Maintenance Control Director, MQ-9,

The Maintenance Control Director is responsible for directing, monitoring and maintaining documentation of all MQ-9 scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.  This position will directly support continuous communication with Government representatives such as the COR and Maintenance Officer regarding contract requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Keep Site Manager and Maintenance Officer briefed on aircraft status.   

• Work with the Site Manager to reassign contract personnel between work centers as needed to support the daily flight schedule requirements. 

• Monitor and maintain documentation of all MQ-9 scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.

• Plan and coordinate all aircraft inspections (special, conditional, phase, etc.). 

• Dispatch and monitor all assigned tasks and associated jobs to work centers.

• Work closely with operations to ensure aircraft are available to meet the Flight Schedule.

• Work with approved DoD Maintenance Systems, which will include IMDS and/or OOMA/NALCOMIS.

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports in support of aircraft long range maintenance requirements. 

• Maintain Aircraft Discrepancy Books showing completed as well as outstanding maintenance actions. 

• Ensure all required maintenance has been performed before flights. 

• Brief and de-brief pilots as required, assisting in the documentation of aircraft flight time and maintenance discrepancies. 

• Comply with all current sections of the NAVAIRINST series), AFI 21-101, Aircraft and Equipment Maintenance Management, AFI Equipment Inventory, Status and Utilization Reporting and/or CNAFINST series) as applicable to aircraft maintenance.

• Maintain aircraft historical records, as well as various other aircraft files in support of aircraft maintenance. 

• Verify all Maintenance Action Documentation prior to submission to the Navy, working closely with Logs and Records to ensure timely submission into upline data reporting systems and required logbook entries.

• Correct and re-submit all Naval generated reports via upline data reporting systems. 

• Responsible for mission configuration, working with various civil service work centers with uploads and systems checks as required. 

• Ensure work area is maintained in a neat and orderly manner and that all safety rules and regulations are observed. 

• May work with other groups or personnel to resolve problems. 

• Instruct and assist in training of lower-level employees in proper work methods and performance of their job duties. 

• Perform related duties as assigned including all duties of lower rated technical personnel within their classification.

• Ensures each shop performs a written pass down between shifts, to be annotated in a shop logbook that will be shared with the Government upon request. 

• Task personnel, as needed, in transporting aircrew to the Combat Aircraft Loading Area and other hangars when Government personnel are not available.

• Document in writing (daily within six hours of receipt) to Government Maintenance Representative (GMR) with status/progress report of Government issued scheduled maintenance priorities. The GMR will provide the maintenance priorities twice a day. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Must have an active Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain a Top-Secret US Government clearance.  Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret or Top-Secret Clearance.

• BA/BS from an accredited college or university in one of the following disciplines: engineering, business, logistics, management, math, sciences, and professional aeronautics with 4 plus years in the performance and execution of U.S. Military requirements or,

  • AA/AS from an accredited college or university with 6 plus years in the performance and execution of U.S. Military requirements or,

  • High school graduate or equivalent with 8 plus years in the performance and execution of U.S. Military requirements.

• 15 years of experience in aircraft maintenance with 10 years being in a supervisory position that included responsibility for assigning program workloads as well as duties for entire shifts.

• Minimum of 6 years in a maintenance control position, or equivalent.

• Meet additional requirements for eligibility as an MQ-9 Aircraft Mechanic III, including:

  • Minimum of five years of Aircraft Mechanic maintenance experience.

  • Minimum of two years' experience as an MQ-9 Aircraft Mechanic.

  • MQ-9 maintenance experience within the last two years.

  • Previous CDI, CDQAR, Red-X, and/or Organizational Maintenance experience.

  • Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft mechanical component troubleshooting, repair and replacement.

  • Thorough knowledge of aircraft O-Level sheet metal/structural modification and repair.

• Experience supervising daily flight operations personnel supporting scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.

• Experience writing with clarity and technical accuracy.

• Possess a good working knowledge of the governing supply systems, programs, policies, nomenclature, work methods, manuals, and other established guidelines. 

• Strong critical thinking skills—analytical ability to define or recognize the dimension of the problems involved, to collect necessary data to establish facts, and either recommend or take action based upon established guidelines.

• Familiarity with peculiarities of the Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps logistics support procedures used to support material requirements.

• Experience in aircraft maintenance plans, procedures, and policies with collective experience in monitoring and directing maintenance and supply activities.

• Knowledgeable of technical directives, AF 21-101, AF and CNAFINST series).

• Able to inspect and operate ground support and auxiliary equipment.

• Able to lift, carry and/or wear Military Issued Equipment in excess of 50 pounds for extended periods.

• Able to speak, read, write, and understand English.

• Submit updated SF-86 within 30 days of hire start date.

• Able to travel on CONUS/OCONUS deployments.

• Meet all OCONUS deployment criteria, to include pre-deployment medical screening, as a condition of employment.

• Must have current/active State Issued Driver's License.

• Possess a valid U.S. Passport with a minimum of two years until expiration and at least two facing pairs (four total) of blank Visa pages.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Active Top Secret US Government clearance. 

• Deployment Experience.

• Prior experience as a Defense Contractor.

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