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Goodyear, Arizona, United States
Onsite
We're Hiring!
We are seeking highly Qualified Assurance Inspector to add to our team.
If you are committed to influencing a positive culture and have a great work ethic, then apply here.
Perks and benefits
Flight benefits for travel on United Airlines, including buddy passes for friends and family.
Competitive salary, paid holidays, PTO, sick time, and medical/dental/vision insurance.
Position Summary
Quality Assurance Inspectors are responsible for performing the inspection and return-to-service functions for the maintenance operations performed at the repair station. The Quality Control Inspector plays a vital role in ensuring that our aircraft, engines, and components are maintained and repaired to the highest quality and safety standards and ensuring that airworthiness and reliability standards are achieved and unwavering.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
Maintain work environment to ensure a safe, clean, and orderly aircraft hangar
Ensure safe and legal practices in accordance with FAA regulations and United Aviate policies, procedures and regulations
Ensure all aircraft maintenance documentation is executed in compliance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations, company policies and procedures, and applicable maintenance manuals
Perform in-process inspections for all critical operations, Required Inspection Items (RII), torque verifications, and any steps or operations that would not be visible for inspection after assembly or completion
Perform final inspections of aircraft, engines, systems or sections, bays/compartments, prior to closure of panels or cowls
Perform verification and reviews of maintenance operations to ensure all applicable procedures and processes are followed
Verification and review of all maintenance documentation to ensure compliance with internal and external standards and policies
Perform final inspections and return-to-service inspections
Assist technicians in the performance of their duties in the form of mentoring, training, and procedural inputs (utilizing approved reference materials)
Support the Quality group with any audits, investigations, trends, issues, or corrective action plans, etc.
Participate in and provide inputs to regular inspector team meetings
Must maintain a neat and professional appearance
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Experience
Quality Control Inspectors must be Airframe & Powerplant certificate holders with a minimum of five years’ experience in aviation maintenance.
QCI personnel must have an in-depth knowledge and experience with the following:
Applicable FAA regulations
Repair Station procedures, policies, processes, and requirements
Inspection methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tools used to determine airworthiness.
Ability to understand and interpret aircraft technical data
Demonstrated high level of Attention-To-Detail
Education
The requirement to be a certified mechanic (and/or inspector) through FAA for a U.S. citizen include:
High School Diploma or Equivalent required
Minimum age requirement of 18 years old
Fluent in English
Possess an Airframe & Powerplant Certification
Essential Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors
Must be qualified as an inspector (level 2) on the Repair Station Roster
Must have exceptional written and oral communication skills and be able to interact with a wide variety of people
Advanced computer skills (MS office programs, such as Word, Excel) are preferred
Advanced knowledge and ability to navigate Corridor (maintenance software)
Ability to successfully work with others as part of a team to achieve established goals
Ability to work independently and within a team setting
Outstanding attention to detail, organizational skills, valuing safety and adhering to company policies
Embrace, enforce, and promote the highest quality and safety standards
Ability to train and mentor technicians in the performance of their roles effectively and accurately to foster overall reliability and quality results
In-depth knowledge of the general principles of inspections and continuous development of aircraft-specific knowledge and inspection details
Commitment to the company culture as a subsidiary of United Airlines and valuing the Core4 principles
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties.
Physical demands consist of strenuous positions required to reach desired areas needing to be inspected. Ability to walk as a consistent part of their daily duties. Requires excellent vision (natural or corrected) and use of visual aids. Ability to stand throughout longs periods of times while using a wide variety of heavy tools needed to fix aircraft parts. Ability to lift aircraft tools, parts, and equipment varying from 10lbs – 70lbs or ability to use tools that can lift more when needed. Work environment consists of a large maintenance hangar that can become consistent with outside temperatures. Aircraft maintenance hangar may also experience loud noises consistently throughout the day.
EEO Statement: Westwind School of Aeronautics Phoenix, LLC, dba United Aviate Academy (UAA), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: All employment decisions at UAA are based on business needs. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, and promoting job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion or belief, color, national, social or ethnic origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, genetic information, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations. Decisions on employment and promotions are based solely upon an individual’s qualifications, with reference to the responsibilities and skills required of the position for which the individual is being considered.
United Aviate Academy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and welcome all qualified individuals of different backgrounds.