Aircraft Quality Control Inspector - Customs and Border Protection

Amentum•El Paso, TX

About The Position

The Aircraft Quality Control Inspector ensures assigned aircraft are maintained within the required specifications of 14 CFR Parts 43, 91, and 125, other FAA and DOD regulations, OEM instructions, and CBP directives, and are airworthy before operation. The inspector evaluates maintenance, repairs, and modifications to aircraft structures, engines, electrical and avionics systems, and subsystems; provides technical guidance; reviews documentation and locally developed procedures; and approves or rejects work to verify compliance with customer specifications, standards, and technical data. The role includes receiving, in-process, final quality, and flight-safety inspections, as well as functional operational tests during organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance, modification, and repair. The inspector monitors quality, safety, training, certification, tool control, calibration, and maintenance programs; maintains records; coordinates with the Customer Quality Assurance Representative; and supports ground and flight operations procedures and functional check flights. The position also requires following safety and hazardous-material procedures, maintaining a clean work area, and periodically traveling in support of customer missions. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, five years of aircraft-maintenance experience, a valid Airframe and Power Plant (A&P) license, a valid FAA Inspection Authorization (IA), and a valid U.S. driver's license. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain CBP Background Investigation Suitability clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance. The role may require night shifts and work in an aircraft maintenance hangar or outdoors. The stated compensation is $51.26 per hour.

Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a CBP Background Investigation Suitability clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Five years of experience in aircraft maintenance.
Valid Airframe and Power Plant (A&P) license.
Valid FAA Inspection Authorization (IA).
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 prolonged stretching.
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 or seek assistance or weightlifting devices for heavier objects.
Ability to wear cumbersome personal protective equipment for HAZMAT operations.

Responsibilities

Inspect aircraft mechanics’ maintenance, repair, and modification work on aircraft structures, engines, electrical and avionics systems, and subsystems.
Determine whether equipment is properly installed and operating, applying technical knowledge and expertise.
Help the maintenance department solve complex problems by interpreting technical documentation, including blueprints and manufacturers’ manuals.
Make entries in aircraft logs and records and provide guidance and technical expertise to lower-level technicians during aircraft modifications and maintenance.
Perform receiving, in-process, final quality, and flight-safety inspections and functional operational tests during organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance, modification, and repair.
Approve or reject field-team work 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.
Perform daily work-site safety inspections and Foreign Object Damage (FOD) inspections using checklists, and perform weekly FOD walk-downs.
Monitor tool-control programs and inspect and maintain records to ensure measuring and test equipment meets calibration requirements.
Maintain quality, safety, training, and certification records.
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.
Assist in developing and maintaining ground and flight-operation standard operating procedures, quality plans, and safety plans.
Assist maintenance personnel 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 Quality Assurance procedures and established regulatory requirements.
Follow work-order timekeeping procedures and maintain cleanliness using a clean-as-you-go process.
Maintain situational awareness, remain cognitively focused, and mitigate risks.
Follow processes and procedures in DHS/DOD documents and publications.
Immediately report missing, lost, found, or unattended tools to the supervisor; maintain and control tools according to policy, inspect and inventory them regularly, and report replacement needs.
Clean work areas as necessary and ensure hazardous materials are properly stored and handled in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Follow safety rules and procedures and promptly report accidents, injuries, violations, unsafe practices, or unsafe procedures to the supervisor.
Perform weekly break-room and smoking-area cleaning duties.
Periodically travel in support of customer missions and perform other duties as assigned.