Serves as a Program Analyst in the Quality Assurance Team performing a combination of routine, multiple, and varying assignments under the general direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team for projects/programs within a defined area of responsibility.
Duties
Applies experience and detailed knowledge to plan and accomplish assignments. Effectively collects and records data/information; conducts research; applies policies and procedures; identifies problems; and assists higher-level and lower-level professionals in day-to-day operations. Demonstrates some independence in planning, organizing, and evaluating activities and resources associated with aircraft record maintenance, retention, and disposal while ensuring Flight Program Operations (AJF) aircraft records and systems are in compliance with FAA regulations and AJF directives. Conducts detailed research for Management and Quality Control personnel and participates in unique projects as assigned by management.
Receives component records, verifies component time, analyzes the data contained on certification document from manufacturer, and against a technical computer database. Manages records of time-controlled, life-limited aircraft components for Flight Program Operations and customers ensuring components are not over-flown. Maintains, archives and purges aircraft record files IAW established guidelines set forth in the General Maintenance Manual (GMM) and FAA regulations. Refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional when guidelines are not available or applicable.
Conducts periodic audits, retrieving and comparing data runs from various databases against aircraft component records. Verifies conformity of inspection reports, calculates, revises and tracks discrepancies receiving guidance from a manager or higher-level management to resolve any discrepancies. Focal point for verifying mathematical calculation and maintenance entries on aircraft log sheets for flight hours, landings, and cycles on all Flight Program Operations aircraft. Reconciled figures are verified, analyzed, and entered into database for component and maintenance tracking purposes. Discrepancies are resolved in aircraft log books, noting corrective action required.
Verifies aircraft component tracking values, e.g., aircraft hours, months, landings, cycles or days. Researches work maintenance documents, determining if a component was overhauled or repaired to determine the time-line for component tracking. Determines how the component is to be tracked and verifies tracking in database for Flight Program Operations and customers. Analyzes certification documents on removed components in database for accuracy. Retrieves certification documentation for the component in order to continue time.
Contacts are primarily internal to the organization unit, major subdivision, or LOB/SO, but may have frequent contact with customers and other external parties on routine matters such as gathering information, explaining regulations, and discussing the customers’ situations. Communicates with a manager and other employees to share information, provide data and/or written analyses, and/or explain the statuses of assignments.
Established policies/procedures provide guidance for analyzing records for completeness and accuracy of content, but allow some discretion to select the most appropriate approach(es). Identifies and researches problems, typically receiving guidance on selecting approaches or corrective actions to resolve issues from a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Work is typically reviewed frequently during and at completion of assignments to ensure timeliness, policy compliance, and alignment with requirements of projects and/or other work activities.
