C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Coulson Aviation

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1960

🚀 Aerospace

🚗 Transport

🏛️ Government

Aerospace • Transport • Government

Coulson Aviation is a privately owned family company founded in 1960 that operates a diverse fleet of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft and specializes in aerial firefighting and aviation services. With over 650 employees, Coulson provides worldwide operations and support to governments across Australia, North America, South America, and Europe, positioning itself as a global leader in aerial firefighting.

📋 Description

• Lead and supervise maintenance personnel assigned to the aircraft • Provide day-to-day direction, guidance, mentoring, and training • Ensure maintenance is performed safely and complies with FAA regulations, company manuals, approved technical data, and established procedures • Perform final inspections and approve aircraft for return to service within FAA certificate and company authorization scope • Review, identify, control, segregate, store, and maintain incoming materials, parts, and components • Coordinate with the Maintenance Control Manager and Stores personnel to ensure parts, materials, tools, and supplies are available • Manage inventory, receiving, shipping, core returns, work orders, and maintenance activities in Corridor • Plan and coordinate parts provisioning and pre-ordering • Troubleshoot complex aircraft systems and oversee post-maintenance inspections, operational checks, and testing • Ensure worksheets, technical logs, tracking updates, work orders, and maintenance records are accurate and submitted on time • Ensure tools, ground-support equipment, and mission-specific equipment are calibrated, stored, maintained, and safe • Promote a safe, organized, and professional maintenance environment

🎯 Requirements

• Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant Certificate • High school diploma or equivalent • At least two years of previous Crew Chief experience • Previous experience leading aircraft-maintenance personnel in a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility or comparable operational environment • Strong knowledge of FAA regulations, aircraft-maintenance requirements, company manuals, and approved technical data • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex aircraft systems and completing post-maintenance checks • Valid driver’s license • Valid passport and ability to travel domestically and internationally • Ability to obtain a CDL Class A license for the required truck-and-trailer combination • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Previous heavy aircraft maintenance experience • C-130 Hercules experience preferred; comparable heavy-maintenance aircraft experience accepted

🏖️ Benefits

• Rotational schedule that allows employees to live anywhere in the United States • Company-paid travel to and from the work location for scheduled rotations • No requirement to permanently relocate • Competitive, year-round compensation with no seasonal uncertainty • Comprehensive health and retirement benefits • Leadership role supporting the operation and maintenance of the C-130 Hercules • Challenging and varied work in hangar and operational environments • Meaningful work supporting aerial firefighting operations around the world • Workplace accommodation for people with disabilities