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 in airworthy condition and comply with 14 CFR Parts 43, 91, and 125, other applicable FAA and DOD regulations, OEM instructions, and CBP directives. The inspector provides quality oversight throughout aircraft maintenance, repair, and modification activities, including inspections and testing at organizational, intermediate, and depot levels. The role includes evaluating maintenance work, interpreting technical documentation, approving or rejecting work, documenting maintenance, monitoring quality and safety programs, maintaining records, and coordinating with the Customer Quality Assurance Representative. The inspector also supports procedures and plans for ground and flight operations, helps brief and debrief functional check flights, and periodically travels in support of customer missions. Work may take place in an aircraft maintenance hangar or outdoors, and night shifts may be required.

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 aircraft maintenance experience.
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; heavier objects require assistance from other workers or weightlifting devices.
Ability to wear cumbersome personal protective equipment for HAZMAT operations.

Responsibilities

Inspect work performed by Aircraft Mechanics on aircraft structures, engines, electrical and avionics systems, and aircraft subsystems.
Apply technical knowledge to determine proper equipment installation and operation.
Interpret technical documentation, including blueprints and manufacturers’ manuals, to help solve complex maintenance problems.
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 maintenance, modification, and repair.
Approve or reject field team members’ work to ensure compliance with customer specifications, standards, and technical data.
Review and approve locally developed procedures and solutions for complex repair situations.
Analyze defects and interpret quality-control rejection and failure trends.
Monitor safety, training, and certification requirements.
Conduct daily work-site safety 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.
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 operation 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 Quality Assurance and established regulatory requirements.
Comply with work-order timekeeping procedures and applicable DHS/DOD processes and publications.
Maintain cleanliness and use a clean-as-you-go process while performing maintenance duties.
Immediately report missing, lost, found, or unattended tools; control, inventory, and inspect tools in accordance with policy, and report replacement needs to the supervisor.
Clean work areas as necessary and properly store hazardous materials; handle hazardous, expired materials, and waste according to applicable laws and regulations.
Follow safety rules and procedures, work in a manner that enhances workplace safety, and promptly report accidents, injuries, violations, and unsafe practices or procedures to a supervisor.
Perform weekly break-room and smoking-area cleaning duties.
Periodically travel in support of customers’ missions.
Perform other duties as assigned.