Amentum is currently seeking a qualified Aircrew Survival Flight Equipment 1 technician specialized in performing maintenance, scheduled inspections and adjustments of assigned aircrew flight equipment (AFE), in support of the U.S Naval Air Station maintenance operations at NAS Whidbey Island. Aircrew Survival Flight Equipment 1 technicians must have a combination of experience to Inspect, maintain 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 of moderate difficulty, required to meet the assigned missions.

Essential Responsibilities:

Makes repairs fabric and rubber components, including protective clothing, thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment and various parachutes aircraft follows direction of higher graded workers. 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. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensing of contractor employee technical proficiency is not required.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred and three (3) years of job-related experience required. 

• Must have completed Course number C-602-2043 (PR A-school).

• Shall have the ability to troubleshoot and repair complex malfunctions and perform complex Organizational Level

• Selected candidates will be required to hold this job position for one year.

• Must possess a level of experience necessary to inspect all aircraft assigned, certify Aircraft/Engine Logbook entries and possess one or more of the specialties:

  • Propulsion/Engine and Fuel Systems

  • Airframe/Structural, Landing Gear, Launch/Arresting, Wing/Pylon Fold; Hydraulic/Pneumatic, and mechanical Flight Control Systems

  • Egress and/or Environmental Control Systems (F/A-18E/F and/or EA-18G experience is required)

  • Aviation Life Support Systems (ALSS)

  • Avionics Communication/Navigation/Identification/Electronic/Counter measures/RADAR and Weapon Control Systems (EA-18G experience is required)

  • Power Distribution/Electrical Power, Instruments, Compass, Automatic Flight

  • Control and Lighting Systems

  • Aircraft Armament

  • Line

  • Corrosion (Paint and Final Finish)

• Good oral and written communication skills; working knowledge of word-processing and integrated software applications; organizational skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work are required.

• Position requires the ability to pass and maintain a Security Clearance and meet physical requirements associated with and/or pass any medical examination requirements related to performing daily assigned task. 

• Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location

• Position requires travel.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Work is performed in a shop environment, aircraft hangars, flight line, and shipboard that are moderately lighted, heated and ventilated to extreme weather conditions outside, is exposed to disagreeable fumes and to cuts and bruises from using tools in close placed and hazards of moving vehicles such as forklifts, sweepers, tow vehicles, and aircraft.  May be required to work in areas that are noisy, dusty, and dirty. May also be exposed to moderate discomforts, such as heat, cold and wind. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and taste or smell.  Frequently lifts items weighing 40-45 pounds and occasionally more than 50 pounds.  The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and risk of electrical shock.  The noise level in the work environment, hangars, flight line, and shipboard flight deck is usually loud, or may include unsafe conditions, questioning nonstandard operations or environmental factors that may involve unmitigated hazards, and providing feedback to supervisors and managers on all safety issues. The employee will be required to use Fall Protection equipment with PPE.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income 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. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters.