Senior Equipment Specialist

Position Summary

The Senior Equipment Specialist will provide failure analysis on the E-3 Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RM&A) and E-3 Aging Aircraft studies support for the E-3 systems platform within the AWACS Division. 

 Individuals must be able to attain and maintain a valid US Government Secret level security clearance to be retained in the position.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides data gathering, compiling, and analysis of E-3 AWACS for Aging Aircraft initiatives. 
• Performs database analysis queries. 
• Provides sufficient Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) and failure data to allow E-3 AWACS Engineers and Equipment Specialists to perform assigned tasks. 
• Provides E-3 AWACS PIWG/SSG/CPAB/RUG meeting participants with detailed analysis reports of E-3 database summaries. 
• Provides analysis for the Health of the Weapons System (HOWS), Cost and Performance Analysis Report (CPA), and Rank reports. 
• The Rank Report ranks an individual WUC against all other WUC’s to determine the best/worst ranking. 
• Supports the 552 Air Control Wing (ACW) Cross-Talk semi-annual meetings. 
• Provides detailed analysis reports of the E-3 database summaries consisting of the HOWs, CPAs, REMIS, and Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS) of E-3 AWACS initiatives. 
• Provides data system queries that deliver sufficient detail to allow the E-3 AWACS engineers to perform assigned tasks. 
• Conducts engineering analysis of E-3 systems data to determine the root cause of high failure/high maintenance items. 
• Performs REMIS, JDRS, and Service Letter technical analysis to E-3 AWACS personnel. 
• Receive, review, analyze, distribute, and record Service Letters, Service Bulletins, and Airworthiness Directive notifications in accordance with AWACS Division standard operating practices/policy. 
• Performs reviews, analyzes, and submits Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO), and WUC master records into REMIS to support E-3 AWACS projects/programs. 
• Provides detailed information (causal reports, corrective actions, DCMA findings, etc.) regarding E-3 material deficiencies that are reported to JDRS. (Detailed information may consist of final reports, causal reports, corrective actions, DCMA dispositions, etc.). 
• Prepare, coordinate, schedule, and facilitate the E-3 AWACS Monthly Services Letter meeting to review ongoing engineering and technical activities in regard to Service Letter, Service Bulletin, and Airworthiness Directive compliance or applicability.  
• Assemble, prepare, distribute, and present material, coordinate, schedule, and facilitate the annual and semi-annual meetings at Tinker AFB, OK in support of sustaining engineering failure reporting/analysis and improvement initiatives of the E-3 AWACS, its mission systems and support equipment. 
• Provide Interim Reports (status updates to action Items) following these meetings. 
• Schedule, coordinate, facilitate, and record minutes/notes for the PIWG, RUG, CPAB, and SSG meetings, and record minutes/notes for the Maintenance Cross-Talk meetings held twice per year at the 552 ACW Maintenance Group, Tinker AFB, OK. 
• Serve as the PIWG, RUG, CPAB, SSG, and Maintenance Cross-Talk focal point for the E-3 AWACS Division. 
• Coordinate submittals, projects, and initiatives with other 707 aircraft users including E-8, E-6, and E-3 Foreign Military Sale (FMS) users to identify commonality, cost savings, and advocate joint ventures to capitalize on project savings for all users. 
• Provide reports/queries for the E-3 AWACS engineering and technical services staff. The reports/queries shall provide sufficient detailed information so E-3 AWACS engineers and equipment specialists can determine further course of action. 
• Investigate the USAF E-3 air vehicle and its mission equipment groups for DMS susceptibility issues, coordinate with the Strategic Alternate Sourcing Program Office (SASPO), and provide recommended DMS resolutions. 
• Investigate the USAF E-3 air vehicle and its mission equipment groups for DMS susceptibility issues, coordinate with the Strategic Alternate Sourcing Program Office (SASPO), and provide recommended DMS resolutions. 

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Education & Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED Required
• 10+ years’ experience required

Skill & Certification Requirements

• E-3 AWACS
• Remis
• Rank Reports
• Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) 
• Hea