QC LEAD

About the Role

As our Quality Control Lead, you’ll guide a team of inspectors ensuring every aircraft leaving our facility meets the highest FAA standards. In this role, you’ll balance hands-on inspections with team leadership, from reviewing flight logs and verifying repairs to mentoring inspectors and driving operational excellence.

About the Company

ST Engineering Aerospace is located in Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers' requirements by providing a full spectrum of high-quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know-how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers' aircraft operate safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Assist and direct all personnel assigned to your crew.
• Review incoming aircraft maintenance logs for items of work required to be accomplished at the Repair Station.
• Procure required forms and work orders and transfer work to be accomplished to forms.
• Assign and monitor inspectors' duties.
• Survey all work in progress.
• Accept or reject work accomplished for all items generated on the work order.
• Ensure that shift inspectors give essential tie-in to their relief to ensure proper completion of work in progress.
• Be responsible for entries in the aircraft maintenance flight logs, as well as the airworthiness release.
• Check for proper installation, security, safety, and workmanship.
• Conduct pressure checks if necessary.
• Check for proper material and fasteners.
• Check for conformance to specification per repair, maintenance, or other relevant manual or applicable engineering instruction approved by the FAA.

Requirements

• A&P License required
• 5 years of heavy commercial aircraft maintenance experience
• Minimum of 2 years inspection experience
• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent

Skills & Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of all aircraft job tasks
• Thorough understanding of all applicable FAR’s and company policy and procedures
• Thorough knowledge of all aircraft manuals and related materials
• Strong knowledge of all company and customer paperwork
• Thorough knowledge of blueprint and drawing instructions
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain effective relationships with various departments, inspectors, co-workers, supervision, and customers

Physical Environment

• Requires easy mobility around various sections of aircraft
• Requires mental skills and quickness with the ability to cope with stress and intense effort or exertion usually caused by long working hours
• Working environment requires standing 90% of the workday on hard surfaces
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Must report to work regularly

Benefits

• Medical Benefits
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401k with Employer match
• PTO
• Company provided uniforms
• 6 Nationally recognized holidays
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Company sponsored events throughout the year

Background and drug screening requirements: As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, successful completion of a background check and drug screening is a mandatory condition for employment. All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results from these screenings.