AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

Company: Amentum
Location: Quantico
Posted on: September 22, 2024

Job Description:

Aviation Life Support Systems Specialist manages, performs and schedules inspections, maintenance and adjustments of assigned aircrew flight equipment (AFE), aircraft interiors, associated supplies, and inventories assets. Inspects, maintains, packs and adjusts AFE such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, aircrew eye and respiratory protective equipment and other types of AFE. Repairs fabric and rubber components, including protective clothing, thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment and various parachutes. Evaluates and inspects fabric, rubber equipment and parachutes to determine feasibility of repair or replacement. Evaluates work orders for fabrication of authorized items. Installs and removes aircraft-installed AFE. Uses various types of test equipment such as altimeters, oxygen testers, leakage testers, radio testers and other types of testers to conduct reliability testing on AFE. Maintains inspection and accountability documentation on AFE issued to aircrews or prepositioned on aircraft.Minimum Qualifications:Minimum of four (4) years' experience with related aircraft/systems consistent with PWSrequirements and the position description. A&P License/FAA Certification preferred. For ALSS maintenance, activities supported by Contractor maintenance shall use only qualified, certified personnel to perform maintenance on ALSS/egress system maintenance.Education requirement: High School diploma or GEDMust be a graduate of Navy Parachute Rigger or equivalent Air Force or Army Military Occupational Specialist (MOS) course for ALSS system maintenance.Experience with military rotary aviation preferredTop Secret Security Clearance Required. NOTE: US Citizenship is required to obtain/maintain a United States Top Secret Security Clearance.Security Clearance:Position requires the ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance and maintain a favorable Tier 5 background investigation.Preferred Qualifications:S-92, VH-92A, VH-3D, and VH-60N experience preferred.Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.Labor Law Posters (https://postings.govdocs.com/#/vxSkbztPuAwwxfs)EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans

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