Flight Engineer (CH-47)

Performs in-flight duties aboard public use aircraft in support of contractual return to service / airworthiness inspection requirements, and assists maintenance test pilots (MTP) with determining / establishing airworthiness conditions. Performs major trouble shooting duties consistent with established contract and government standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs as flight crew in flight during day, night, and / or Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC); including in-flight observation, troubleshooting, adjustments, and repair consistent with current contract and government procedures.
• Reads and interprets aircraft systems gauges / indications, and communicates / annotates them as directed by the pilot-in-command (PIC). Performs emergency actions from memory as specified in operator’s checklists and Aircrew Training Modules.
• Assist MTP’s in determining airworthiness through detailed inspections prior to its release for customer use and maintains a high level of aircraft technical knowledge to accomplish this requirement.
• Performs aircraft functional checks and Maintenance Operational Checks.
• Uses tracking and balancing equipment, special tools, and test equipment necessary in the performance of functional assignment.
• Performs duties of aircraft mechanic, as required, during aircraft recoveries, MTF / MOC’s, and other maintenance events that require operation of the aircraft to perform and / or validate upon completion.
• Operates towing equipment and / or assists in aircraft towing operations.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs and maintains authorizations for APU run-ups, if authorized aircraft is equipped.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must hold, and maintain, a valid, current FAA Class II Medical Certificate, or as prescribed by service guidance. Notifies management immediately of any changes in medical status.
• Must be able to safely climb, and work, in elevated areas for preflight / post flight, where fall protection requirements are waived.

• High school diploma or equivalent – General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
• Documented flight experience with a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) flight hours in rotary wing aircraft, unless otherwise specified in AR 95-20, or have been trained using the applicable Service training program modified to the contract requirements if approved.
• When applying to CH-47 Flight Engineer positions, applicants must show five hundred (500) hours of rotary-wing flight experience. Waivers to this minimum may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants must meet, and provide documentation, of at least one (1) of the following aircraft qualification standards:

• Be a graduate of an Armed Service maintenance/maintainer qualification course specific to the requested model and design of aircraft
• Be a graduate of a factory-sponsored training program
• Level II OJT completion as an aircraft mechanic
• Two (2) years of documented aircraft maintenance experience specific to the requested aircraft.
• Applicants with an FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license may reduce the aircraft-specific maintenance experience to one (1) year.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Must demonstrate, the ability to work as a flight crew with other classifications to enable a positive crew climate as specified in service guidance.
• When required, operates independent of a lead; to include work assignment and logbook entries.
• Must pass a contractor or military flight evaluation initially and annually thereafter.