CBA - TPS - Aircraft Ordnance Mechanic - Naval Test Wing Atlantic (NTWL) -

About the role

V2X seeks an experienced Aircraft Ordnance Technician to join our team. This position involves inspecting, maintaining, and repairing armament equipment and loading aviation ordnance on Marine Corps/Navy aircraft.

Responsibilities

• Performs scheduled/unscheduled maintenance on ordnance, ordnance related equipment and armament systems.
• Maintains and repairs aircraft armament weapons systems, fire warning/extinguishing system, repair/troubleshooting, aircraft armament systems, and be familiar with OPNAVINST 8024.
• Employs appropriate safety precautions, security procedures, and record-keeping techniques for ordnance.
• Operates and performs operators maintenance on armament weapons support equipment and aircraft armament equipment.
• Loads and unloads airborne weapons and stores aboard aircraft to include reconfiguration and functional testing of aircraft weapons release and control, missile, and gun systems.
• Removes, maintains, services, installs, and loads aircraft guns.
• Arms and de-arms aircraft.
• Conducts functional tests of racks, launchers, adapters and electrical components, aircraft armament circuits and maintains them in an operational status by appropriate preventive maintenance.
• Configures or reconfigures assigned aircraft for carriage of any aviation ammunition within the capability of the aircraft by installing or removing racks, launchers, adapters, and electrical components.
• Identifies munitions by type, nomenclature, and explosive hazard. Identifies the hazard present and appropriate emergency response procedures for each type of munitions handled.
• Transport explosives utilizing assigned handling and transportation equipment.
• Conducts ammunition inventories and maintains stock records of lots/serial numbers.
• Comply with all current sections of COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2 series applicable to aircraft maintenance and ALSS.
• Work with technical publications, NAMP and NALCOMIS aircraft maintenance applications.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent required.
• Completion of specialized courses in aircraft structural repair is required.
• Four years actual and recent experience in the type of aircraft being serviced.
• Candidates with ordnance certification preferred.
• Experience with Navy tactical aircraft preferred.
• Must obtain appropriate support equipment and/or material handling licensing upon initial unit assignment.
• Must meet the criteria to be qualified and certified as per OPNAVINST 8023.
• Completed CNATT AO (A)(C) Course.