Job opening: Aircraft Electrician
Salary: $33 - 38 per hour
Published at: Oct 28 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: The mission of the Corpus Christi Army Depot is to overhaul, repair, modify, retrofit, test and modernize helicopters, engines and components for all services and foreign military customers. Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) is the Army's Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Rotary Wing Aviation.
Duties
Perform the full range of maintenance work (on-site or in the shop) on rotary wing aircraft electrical, weapons, pneumatic, hydraulic and instrument systems, subsystems, components and interrelated systems.
Perform repairs, replacement, fabrication, modification of control cables, junction boxes, switches, inverters, and/or isolates and corrects all discrepancies or malfunctions.
Utilize a variety of conglomerate and sensorial electrical, electronics, weapons, and instrument test sets and other airborne diagnostic test equipment.
Instruct lower-graded personnel and military in all phases as assigned duties and responsibilities. May be required to serve as a team leader and/or member of an on-site maintenance team at various locations.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position is designated as moderate risk involving Public Trust. Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation including a credit check to determine suitability for Federal employment and/or the position.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination.
- 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.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
- If you misrepresent your experience or education or provide false or fraudulent information in or with your application. Making false or fraudulent statements also may be punishable by fine or imprisonment.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
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.
There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of an Aircraft Electrician without more than normal supervision. ???????Resumes will be reviewed for experience and/or training which provided skills and knowledge of the following ability to perform common Aircraft Electrician duties such as utilizing a variety of conglomerate and sensorial electrical, electronics, weapons and instrument test sets and other airborne diagnostic test equipment. Perform tests, validate and certify rotary wing aircraft electrical, weapons, instruments and power distribution systems, subsystems and components, including cabling, harnesses, connectors, etc. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal SupervisionAbility to Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work)Ability to Use Electrical DrawingsKnowledge of Electrical EquipmentTechnical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic)Theory and Instruments (Electrical, Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade PracticesTroubleshooting (Electrical)
PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work assignments involve frequent standing, sitting, climbing, bending, and working in cramped and awkward positions. Lifts items weighing up to 35 pounds without assistance, and over 35 pounds with assistance from another worker or weight handling equipment.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Works in lighted, heated, and ventilated industrial shop area. Work is at times performed in aircraft under conditions of heat or cold or outside in inclement weather, subject to electrical shop hazards and bumps, cuts and bruises. Occasionally, work in high places may be required. Required to utilize protective clothing and safety equipment in the performance of assigned duties; e.g., shoes, glasses, goggles, gloves, hard-hat. Hazardous working conditions will be compensated by Environmental Differential Pay (EDP).
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address GP-W0MUAA USA AMCOM CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT
DO NOT MAIL
Corpus Christi, TX 78419
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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