Aircraft Maintenance E - Lead A&P Mechanic

Job Title: Aircraft Maintenance E - Lead A&P Mechanic Job Code: 46485 Job Location: Oklahoma City, OK (Onsite) Job Schedule: 5/8: Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week; Rotating Shifts – Mission Dependent

Job Description:

The Lead A&P Mechanic oversees and manages onsite scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections, servicing, and repairs for OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U aircraft. The Lead Mechanic supervises assigned personnel and ensures aircraft maintenance is performed in accordance with applicable technical data, OEM procedures, contractual requirements, and established policies, procedures, and standards.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and manage onsite maintenance of OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U aircraft in support of aircrew missions.
• Schedule aircraft maintenance and inspections in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturer technical data.
• Ensure site personnel meet and maintain assigned training and certification requirements.
• Determine corrective action for deficiencies affecting aircraft airworthiness and serviceability.
• Ensure scheduled and unscheduled inspections are performed in accordance with OEM procedures and specifications and review aircraft maintenance records, historical documents, and deficiency trends.
• Ensure personnel use applicable technical data and manuals when performing aircraft maintenance and troubleshooting aircraft and system discrepancies.
• Maintain accountability for common and special tools, aircraft parts, bench stock, and maintenance documentation, including research and requisitioning support.
• Ensure site compliance with safety, environmental, security, FOD-prevention, tool-control, housekeeping, and required COMSEC procedures.
• Discuss discrepancies with aircrews to obtain adequate troubleshooting information and flight data; support maintenance recovery activities and other contract requirements as assigned.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply aircraft technical publications, schematics, drawings, charts, and maintenance database information.
• Willingness and ability to work assigned shifts and deploy CONUS or OCONUS, including the established OCONUS work and living environment when required.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant aircraft maintenance experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 6 years of prior aircraft maintenance experience.
• Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
• Ability to complete the required DCMA physical examination and CRC course before OCONUS deployment.
• Valid state driver's license and valid U.S. passport.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active US Secret security clearance.
• Documented experience leading or supervising aircraft maintenance functions and personnel.
• Recent OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U aircraft maintenance experience and formal or specialized training on assigned aircraft and equipment are highly preferred.
• FAA Inspection Authorization is preferred. Experience using common and special aircraft-maintenance tools and test equipment is also preferred.

Work Environment:

The role may involve CONUS and OCONUS work locations, inclement weather, high-noise areas, and exposure to fumes, airborne particles, and electrical shock hazards. The flight-line environment may require ascending/descending, standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, stretching, walking, and moving objects up to 50 pounds.