Heavy Industrial/Manufacturing - Avionics Technician 3

The Navy E-6 is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707 platform The aircraft are utilized primarily for long-range patrols along the entire U.S. border, and in source and transit zone countries. This platform, now modified to the E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO ("Take Charge And Move Out").

Your primary duties include:

• Adjusts, repairs, or replaces electrical wiring system and aircraft accessories
• Be able to assemble, modify, and install wire bundles, conductors, and other electrical components.
• Applies a thoroughly comprehensive knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting/repair procedures and replacement of components and the ability to determine the functionality of non-complex electrical systems
• Applies a thorough knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair procedures, and replacement of parts
• Read and interpret schematics, assembly drawings, process specifications, wiring diagrams, technical manuals, written instructions, etc.
• Applies basic knowledge of electrical theory
• Use a variety of manual hand tools such as crimpers, strippers, wire cutters, heat shrink guns, etc.
• Applies detailed knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as test equipment
• Applies professional technical expertise and guidance to solve complex problems by interpreting technical data such as blueprints or manufacturers' manuals
• Reads and interprets manufacturers' and airlines' maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components
• Make entries in aircraft logs and records, and is responsible for providing guidance and technical expertise to lower-level technicians throughout all aircraft modifications and/or maintenance efforts.

Additional duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains repairs and modifies aircraft structures, and structural components of complex to extreme difficulty
• Applies a thorough knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modification
• Applies the experience and ability to provide technical support to structural/mechanical engineers and customers alike
• Applies a broad knowledge of aircraft sheet metal/structural modifications and repair
• Applies detailed knowledge of aircraft unique tools such as torque wrenches, dial indicators, micrometers, cable tensiometers, sheet metal brakes, and sheers, etc. is required.
• Maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components
• Maintains and repairs aircraft components including but not limited to flight controls, engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems, and mechanical components, and applies technical knowledge of airframe and power plant systems in determining equipment malfunctions and applies technical expertise in restoring equipment condition and operation
• Maintains repairs and modifies engines of complex to extreme difficulty
• Performs preflight, thru-flight, and post-flight maintenance inspections
• Performs miscellaneous duties to service aircraft, including flushing crankcase, cleaning screens and filters, greasing moving parts, and checking brakes
• Performs 100-hour, progressive, isochronal, phase, periodic, and other hourly or calendar inspections, examines reciprocating engines for cracked cylinders and oil leaks, and listens to operating engine to detect and diagnose malfunctions, such as sticking or burnt valves, inspects jet engines and components for cracks, corrosion, foreign object damage, burned areas, distortions, security, warping, wear, and missing segments
• Inspects jet engine turbine blades to detect cracks, distortion, corrosion, burn-out, security, or breaks, tests engine operation, using testing equipment, such as ignition analyzer, compression checker, distributor timer, ammeter, and jet calibration (Jetcal) tester, to locate source of malfunction

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and a minimum 10 years relevant experience
• Able to perform work in an approved environment during specified work hours
• Able to change physical locations based upon need (including physical ability to travel)
• Ability to be subject to a variety of physical conditions
• Able to wear respirator or other safety gear
• Ability to be subject to areas which could cause various phobias due to height or closed spaces

Preferred Qualifications:

• A&P License
• E-6B/707 experience
• Able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret DoD clearance
• Experience performing complex modifications

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