The AFE Mechanic Inspects, maintains, packs, and adjusts aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet-mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, aircrew eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and overalls, and other types of AFE and aircrew chemical defense systems.

Requirements:

• Repairs fabric and rubber components, including protective clothing, thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment, and various parachutes.
• Evaluates problems and determines the feasibility of repair or replacement related to inspecting and repairing fabric, rubber equipment, and parachutes.
• Evaluates work orders for fabrication of authorized items.
• Installs and removes aircraft-installed AFE.
• Uses various types of test equipment such as altimeters, oxygen testers, leakage testers, radio testers, and other types of testers to conduct reliability testing on AFE and ACDE.
• Maintains inspection and accountability documentation on AFE issued to aircrews or preposition on aircraft.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Must be proficient in AFE inspection and maintenance procedures, parachute construction, effects on temperature and humidity on parachutes and other fabrics, characteristics of rubberized items, solvent, heat, and pressure effects on rubber, proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous waste materials and pyrotechnics, aircrew flight and chemical defense equipment inspections, fitting and maintenance procedures, supply procedures and principles of contamination control.
• Must be proficient in related technical information, policies, procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Will be required to become proficient in basic helicopter ground handling procedures such as towing, jacking, and refueling/defueling and be able to perform these tasks on an as-needed basis.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)