field team members to ensure compliance with customer specifications, standards, and technical data.
Review and approve locally developed procedures and solutions to complex repair situations.
Analyze defects and interpret quality-control rejection and failure trends.
Monitor safety, training, and certification requirements; maintain Quality, Safety, Training, and Certification records.
Conduct daily work-site safety inspections and FOD inspections using checklists, and perform weekly FOD walk-downs.
Monitor tool-control programs, inspect tools, maintain records, and ensure measuring and test equipment meets calibration requirements.
Coordinate with the Customer Quality Assurance Representative on quality matters, mandatory inspection points, and final acceptance inspections of contract end items or services.
Inspect forms and records related to aircraft maintenance.
Monitor maintenance programs, including engine oil consumption, logs and records, hydraulic contamination, NDI, electrical static discharge, employee certification, confined-space entry, tool control, FOD, material-control receiving inspections, weight and balance, fall protection, and safety programs.
Assist in developing and maintaining ground and flight operations standard operating procedures, quality plans, and safety plans.
Assist maintenance teams in briefing and debriefing functional check flights.
Use government computer systems to access technical references for airframe repairs and government training requirements.
Document maintenance in accordance with QA and established regulatory requirements and comply with work-order timekeeping procedures.
Maintain cleanliness and use a clean-as-you-go process; perform weekly break-room and smoking-area cleaning duties.
Maintain situational awareness, remain cognitively focused, and mitigate risks.
Comply with DHS/DOD documents and publications, safety rules, and procedures; promptly report accidents, injuries, violations, unsafe practices, and procedures to a supervisor.
Immediately report missing, lost, found, or unattended tools; maintain and control tools under tool-control policies, inspect and inventory them regularly, and report replacement needs.
Clean work areas and ensure hazardous materials are properly stored; handle hazardous materials, expired materials, and waste in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Travel periodically in support of customer missions.