Aviation Quality Control Inspector

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR electronic warfare secure communications aerial refueling special air missions aerial firefighting and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing building and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service spanning people finance platform operations legal and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects not just equipment. By owning the full stack from the lab to the field we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. Its a fast-moving intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility work on problems that matter and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington DC with facilities across the United States the United Kingdom as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Air Mobility Group (AIRMOB) is responsible for developing and delivering Metreas aerial refueling (AAR) capabilities ensuring the readiness and operational effectiveness of the tanker fleet. AIRMOB oversees fleet management maintenance and airworthiness working to sustain and enhance refueling operations. It manages the integration of new processes and technologies ensuring that tanker aircraft remain mission-ready through effective logistics maintenance oversight and regulatory compliance. By coordinating across various teams AIRMOB ensures the fleet meets both current and future operational needs supporting a range of specialized air mobility missions.

Inspectors are directly responsible to the Head of Airworthiness for ensuring that all maintenance performed on Company aircraft engines appliances and accessories is accomplished in accordance with approved Aircraft Technical Orders Company programs Contract requirements and FAA Regulations to maintain a continuous state of airworthiness. Inspectors ensure that safety is the first consideration in Quality Control and Maintenance Departments.

• Accomplish aircraft inspections by the applicable maintenance program specifications procedures and criteria to detect and document discrepant or non-airworthy conditions
• Ensure all special inspections are completed and documented correctly in the maintenance records
• Perform required inspections (IPI and/or RII) on items as listed in technical/company manuals and following procedures listed in the GMM/technical data
• Monitors workmanship and materials to verify that the Company NAVAIR and FAA rules regulations and standards are complied with
• Ensure that aircraft modifications or component changes follow maintenance manual procedures or approved technical data procedures
• Ensure all required inspection items (RII) are completed and documented properly and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) have been received reviewed and approved before any aircraft modification action
• Perform receiving inspections of newly purchased repaired overhauled parts or continued service components and hardware to ensure proper documentation from approved vendors absence of shipping damage proper packaging protection and airworthiness certification
• Ensure assistance in the classification of repairs and alterations in relation to Major or Minor repairs
• Reviews all maintenance entries in the aircraft maintenance records/MIS initiating procedural error notices as necessary to correct incomplete or deficient paperwork
• Monitors/audits aircraft inspection reports log pages and records for accuracy and completeness of entries before being sent to the Aircraft Records Department
• Conducts routine and unscheduled audits of aircraft work packages including checks/inspections forms log pages routines and non-routines modification orders etc. to ensure completion correctness and use of appropriate references to approve data in all entries and forms
• Reviews all Deferred and Carry-Over Items
• Monitors the Company Precision Measuring Equipment Program for compliance
• Specific KC-135 experience is highly desirable

Education:B.A./B.S. degree from a four-year college or university in a related field and/or a combination of education and related experience.

• Formal training as a lead auditor

Experience:

• Five (5) years experience in an aviation administration function dealing with Quality matters
• Experience performing internal & external audits
• Experience in an aviation-centric Quality Management System (QMS)
• Knowledge and experience with the implementation of QMS
• Knowledge of all areas of aircraft QMS AS9100 and AS9110
• Knowledge of external agencies (including FAA NTSB ICAO EASA etc.)
• Leading Quality Management Reviews
• Prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership
• Perform internal and external audits
• Demonstrate ability to act as a Quality Ambassador for the organization both internally and externally
• Manage a Quality program with a focus on continuous improvement
• Graduate from a formal auditors course with accreditation
• Understand aviation-related quality assurance programs
• Prior military/contractor aviation support experience
• Specific KC-135 experience is highly desirable

• Medical insurance options
• Dental and vision insurance
• Retirement plan eligibility
• Enhanced maternity leave

• The employee must be a US citizen
• The employee must be able to hold and maintain a Secret (or higher) Clearance Level

Metrea Strategic Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available as business needs require.

This job operates within flightline industrial and business office locations. This role routinely uses standard office equipment computers iPads phones photocopiers filing cabinets and aircraft inspection devices such as flashlights magnifying lenses and cameras.

Travel requirements may be up to 25% with potential for 45-60 consecutive days working in India.