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Job opening: Aircraft Engine Mechanic

Salary: $24 per hour
Published at: Aug 12 2024
Employment Type: Intermittent
About the position: This position will be assigned to the Aero Club on Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Incumbent may be required to work Monday - Sunday anywhere from 0600 - 2300. Physical Efforts: Requires frequent standing, bending, stooping, crawling, and working on and under small aircraft and working in tight spaces in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts parts and equipment that weigh up to 20lbs and occasionally may lift and carry items that weigh about 50lbs.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is to maintain Aero Club aircraft in a safe and operational condition. The primary duties of this position include but are not limited to: Makes repairs to a variety of systems, assemblies, and surfaces such as hydraulic, oil, fuel, and pressurization systems, landing gear assemblies, ailerons, and flaps. Uses test stands and cockpit gauges, instruments, and controls as well as visual checks to trouble shoot (trace and locate) defects and determine the type and extent of repair needed. Install, aligns, and adjust whole new systems, assemblies and surfaces as needed, or repairs them by installing and adjusting all defective components and parts such as complete cable riggings, rubber pedals, pump controls. Connects up related systems, such as hydraulic and cable systems, to newly-installed or repaired units, and makes adjustments to the units and their related mechanisms that assure their proper operation. Taxi or tows aircraft to and from maintenance facilities. Select tools, test equipment, decides on methods and techniques to use, and carries out assignments with little or no check during their process or upon completion. Obtain repair parts or new components and assemblies such as fuel and oil line connections to fittings, cable linkages, and spark plug cables and harnesses, by looking up replacement information in parts manuals, computer data bases, and by making visual comparisons with samples. Cleans, washes, and wax aircraft. Maintains tool and work areas in a clean, orderly, and safe condition. Performs other related duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12512161

Requirements

  • This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
  • This position requires the incumbent to complete a pre-employment Physical Examination and one every three years thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
  • This position requires the incumbent to have an FAA Airframe and Powerplant license.
  • This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
  • This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
  • This position requires the incumbent to work shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations.

Qualifications

The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is US Citizens and legal US residents within a 100-mile radius of Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Recruitment limited only to the local commuting area of Holloman AFB.USAJobs profile address must reflect an address within a 100-mile radius of Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 09/10/2024 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Qualifying Experience: Must have technical experience and knowledge of the make-up, operation, and installation of a variety of aircraft systems, assemblies, and surfaces such as fuel hydraulic systems, landing gear assemblies, and surfaces that can be repaired through replacement of new parts and components, and the types and extent of adjustment and alignment required. Must have full knowledge of equipment, and tools and cockpit instruments and controls. Must have skill in the removal, replacement, and adjustment of various systems, assemblies, and surfaces or any of their components and parts. Must have skill in connecting, meshing, aligning, and adjusting the surfaces, assemblies, and systems with one another, for example, mashing the propeller assembly with the engine, hooking up and adjusting fuel and oil systems for proper flow, injection, and pressure, and setting engine timing. Must have recent experience (in accordance with 14 CFR 65.83) that demonstrates the ability to perform maintenance on a variety of General Aviation (GA) aircraft.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.

Contacts

  • Address Holloman Community Services Flight 49 FSS/FSCN 596 4th Street, Bldg 224, Suite 203 Holloman AFB, NM 88330-8060 US
  • Name: Holloman NAF HR Office
  • Email: [email protected]

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