GV A&P On-Site Lead Mechanic

Aircraft Maintenance & Mission Readiness

• Ensure the aircraft remains fully mission-ready by safely performing and overseeing launch, recovery, pre-flight, post-flight, servicing, towing, and ground handling operations.
• Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and systems, including hydraulic, pneumatic, avionics, and electrical components.
• Utilize OEM manuals, IPCs, equipment lists, serial-number effectivity, and modification status to troubleshoot discrepancies on-ground and minimize off-site maintenance events.

Technical Leadership & Inspection Authority

• Lead and supervise on-site mechanics while coordinating vendor technicians performing specialized inspections, repairs, or logistical support.
• Serve as an inspector whenever more than one technician is assigned, ensuring all work is validated, documented, and tool-secure prior to return-to-service.
• Assist in the development and enforcement of quality assurance and on-the-job training procedures for assigned technicians.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, procedural compliance, and technical excellence.

Compliance, Documentation & Reporting

• Ensure strict compliance with FAA regulations, Army Regulation 95-20, DCMA guidance (as applicable), and program Ground Operating Procedures (GOP).
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready maintenance documentation, including CMP cards, logbooks, MELs, NEFs, intermittent discrepancies, and corrective action records.
• Maintain an accurate turnover log, tracking all open MEL/NEF items, material status, troubleshooting activity, and recurring discrepancies.
• Prepare and submit daily maintenance status reports and required documentation to the Maintenance Manager.

Inventory, Tooling & Logistics Oversight

• Oversee accurate procurement of aircraft parts and materials; verify components are applicable and correct prior to installation.
• Utilize NetSuite to create requisitions for parts, tools, and consumables supporting scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of spare parts inventories; report inventory status to the Maintenance Manager.
• Receive spares, tooling, GSE, and consumables through TCMAX, ensuring proper logging, storage, inspection, and calibration tracking.
• Conduct monthly tooling inventories and GSE inspections using TCMAX.
• Track tooling and GSE calibration requirements and ensure compliance with manufacturer and program standards.
• Cook up core returns and TMDE returns with Program Logistics, ensuring accurate and complete paperwork.

Safety & Program Execution

• Proactively support and engage with the Safety Management System (SMS).
• Contribute directly to successful program execution by supporting customer needs, maintaining aircraft availability targets, and resolving maintenance and logistical challenges efficiently.
• Act as the on-site technical authority and point of coordination with government representatives regarding maintenance operations and local resource utilization.

Supervisory Responsibility

• This position provides direct on-site leadership to assigned mechanics and coordinates vendor personnel supporting the aircraft.