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SUMMARY 

Diagnoses malfunctions and repairs Ground Support Equipment (GSE).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Solves repair problems by studying drawings, wiring diagrams and schematics, and technical publications.
• Uses automated maintenance data systems to monitor maintenance trends, analyze equipment requirements, maintain equipment records, and document maintenance actions. 
• Analyzes, diagnosis, and repairs GSE using conventional and digital multi meters, voltmeters, ohmmeters, frequency counters, oscilloscopes, circuit card testers, transistor testers, and hand tools.
• Maintain external fuel and grounding systems, perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on GSE.
• Inspects, tests, and operates GSE to determine equipment serviceability and proper operation, services equipment with fuel, oil, water, coolant, hydraulic fluid, refrigerant, and compressed air.
• Diagnoses mechanical and electronic circuitry malfunctions using visual and auditory senses, test equipment, and technical publications.
• Disassembles and assembles malfunctioning GSE accessories and components, removes, disassembles repairs, cleans, treats for corrosion, assembles, and reinstalls GSE components and accessories.
• Stencils and marks GSE in accordance with technical publications, stores, handles, labels, uses, and disposes of hazardous materials and waste in accordance with all state, local, and federal environmental standards, and regulations.
• Prepares GSE for storage and mobility deployment and operates, cleans, inspects, and services GSE towing vehicles.
• In addition to maintaining vehicle records, maintains, and updates paper and electronic equipment records.
• Provides dispatch services for GSE, including positioning equipment to support aircraft maintenance and flying operations, practices good housekeeping, tool control, Foreign Object Damage prevention, and safety at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Required

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum five 5 years of experience, of which four 4 years must be specialized in ground support vehicle equipment maintenance.
• Must have completed an apprenticeship and/or formal training as a GSE Mechanic.
• Host nation language proficiency per contract requirement. LATAM countries: Spanish Level 2 in both Listening and Reading (L2/R2).
• U.S. Security Clearance Required.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Yes Focus on Results - Able to plan and organize work to achieve goals achieves targeted results with minimal supervision is accountable for own actions.
• Yes Communications - Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills Provides timely, well organized verbal and written information that is audience appropriate, listens attentively to others and retains processes information.
• Yes Teamwork - Builds alliances, partnerships and collaboration with others including those different from him her deals tactfully with others assumes helps with a variety of team roles.
• Yes Strategic Planning and Decision Making - Develops strategic short and long term plans arranges priorities, distinguishing urgent, important, and unimportant to meet goals and deadlines consults and collaborates with appropriate people.
• Yes Initiative, Innovation - Generates new ideas personally encourage team to do the same stays up to date on technology and approaches to work provides creative solutions and input when faced with challenges.
• Yes Interpersonal Relationships - Builds effective relationships with internal and external customers ability to work independently and coordinate work with others resolves conflicts in a professional manner.
• Yes Quality and Safety - Adheres to all safety and security policies and regulations demonstrates quality work that is accurate, thorough, and efficient.
• Yes Continuous Improvement - Examines personal and organizational processes, promotes opportunities for improvement analyzes successes and failures to learn and improve.
• Yes Training and Development - Completes required and suggested training shows eagerness and capacity to learn receptive to coaching and feedback.
• Yes Integrity - Committed to passionately and consistently promoting a professional culture that is trustworthy, honest socially responsible, and where differences are respected and valued.
• Yes Performance Management - Sets clear expectations and direction for staff achieves team results consistently coaches staff to improve is a positive role model.
• Yes Expense Management - Plans budget appropriately, uses sound judgment analyzes operation for improving expense efficiency demonstrates knowledge of financial process and results.
• Yes Leadership - Builds commitment to team, company, mission and customer through effective and frequent. communications promote an environment of trust fosters a respectful, energetic, and positive work culture.