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Plane Captain / Aircraft Servicer (F-18 and AV-8)

Job Description:

Perform scheduled/unscheduled maintenance on applicable T/M/S aircraft. Perform flight line essential services and other maintenance related actions as directed to support the daily VX-31 Flight Schedule. Shall be licensed to drive and operate Ground Support Equipment. All Aircraft Servicer's will be Plane Captain certified IAW a Government approved certification process for each T/M/S applicable to their background experience and/or documented equivalent training for the applicable T/M/S they cross train to support. The Aircraft Servicer services aircraft, performing any combination of the following tasks: directs incoming and outgoing aircraft near terminal or flight line parking area to assist pilot's maneuvering of the aircraft on the ground, using hand or light signals or drives light truck with guiding sign, and secures aircraft in parking position with chocks and tie downs. Additionally, Servicers do the following tasks: aircraft flight line servicing, operates service vehicles to replenish fuel, oil, water, waste system chemicals, oxygen, hydraulic fluid, and to remove waste, enters in the maintenance records description of the servicing performed, checks for fuel contamination by draining sumps and fuel drains; operates ground support equipment such as electrical power supply, tow tractors, aircraft jacks, hydraulic jenny, and engine starting units, examines tires for specified air pressure and condition, assists in jacking and towing aircraft, removes and replaces defective tires, positions and removes boarding platforms to unload or load aircraft passengers, unloads and loads aircraft stores, PODs, ordnance and cargo, and cleans exterior or interior of aircraft, hanger deck periodic housekeeping and fluid spills using portable platform ladders, brushes, rags, water hose, cleaning compound applicator and mobile vacuum.

Qualifications:

• Candidates are strongly recommended to be a high school graduate and shall have completed the appropriate Navy Skill Specialty T/M/S Class "C" school in airframe, electronic, avionics, hydraulic, or power plants and related systems training or equivalent USMC/ USCG equivalent.
• Shall have minimum of 2 years experience in Organizational Level maintenance in the specific VX-31 T/M/S aircraft hired to maintain.
• Shall have a valid United States driver's license.
• Be eligible to qualify for a Secret Level Clearance. (Note multiple VX-31 Detachment locations require Secret Level clearances for Flight Line access.)
• T/M/S aircraft Plane Captain qualification, tow tractor, duct driver and shipboard firefighting experience is desired.
• It is preferred to have 2 years T/M/S experience within the last 2 years.
• The applicable T/M/S experience requirement is waiverable by the Project Officer.
• Be eligible to qualify for a Secret Level Clearance. (Note multiple VX-31 Detachment locations require Secret Level clearances for Flight Line access.)

Disqualifiers:

• No Organizational Level aircraft maintenance experience, no applicable VX-31 T/M/S Organizational Level experience, no valid United States driver's license, inability to qualify for a Secret Level Clearance, inability to deploy for detachments.