Aircraft Coordinator

Strategic Sight Consulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Sight Consulting LLC is seeking an Aircraft Coordinator to support OPTEVFOR and VX-1. You will coordinate aircraft configuration, maintenance status, utilization, instrumentation, and flight schedules for naval test events.

Requirements include US citizenship and TS/SCI eligibility; experience with Naval aircraft maintenance procedures and DoD asset configuration management is preferred. On-site role in Kentucky.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Top Secret/SCI eligibility may be required for certain orders.
• Experience with Naval aircraft programs and maintenance procedures.
• Familiarity with DoD asset configuration management and test readiness.

Responsibilities

• Attend program review meetings and report aircraft asset availability and status.
• Track aircraft utilization and develop planning tools for efficient use.
• Maintain detailed aircraft configuration records and pink sheets.
• Monitor deficiencies and plan resources to fix them for tests.
• Develop utilization plans balancing maintenance with test events.
• Coordinate instrumentation, configuration, and maintenance actions for tests.
• Document issues and schedule conflicts with solutions.
• Coordinate integrated-test efforts with multiple squadrons.
• Translate long-range goals into weekly plans and daily flight schedules.

Skills

Security clearance

TS/SCI eligibility

Naval aircraft programs

Maintenance coordination

Flight/test planning

Education

None

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join our team at Strategic Sight Consulting LLC for an opportunity as an Aircraft Coordinator supporting OPTEVFOR and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ONE (VX-1). This role supports Naval aircraft assigned to test efforts by coordinating aircraft configuration, maintenance status, utilization, instrumentation, flight schedules, and external squadron dependencies to help ensure operational test and tactics events are ready and executable.

Responsibilities and Background

• Attend program review meetings and provide aircraft asset availability and configuration status reports.
• Track aircraft utilization for assets assigned to test efforts and develop planning tools that support efficient use of available aircraft.
• Maintain detailed aircraft configuration records and track configuration changes, including initiation and status of aircraft configuration change forms (pink sheets).
• Track aircraft deficiencies and assess their impact on upcoming test events; assist in identifying resources needed to correct deficiencies.
• Develop aircraft utilization plans that balance maintenance and operational requirements with scheduled test events.
• Coordinate and track instrumentation, aircraft configuration, and maintenance actions supporting test execution.
• Define, document, and investigate aircraft, configuration, and test-asset issues and support solutions to schedule conflicts.
• Coordinate integrated-test efforts with other platforms and squadrons as required.
• Translate long-range project goals into weekly plans and develop, maintain, and coordinate weekly and daily flight schedules.
• Participate in operations coordination meetings with outside entities and squadrons as necessary to support mission execution.
  

Requirements

• United States citizenship.
• Minimum Top Secret security clearance. Specific task orders may require Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility; personnel must be eligible for the clearance required to begin performance at task award.
• Knowledge and/or expertise with Naval aircraft programs.
• Current working knowledge of Naval aircraft maintenance procedures, specifically experience executing maintenance in accordance with the OPNAV 4790 series.
• Current T&E configuration management experience, specifically managing Department of Defense assets.
• Demonstrated familiarity with Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to support aircraft scheduling, asset utilization, maintenance coordination, configuration tracking, and operational test execution.
• Ability to meet additional task-order-specific qualifications based on the assigned SUT and test environment.
  

Desired Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting VX-1, OPTEVFOR, a Naval aviation test squadron, or a comparable DoD aircraft test organization.
• Experience coordinating aircraft flight schedules, maintenance actions, instrumentation, configuration changes, and multi-squadron dependencies.
• Familiarity with aircraft configuration-control documentation and test-event readiness processes.
• This position is contingent upon contract award
  

About Us

Strategic Sight Consulting is a business and technology consulting agency providing valuable product and business development strategies for early-stage entrepreneurs and government agencies. Our mission is to understand our client's goals and develop a strategic roadmap that aligns with their vision and passion. We guide entrepreneurs through the product development life cycle for marketplace success and partner with federal organizations to help build their technical vision and global operations. Strategic Sight Consulting was founded on the core principle of being your dedicated and trusted service provider.