[Mil] UH-60 MTP California

[Mil] UH-60 MTP California

Maintenance Test Pilot (UH-60) utilizes flight test techniques to perform test flights of aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.

Primary Location: United States-California-Barstow

Security Clearance: NAC-I

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.
• Ferry flights as assigned
• Ensure proper documentation is chronicled.
• As qualified may perform as site safety specialist (only for the site where the Chief Pilot resides) and/or additional duties safety officer functions.
• May be designate as a Foreign Object Elimination/Foreign Object Debris (FOE/FOD) Program Administrator.
• Must be capable of Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) as additional duty.
• May support AS9100-AS9110 internal audits, corrective action requests, assist section, department, and/or program in developing plans to correct identified shortfalls.
• 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

Knowledge & Skills:

• Demonstrated proven and verifiable aviation experience including ethics, ability and professionalism of the highest standards are required for this position.
• Must have demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written. Must be fluent in the English language.
• Working knowledge for operating navigational and communication equipment installed on the aircraft.
• Capable of computing and annotating weight and balance logs for the aircraft.
• Able to pass flight proficiency examinations required by the customer.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance if required.
• Must be able to Read, Write and Communicate effectively in English

Experience & Education:

• Completion of high school or equivalent and military flight and applicable training courses are required IAW 95-20
• At least ten years of aviation maintenance experience required
• Must be proficient in flying operations of the aircraft they are assigned.
• Must possess an instrument rating on their FAA Commercial Certificates; no waivers will be granted.
• Must meet the qualification requirements of AR 95-20.
• Must have successfully completed Army Maintenance Test Pilots Course (MTPC) or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20.
• Must complete US Army Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course (AMOC) Phase II or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20.
• Must successfully complete annual flight evaluation conducted IAW AR 95-1 and the appropriate Aircrew Training Manual, where (1) Evaluation conducted by an Army/Government Test Flight Evaluator (MTFE) will conduct this evaluation, and (2) When the MDS is not supported by the US Army, the evaluator will be approved by AFMD Director.
• Chief Pilot qualifications will additionally have three years of experience with flight records management and a working knowledge of the Army STAMIS Flight Records management system.
• Must meet the experience requirements of AFR55-22, NOTAMS, AR95-10, AR95-20 and DCMA-8210 pertaining to each aircraft prior to acting in the capacity of pilot-in-command on maintenance test flights.
• Must possess a valid FAA commercial pilot certificate with instrument ratings.
• Must have satisfactorily completed a proficiency check within the previous 12 months.
• Must undergo and successfully complete (initially and annually) a flight physical IAW Army Regulation 95-20, service guidance contained in AR 40-501, AR 95-1, and the appropriate Aircrew Training Manual.
• Must undergo and successfully complete initially and annually thereafter an Army or FAA Class II flight physical.
• Must possess a current valid Army or FAA Class II Medical Certificate.

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.

Travel:

• May be required to travel domestically and internationally on short notice, to austere environments, under harsh living conditions.