Quality Assurance Advisor

Kay and Associates, Inc. • Rota, IL

4h • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves leading a team in aircraft maintenance, inspections, and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance. The advisor will provide technical guidance, supervise mechanics, and perform complex repairs and modifications on aircraft structures, components, and engines. This includes troubleshooting, interpreting technical data, and ensuring adherence to maintenance procedures and documentation standards. The position requires a comprehensive knowledge of aircraft systems, tools, and maintenance practices, as well as excellent organizational skills to meet delivery schedules. The advisor will also be responsible for making entries in aircraft logs and records and guiding lower-level technicians.

Requirements

• 10 years current or previous experience in a military quality assurance environment to include but not limited to: Plan, execute, and oversee inspection and testing of product to confirm quality and conformance to specifications and deliverables; Assist operations in tracking, documenting, and reporting quality levels as well as CSR, environmental, and health and safety goals/KPIs; Analyze and investigate product complaints or reported quality issues to ensure resolution in accordance with company guidelines and external regulatory requirements; Develop or update company procedures to ensure capture, investigation, and proper documentation of complaints; Monitor risk-management procedures, and maintain problem logs for identifying and reporting issues to management and product development; Provide training and support to quality assurance team that includes systems, policies, procedures, and core processes.
• Individual (I) Aircraft Maintenance Qualification
• Must be able to work 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Weekend shift as required.
• Must be able to work flexible schedule Mon-Fri, Sun-Thur and Fri-Mon as required.
• Must be eligible for a Common Access Card (CAC).
• Satisfactory completion of T3/T3R National Agency Check Local Records Check and Credit (NACLC) or Access National Agency Check with written Inquiries (ANACI) resulting in eligibility for a SECRET clearance shall be required of employees assigned to perform: Maintaining MH-60S Avionics Systems.
• Must be able to climb ladders, raised platforms, and aircraft.
• Must be able to use hand and power tools.
• Must have dexterity to handle small parts.
• Possess the experience and ability to provide technical support to structural/mechanical engineers and customers alike.
• Possess excellent organizational skills in prioritizing workload to meet aircraft delivery schedule.
• Shall have the ability to troubleshoot malfunctions in various aircraft systems and be able to perform general Organizational, Intermediate and Depot Level maintenance.
• Must be knowledgeable of technical directives, NAMP programs, and shall be knowledgeable of and understand basic supply procedures.
• Aircraft Mechanic shall have experience writing with clarity and technical accuracy, and ensure adherence to all applicable policies and procedures.
• Possess a high degree of expertise in the control and coordination of aircraft maintenance.
• Thorough working knowledge of applicable maintenance/technical manuals and publications.
• Thorough working knowledge of aircraft maintenance records.
• Working understanding of the aircraft and aircraft systems.

Nice To Haves

• Fifteen or more years rotary wing maintenance experience
• Qualified to certify H-60 aircraft Safe-for-Flight
• Naval Aviation Maintenance Control Management course (C-555-0053)
• Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative (CDQAR) for Airframes, Power Plants and Electrical Systems
• Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI) f or Line, Corrosion Control and Avionics Systems
• Quality Assurance Safety Observer (QASO)
• Ammunition & Explosive handling qualifications / Cartridge Actuated Device (CAD) qualified artisan
• Vibration Analysis Operator / Interpreter
• Tire and Wheel
• Hydraulic Contamination
• Aircraft Painter
• Integrated Mechanical Diagnostic System (IMDS) Interpreter
• Machinist
• Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) Technician
• Welder
• IMRL

Responsibilities

• Leads a team in the performance of aircraft maintenance, inspections, and scheduled / unscheduled maintenance.
• Supervises subordinate mechanics and provides technical guidance on maintenance operations.
• Performs, supervises, and inspects the duties of other Mechanics.
• Maintains, repairs, and modifies aircraft structures, structural components, and engines.
• Maintains and repairs aircraft components including flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components.
• Applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems to determine equipment malfunctions and restore equipment condition and operation.
• Solves complex problems by interpreting technical data such as blueprints or manufacturers' manuals.
• Performs aircraft Organizational, Intermediate, and Depot Level maintenance.
• Provides scheduled and unscheduled maintenance support for assigned MH-60s aircraft.
• Performs inspection, disassembly, repair, servicing, TD compliance, modification, assembly, surface finish removal, corrosion control, preservation/depreservation services.
• Manages Maintenance Control planning.
• Documents aircraft maintenance actions via logs, records, forms, and electronic means.
• Troubleshoots malfunctions in aircraft structure, landing gear, flight surfaces and controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic, engines, auxiliary power unit, and ventilation and heating systems.
• Uses hand tools, power tools, machines, specific and general aviation test measurement and diagnostic equipment, and sets kits and outfits (SKO).
• Reads and interprets manufacturers' maintenance manuals, military technical manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, blueprints, manufacturers’ drawings, and other specifications.
• Performs confined space operations to include fuel cell entry.
• Operates and inspects Support Equipment (SE).
• Performs aircraft inspections, movement, and support services.
• Performs corrosion control, preservation and depreservation.
• Performs general aircraft maintenance.
• Ensures Technical Directive compliance and modifications.
• Maintains Aircraft, Engines, and SE Logbooks.
• Performs general housekeeping and organization of workstation(s), shop(s), maintenance facility to provide a clean, safe, and FOD free environment.
• Performs shift work and/or overtime as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Employment is contingent on (a) your ability to provide appropriate proof of your identity and eligibility to work in the United States; (b) your references and any background check being satisfactory to the Company; (c) you successfully passing a pre-employment drug test; and (d) your ability to get a required clearance by your effective start date, if needed; and (e) KAI commencing performance on this contract.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed