Join the Mission
At Chipton-Ross, your expertise in aircraft systems documentation and logistics support will directly shape safe, repeatable flight operations. We’re adding two senior contractors in Oklahoma City, OK to lead the integration of engineering data into clear, usable flight and maintenance information.
How You’ll Drive Outcomes
In this senior capacity, you will synthesize engineering artifacts, reliability/maintainability trends, and supply chain realities into actionable support solutions. Your work will inform maintenance intervals, spares strategies, and technical publications spanning multiple subsystems and customers.
- Convert product definitions and operational concepts into support analyses, provisioning guidance, and spares recommendations.
- Establish operation/maintenance tasks, required resources, and support systems aligned to supportability goals.
- Identify logistics support candidates and produce LSARs and formal reports.
- Set stocking levels and recommend spare/replacement parts for multi-customer contracts.
- Write, revise, and maintain operating, test, inspection, and maintenance documentation for aircraft systems/components.
- Evaluate aircraft/fleet reliability and availability to define maintenance concepts for a designated airline customer, aircraft type, and system specialty.
- Develop and update military flight documentation: AFMs, Ops Manuals, Pilot Abbreviated Checklists, Operating Handbooks, Weapons Manuals, and Weight & Balance artifacts.
- Gather, research, and validate engineering source data and specifications.
- Lead the planning and execution of publication projects, including scope, budgets, baseline schedules, quality checks, and peer reviews.
- Coordinate closely with SMEs—systems engineers, technicians, flight test engineers, pilots, and publications staff—and interface with customers to validate accuracy.
What You Bring
- 5+ years hands-on with Flight Series publications and forms for military/commercial derivative flight manuals.
- Flight or flight-training exposure (pilot, flight engineer, or similar).
- Expert use of military/commercial derivative flight series manuals.
- Ability to interpret complex drawings, specifications, and system descriptions.
- Track record managing multiple concurrent projects of differing scope.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Preferred Experience
- Former pilot, radar navigator, flight engineer, or electronic warfare officer; general flight crew background.
- Arbortext Editor and SGML exposure.
- Pilot’s license or military aviation experience.
- Strong grasp of Military Specifications and commercial standards.
Education Pathways
Bachelor’s + ~6 years, or Master’s + ~4 years, or ~10+ years of directly relevant work.
Schedule
Full-time, first shift, 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Additional Coverage Note
For Level 1 and Level 2 positions only, where SPEEA representation exists, this job family is covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
ADDITIONAL
Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.
Where You’ll Work
Oklahoma City, OK. Two contract roles available.