Flight Technician

Job Description:

Title: Flight Technician

Flight Duties (to include travel with the aircraft or pre-positioning prior to aircraft arrival)

• Manage maintenance aspects of the trip to include routine maintenance, recommendations, and support to the pilots

• Provide minor aircraft maintenance to address discrepancies, meeting dispatch or MEL deferral requirements

• Provide an enhanced level of connectivity support for aircraft systems – (KA Band, Swift Broadband, Iridium, etc.)

• Communicate aircraft status to the on-duty Maintenance Coordinator at home base

• Track travel expenses and process expenses reports

• Travel is approximately 75% of job

Additional Non-Flight Duties

• Perform Pre-and Post-flight checks when required

• Coordinate travel plans with customer travel, and dispatch services.

• Complete, communicate, and log International Trip Debrief summaries after each trip

• Coordinate and oversee maintenance activities performed by outside vendors to include:

o Daily oversight of maintenance tasks

o Managing of task cards

o Data entry into customer Electronic Maintenance Oversight Log (EMOL)

o Communication of aircraft status to Maintenance Coordinator

o Participation in daily reviews and meetings related to the work being performed

o Final document review in preparation for return to service

o Participation in an established Risk Assessment process and test flight requirements as needed

• Assist with the audit and approval of external maintenance suppliers

• When required, provide maintenance task card signoffs and “approval for return to service” entries in aircraft flight log.

• For offsite coverage, manage Required Inspection Items (RII) utilizing established processes

• Attend weekly maintenance staff meetings as schedule allows

• Participate in AAR’s- After Action Reviews of maintenance events.

• Attend maintenance training as assigned

Requirements

• Applicant must possess an FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate with 5 years experience on turbine powered aircraft.

• Strong working knowledge of Boeing 737 and or Challenger 650 series aircraft.

• Be able to pass a background, and drug screening checks

• Bi-lingual applicants a plus.

• Veteran of U.S. Military a plus.