Contract UH-60 Maintenance Test Pilot Georgia

Contract UH-60 Maintenance Test Pilot Georgia

UH-60L Maintenance Test Pilot

Fort Benning, Georgia, USA

Position Type: Contractor

The Maintenance Test Pilot utilizes flight test techniques to perform test flights of aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.

Principal Accountabilities

• Perform test flights and demonstrating aircraft proficiency upon completion of aircraft maintenance or modifications on aircraft.
• Interpret meteorological data as it pertains to filing a flight plan for the navigational course of flight needed for a mission or sortie.
• File flight plans for all flights using authorized navigational processes.
• Compute weight and balance logs for the aircraft being flown.
• Initiate and complete all military flight or maintenance forms to document maintenance test flight completion and discrepancies.
• Communicate, troubleshoot, advise and work side by side with military pilots and technicians.
• Determine in accordance with publications and procedures the airworthiness of aircraft prior to release for flight.
• Perform recovery flights and ferries aircraft to additional sites, such as depots.
• Perform troubleshooting procedures of aircraft on the ground and during flight and makes appropriate write-ups or gives verbal instructions to correct deficiencies.
• Verify forms and records used in the performance of maintenance to ensure they comply with work performed prior to ground or flight checks.
• Run-up aircraft for alert status to perform test on modifications.
• Deploy when required to support contract requirements when maintenance test flights are anticipated.
• Interpret meteorological data as it pertains to filing a flight plan for the navigational course of flight needed for a sortie and files a flight plan for all flights using authorized processes.
• Ensure proper documentation.
• Must be capable of Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) as additional duty.
• May assist with continual improvement initiatives.
• As qualified may perform Aviation Safety Official duties as directed.
• As qualified may perform Chief or Lead pilot duties as designated by the Site Supervision.
• Perform other qualified duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• Completion of high school or equivalent and military flight and applicable training courses are required
• Must be proficient in flying operations of the aircraft they are assigned.
• Must be a graduate of the Maintenance Test Pilot Course
• Must be UH-60L qualified and must have 1,000 hours of Pilot-In-Command (PIC) time.
• Must have current FAA Flight Physical

Physical Requirements/Working Environment

• May be exposed to extreme noise from turbine and jet engine aircraft.
• May be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; may be exposed to electrical shock hazards or work near moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• May be exposed to a wide variety of operational circumstances, including extreme weather conditions and rudimentary infrastructure.
• Must be able to distinguish color and judge three-dimensional depth.
• Must be able to see aircraft in flight, read dials/gauges, identify small objects and hand tools.
• Must be physically capable of climbing vertical ladders or built-in aircraft steps to heights of 10-12 feet.
• May be exposed to chemical mist, gas, vapors, ultra-violet and infrared radiation.
• May be required to lift to 50 pounds to a height of four (4) feet and be required to lift to 20 pounds to a height of seven (7) feet.
• May be exposed to certain obstructions on the surface as well as ladders, stairs, etc.
• May be exposed to rapid or extreme temperature changes.