Uh-60 Maintenance Test Pilot - Honduras

**The UH-60 A/L/M MTP - 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. * 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. * Communicate, troubleshoot, advise and work side by side with military pilots and technicians. * 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. * 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 * As qualified may perform as site safety specialist and/or additional duties safety officer functions. * 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 Chief or Lead pilot duties as designated by the Site Supervision. * Must be capable of Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) as additional duty. * Plan and conduct aircraft technical inspections. * Inspect power plant hot section, cold section and accessory modules. * Provide technical guidance to repairs performing aircraft and subsystem maintenance techniques and safety procedures. * Maintains technical library, inspect systems, subsystems, and components according to applicable technical publications and checklists before, during and after airplane maintenance and modifications. * Evaluate operational readiness of aircraft and recommend corrective action. * Inspect crash-damaged aircraft and estimates time, parts and costs to repair. * Evaluate maintenance operations and facilities for compliance with directives, technical manuals, work standards, safety procedures, and operational policies. * Performs maintenance trend analysis and applies production control, quality control and other maintenance management principles and procedures to aircraft maintenance operations. * Perform other qualified duties as assigned. **Minimum Requirements for Hire:** * Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent. * Minimum of **1000 hours of PIC** preferred. * Minimum of ten (10) years of aviation maintenance experience required. * Proficient in flying operations of the (UH60 A/L/M) aircraft. * Completed military flight and applicable training courses as required IAW 95-20 * Satisfactorily completed a proficiency check within the previous 12 months. * Successfully complete initially and annually thereafter an Army or FAA Class II flight physical. * Possess an instrument rating on their FAA Commercial Certificates. * Possess a current valid Army or FAA Class II Medical Certificate. * Successfully completed Army Maintenance Test Pilots Course (MTPC) or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20. * Successfully completed the US Army Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course (AMOC) Phase II or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20. * Active Secret Clearance required and the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance. * 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. ​**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.