4-DAY Workweek -->   Aircraft Mechanic Lead   <-- FULL-TIME position

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The County of Santa Barbara's Air Support Unit is accepting applications to fill a full-time Aircraft Mechanic Lead position. The candidate selected to fill this position will coordinate and perform maintenance and repair activities to ensure airworthiness and safe flight operations as well as provide technical guidance and oversight to aircraft mechanics.

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Salary:  

$48.80 - $59.32 /Hourly
$101,504.00 - $123,379.36 /Annually

Plus Additional Possible Pay:

• Overtime Pay is possible for this position.
• Assigned Incident Pay

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Minimum Qualifications (Employment Standards)

Possession of a valid Federal Aviation Administration Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and Powerplant Ratings issued in accordance with 14 C.F.R. 65 subpart D, AND:

• 3 years of post-certificate/ratings experience repairing, maintaining, and approving the return of turbine-powered helicopters to service;   OR,
• A combination of training, education, and experience that is equivalent to the employment standard listed above and that provides the required knowledge, abilities, certificate, and ratings.

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Please Note: Three (3) years of pre-certificate/ratings (military experience) repairing, maintaining, and approving the return of turbine-powered helicopters to service can be substituted for the required post-certificate/ratings experience.
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Our Air Support Unit (ASU) currently has helicopters ready to respond to any emergency, day or night, rain or shine. Aircraft assigned to ASU consists of: Sikorsky HH-60L, Bell UH-1H, UH 1N, OH-58 and Cessna 206. Training in all aircraft is not required for this position; however, the willingness to train and learn to be proficient on multiple platforms is highly desirable.

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The Santa Barbara County Air Support Unit is a joint unit between our Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office. This cohesive partnership allows responses to all hazard incidents. Examples of mission responses include, but are not limited to, wildland firefighting missions (water dropping, crew insertion, and long line), law enforcement flight operations, ocean and swift water rescue, search, medivac, hoisting, mountain and cliff rescue. 

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