Chief Inspector - McKenzie Recruiting

Summary

The Chief Inspector oversees and manages all aspects of aircraft maintenance inspections, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and operational requirements. This role involves leading a team of inspectors, coordinating inspection schedules, and maintaining accurate records of maintenance activities. The Chief Inspector is responsible for implementing safety protocols, identifying maintenance issues, and recommending corrective actions to maintain the airworthiness of aircraft.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the Repair Station complies with relevant aviation regulations, such as those set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
• Establish and maintain quality assurance processes to ensure that work performed on aircraft, engines, appliances, and components that have been maintained or inspected by the repair station has been performed to the highest standards.
• This includes developing and implementing inspection procedures, conducting audits, and overseeing corrective actions.
• Responsible for exercising final inspection authority and authorized to sign all forms confirming compliance related to inspection, repair, and return to service.
• Assist Maintaining current technical data for all articles maintained or repaired by the repair station. This includes relevant material including records of manufacturer’s manuals, service bulletins, FAA manuals, and other data as required.
• Assist maintaining the tool and equipment calibration program
• Know all the procedures for the repair station, the use of the forms, tags, and completing the required paperwork as outlined in Repair Station Manual (RSM) and Quality Control Manual (QCM).
• Perform Quality Assurance audit of return to service documents of aircraft, engines, appliances, and components maintained or inspected by the repair station.
• Ensure inspection personnel are thoroughly familiar with applicable regulations, inspection methods, procedures, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tooling.
• Accomplish repair station vendor audits, from outside vendors as well as internal audits
• Ensure proper sign offs at the end of each task performed and at the end of the day on all work packages in the repair station.
• Log entries, FAA Form 337 disposition, weight, and balance amendments and AFM revisions.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are followed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Perform other duties, assignments, or special projects as required.

Qualifications:

• Current FAA airframe and powerplant license
• 5+ years aviation experience with at least 1 year in a quality control/assurance function ∙ High School diploma/GED
• Well versed in all Federal Aviation Regulations
• Computer skills to include (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project), web-based applications, OEM technical publications
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, co-works, customers, vendors, and suppliers
• Ability to pass DOT/FAA pre-employment drug screening
• Hold a valid driver’s license
• Must be able to obtain an Airport Badge
• FAA Inspection Authorization certificate
• Experience using Quantum Control ERP