Senior Specialist, Aircraft Maintenance - Load Standardization Crew

Job Title: Sr Specialist, Aircraft Maintenance – Load Standardization Crew (LSC) Job Code: 47550 Job Location: Tucson, AZ - Davis-Monthan AFB (Onsite) Job Schedule: 5/8: Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week

Job Description:

The LSC Member administers the Loading Standardization and Evaluation Program (LSEP); conducts training, evaluations, and spot inspections; and provides technical expertise to maintenance leadership and weapons-loading personnel. This role ensures loading operations are performed safely, consistently, and in accordance with approved technical data, certification requirements, and program procedures while also supporting hands-on aircraft-maintenance activities as required.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite, support mission-dependent schedule adjustments, shifts, weekend operations, and maintenance-recovery requirements.
• Willingness and ability to travel and deploy within CONUS and OCONUS as required, including extended work schedules and hazardous or hardship living conditions when required by mission needs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of MDS aircraft loading operations, technical orders, loading technical data, and procedures.

Training and Evaluation:

• Develop and coordinate load-training aircraft requirements and conduct, monitor, and validate training and evaluations to ensure load crews maintain required proficiency for safe and reliable aircraft loading.
• Review certification, qualification, recurring-training, and proficiency records for accuracy; schedule and ensure completion of required academic, proficiency, and evaluation events.
• Perform semiannual evaluations of certified load crews and document personnel evaluations and certification actions in the Weapons Load Crew Management Tool (WLCMT) or equivalent approved system.

Technical Expertise and Standardization:

• Assist with development and maintenance of Task Assignment Lists for each munition to be loaded on the OA-1K aircraft in accordance with AFMAN 21-206, paragraph 7.4.
• Assist with development of Weapons Academics supplemental data in accordance with AFMAN 21-206, paragraphs 7.2.2.3, 7.2.2.4, and 7.2.2.7.
• Provide technical expertise and interpretation of loading technical data and procedures governing the LSEP; evaluate and maintain standardization and program integrity across assigned weapons-loading activities.
• Review and coordinate weapons-loading-related Technical Order Recommended Changes and communicate approved changes, training impacts, and procedural updates to affected personnel.

Documentation and Flight-Line Support:

• Coordinate with Weapons Section personnel, Weapons and Munitions personnel, and Weapons Section Supervision to prevent overdue certifications and qualifications.
• Monitor flying schedules and perform spot inspections and evaluations of flight-line munitions and explosive handling, loading, and post-loading operations.
• Maintain accurate records of certifications, qualifications, evaluations, proficiency loads, training events, discrepancies, and corrective actions using approved forms and systems.
• Perform hands-on flight-line and general aircraft-maintenance activities as assigned, including pre-flight, post-flight, turnaround, servicing, inspection, troubleshooting, and testing actions that support aircraft operational readiness.
• Collaborate with maintenance personnel to identify and resolve aircraft discrepancies and technical issues; comply with established safety, security, munitions-handling, FOD-prevention, and technical-data requirements.
• Perform other assigned duties as required by Management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience administering or supporting the Loading Standardization and Evaluation Program, weapons-loading training and evaluation, or comparable aircraft munitions loading operations.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active DoD Secret security clearance is highly preferred.
• USAF experience in Air Force Specialty Code 2W171 or comparable weapons-loading, munitions, or aircraft-armament experience.
• Prior supervisory, leadership, or standardization experience within a weapons-loading or maintenance organization.
• Advanced weapons-loading or munitions-handling certifications.
• Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant license or qualifications that support pursuit of the license.
• Strong communication, coordination, technical-writing, and instructional skills.