CHP HELICOPTER TECHNICIAN - PASO ROBLES, CA
job description
Position Purpose
The Law Enforcement Base Mechanic is directly responsible to the Services Program Manager for the performance and management of aircraft inspections, repairs, alterations, maintenance, and preventive maintenance.
Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme weather conditions. The work environment is often not temperature/humidity controlled. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to bend, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This position is full-time, non-exempt based in our Woodland, CA shop. Hours may vary but typical hours are Monday – Friday 8am-4:30pm with opportunity for overtime.
Travel
This position may require occasional travel. Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.
EEO
Advanced Helicopter Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
The Law Enforcement Base Mechanic is directly responsible to the Services Program Manager for the performance and management of aircraft inspections, repairs, alterations, maintenance, and preventive maintenance.
Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Maintains and repairs aircraft structures and related components including flight controls, hydraulics, pneumatics, fuel systems and mechanical components.
- Installation and removal of any specialized equipment installed on helicopters in accordance with the standards of the manufacturer, supplemental type certificate(s) and/or field approvals, as appropriate.
- Maintains all special mission equipment installed on the helicopter, and ground support equipment.
- Establishes working relationships with the technical representatives of the various manufacturers of the aircraft, engine, and equipment.
- Uses the electronic maintenance manuals for the airframe and engine. Ensures that electronic maintenance manuals are available to pilots at each base 24 hours a day.
- Performs daily inspection (or after last flight inspection) prior to releasing the aircraft to service and prior to a pilot performing a preflight inspection.
- Applies technical knowledge of A&P systems to determine equipment malfunctions and applies expertise in restoring aircraft to safe, airworthy condition.
- Maintains records in compliance with FAA and company requirements.
- Maintains premises of the shop facility in a clean and organized manner.
- Meets all job/Work Order deadlines, communicating to supervisor/manager when circumstances may prevent on-time completion.
- Updates computerized maintenance tracking systems.
- Assures proper information is communicated: job timelines, shop issues, parts delays, and change orders.
- Additional job-related duties as assigned by supervisor or management.
Required Qualifications
- A&P Certificate under 14 CFR § 65.81, 65.85, 65.87, or 65.103.
- Possesses at least 24 months of pertinent, verifiable, practical experience.
- Turbine helicopter experience in all phases of maintenance.
- FAA Inspection Authorization (IA) Certificate under 14 CFR § 65.91 or willingness to obtain with company assistance.
- Demonstrates proficiency in most job-related duties and the ability to perform them independently.
- Clean & valid driver’s license
- Must be eligible for DOD clearance.
- Must be able to pass pre-employment background check and FAA regulated drug test prior to
start. - Post-employment will be enrolled in our Safety Sensitive Drug and Alcohol Program.
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
- Must be able to work with minimal direct supervision.
- Must be able to work with law enforcement.
- Working knowledge of MS Office products including Outlook, Word and Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Min two years of Airbus helicopter exp, AS350 strongly preferred.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme weather conditions. The work environment is often not temperature/humidity controlled. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to bend, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This position is full-time, non-exempt based in our Woodland, CA shop. Hours may vary but typical hours are Monday – Friday 8am-4:30pm with opportunity for overtime.
Travel
This position may require occasional travel. Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.
EEO
Advanced Helicopter Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
