Aviation Mechanic

About The Role

The Aviation Mechanic provides routine maintenance and repair on all office owned and operated fixed wing and rotorcraft aircraft with a heavy emphasis on the rotorcraft experience. The Aviation Mechanic is responsible for ensuring safety for both the general public and the Sheriff’s Office pilot core, all the while meeting the Federal Aviation Administration standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine maintenance and repairs on fixed wing and rotorcraft owned by MCSO.
• Conducts periodic inspections and returns office aircraft to operational service.
• Operates precision measuring devices and special tools.
• Orders, retrieves, and maintains stock of spare parts and supplies for aircraft.
• Maintains aircraft maintenance records.
• Documents aircraft parts and component records.
• Provides and sustains organization of hangar and office area.
• Performs routine fuel samples on office fuel trailers and trucks.
• Maintains valid mechanic’s license with airframe and power plant ratings required by FAA.
• Performs necessary steps to obtain inspection authorization for the FAA within the first three years of employment.
• Participates in on-call calendar to report to work outside regular work hours for unscheduled aircraft maintenance.
• Be present at work site to perform tasks as scheduled and assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Education: High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Experience: Possession of a current Mechanic’s license with airframe and power plant ratings issued by the FAA. Three (3) years of experience of repair and maintenance of rotorcraft/helicopter aircraft. Knowledge and experience working with both piston and turbine powered aircraft.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Experience: Possession of a current Mechanic’s license with airframe and power plant ratings issued by the FAA. Three (3) years of experience of repair and maintenance of rotorcraft/helicopter aircraft. Knowledge and experience working with both piston and turbine powered aircraft.

Skills

• Knowledge of Electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic systems on fixed wing and rotorcraft.
• Ability to Trouble shoot and program software into systems.
• Performing routine maintenance on fixed wing and rotorcraft and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Benefits

• Compensation Is More Than Just a Salary
• With MCSO Growth and stability since 1871
• Choice of three medical plans – starting as low as $70/month
• Holidays – 10/year + 1 personal day
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System
• Paid sick and parental leaves (birth/adoption)
• 30% daycare discount at KinderCare facilities in the Valley
• 50% daycare discount at MCKids Club to serve County employees and their families exclusively
• MCSO Mentoring program to provide personal and professional growth opportunities for all employees
• Access to free County gyms
• Learn more at Benefits Overview

Working Conditions

• Sitting, standing and walking.
• Driving a vehicle.
• Speaking, hearing, seeing, and reading.
• Climbing up and down ladders and maintenance stands.
• Crawling and working on the ground while on your back.
• Reaching and twisting.
• Distinguishing colors.
• Bending/Kneeling.
• Lifting floor to waist one hundred (100) pounds.
• Lifting waist to shoulder of seventy-five (75) pounds.
• Lifting shoulder to overhead of fifty (50) pounds.
• Carrying a weight of fifty (50) pounds for a distance of up to 100 feet.
• Pushing/pulling a weight of two hundred (200) pounds for a distance of up to 2,000 feet.
• Use of precise dexterity.

Physical Environment

• Equally indoors and outdoors.
• In temperatures frequently above 90 degrees and rarely below 40 degrees during outdoor activities.
• In conditions involving aircraft fumes, chemicals, smoke and dust and occasionally wet/damp area.
• In conditions involving unprotected heights, use of stairs/ladders, high noise levels, both dim and bright lighting.
• In hazardous environment.

Social Environment

• Handling frequent interruptions.
• Handling multiple or complicated tasks, and frequently changing and unscheduled tasks.
• Managing high volumes of work.
• Working under deadlines or time pressures to complete tasks.
• Accuracy and concentration/vigilance.
• Decision making.
• Working in a team environment, in close proximity with others, and/or in isolation.
• Overtime/rotating shifts.