Ground Transportation: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Air Force 2T1X1 Ground Transportation experience builds transferable skills in equipment operation, preventative maintenance, inspection, safety, logistics, scheduling, and customer service. CivLaunch currently matches 19 open civilian jobs to this specialty, including Driver and Material Handler at Essex Industries, Line Service Technician at Cutter Aviation, and Material Handler / Expeditor at NMG Aerospace.
About the 2T1X1 specialty
Operates and maintains government vehicles to move people, supplies, and munitions. Performs pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections and operator maintenance, schedules and coordinates cargo moves, provides transport for visitors and events, drives in night and blackout conditions, and investigates vehicle accidents. About four weeks of technical training.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
Driver and Material Handler
Essex Industries · Milford, CT
Good Match
Logistics
Entry level
Driver and material handler at Essex Industries in Milford, Connecticut. Pulls, packs, weighs, and labels parts for shipment, stocks the warehouse, inspects stock for damage, runs a forklift and pallet jack, and drives the company truck or van for pickups and deliveries. Entry level; must be 21 with a valid driver license and able to lift 75 pounds.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and safety.
Line service technician at the Cutter Aviation FBO in Georgetown, Texas. Fuels business aircraft from refueling trucks, tows and parks planes in and out of hangars, services aircraft systems, loads baggage, drives crews and passengers around the airfield and to hotels, follows FAA and TSA ramp rules, and logs services on work tickets. FBO experience preferred; $19 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and logistics.
Entry-level ramp technician at the Hill Aircraft FBO in Atlanta. Marshals, tows, and fuels business aircraft, runs daily fuel quality checks and fuel farm records, operates tugs, forklifts, and refuelers, and provides ground power, lavatory, and baggage service. Needs two years of customer service experience and a high school diploma; aviation experience preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and safety.
Material handler and expeditor at NMG Aerospace in Tempe, Arizona. Keeps parts, tooling, and paperwork moving between work centers to hit production dates, rushes priority jobs, issues material and cuts stock to size on saws, runs forklifts, covers customer and vendor pickups, and reports material problems that threaten delivery. One to two years in manufacturing; driver license required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, logistics, and scheduling.
Line service supervisor at the Hill Aircraft FBO in Atlanta, leading technicians who fuel, tow, marshal, and handle baggage for business aircraft. Runs shift safety briefings, assigns and checks work, trains new staff, keeps shifts staffed, plans ramp parking and hangar space, tracks fuel farm inventory and quality checks, and verifies inspection paperwork. Hourly, full time.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and scheduling.
Entry-level customer service representative at the Hill Aircraft FBO at Fulton County Airport in Atlanta. Greets crews and passengers, meets aircraft on the ramp, books hotels, rental cars, and catering, passes fueling and parking requests to the line crew over the radio, processes billing and payments, and keeps service records. Full-time and part-time hourly roles.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, scheduling, and customer service.
Shares 3 of your 7 skills:
Safety
Scheduling
Customer Service
Requires: NATA Safety 1st CSSS (within 60 days of hire)
Ground equipment and facilities technician at the Cutter Aviation Phoenix FBO. Services and repairs tugs, power units, fuel trucks, and other line equipment, inspects buildings, lighting, gates, and pavement, keeps maintenance records, handles hazardous waste and OSHA compliance, schedules contractors, and backs up fueling and towing. Needs two years of heavy mechanical work and a driver license.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to preventative maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Stockroom material handler at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Receives purchased and manufactured parts into inventory, stocks and tracks locations, pulls kits for turbocharger assembly orders, processes scrap and nonconforming material, and audits storage of rubber parts to prevent corrosion and damage. High school diploma, GED, or six months of related experience; forklift certification must be obtainable.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and logistics.
Second-shift aerospace painter at Primus Aerospace in Reisterstown, Maryland, working Monday-Thursday evenings. Cleans, sands, and masks machined parts, mixes and sprays primers, coatings, and topcoats to specification, inspects coverage and finish, and maintains spray equipment, wearing respirators and other PPE. Entry level; industrial, automotive, or aerospace painting experience preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and safety.
Customer service representative at the Cutter Aviation FBO in Prescott, Arizona. Assists aircraft owners, crews, and passengers, books reservations, sends fuel and catering orders to line service, bills for services, resolves complaints, drives crews around the airfield, and keeps radio contact with arriving aircraft under FAA and TSA rules. Needs one to three years of customer service. $19 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, scheduling, and customer service.
Shipping and receiving clerk at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Picks and packs orders, plans each day of shipments around customer needs, loads and unloads trucks, runs a forklift and overhead crane, pulls material from inventory for the machining centers, records moves in the MRP system, and may drive deliveries. High school diploma and a driver license required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and logistics.
Powder coater at Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, finishing precision parts for avionics. Cleans, sands, and masks parts, sprays powder coatings with electrostatic guns, runs the curing ovens, inspects finishes for even coverage, and maintains booths and spray equipment under PPE rules. High school diploma; two years of powder coating or automotive or industrial finishing preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and safety.
Parts runner for the Duncan Aviation campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. Moves parts and paperwork between hangars, shops, and off-site buildings on foot or by company vehicle, checks part numbers, quantities, serial numbers, and condition before each handoff, scans every item into the barcode tracking system, and helps with receiving, order picking, and packing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and logistics.
View JobOn duncanaviation.workgr8.com · Added Oct 1
Egress Systems Technician
Vertex Aerospace · Meridian, MS
Potential Match
Aircraft Maintenance
3+ years
T-45 egress and life support technician at NAS Meridian. Removes, inspects, and reinstalls ejection seats and canopy explosives, maintains oxygen and environmental systems, and supports flight line operations. Requires three years of ejection seat maintenance and a military or factory seat course.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, preventative maintenance, and inspection.
Avionics technician on Empire Airlines' Spokane, Washington line crew. Repairs avionics components, helps with airframe and engine maintenance on scheduled and unscheduled checks, and assists with pushbacks, aircraft moves, and nightly washes; nights and weekends possible. High school diploma required; A&P (or ready to test) and two years of avionics experience preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, preventative maintenance, and safety.
Charter coordinator in the Cutter Aviation operations center in Phoenix. Quotes and schedules charter trips, plans crew and passenger details, arranges catering and ground transport, tracks flights, collects payments, and serves as ground security coordinator, with on-call nights and weekends. One to three years in aviation preferred; Part 91 and 135 knowledge and a pilot certificate a plus.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, scheduling, and customer service.
CNC machinist at the Héroux-Devtek plant in Springfield, Ohio, which machines large landing gear and titanium parts for aircraft such as the F-35, C-130, and Boeing 777. Sets up and runs CNC lathes, mills, and boring mills on Fanuc, Mazak, and Okuma controls, sets offsets, proves new programs, troubleshoots, and handles preventive maintenance and safety checks.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, preventative maintenance, and safety.
Production machinist at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Loads and cycles CNC machining centers and manual machines, watches for worn or broken cutting tools, checks parts against blueprint dimensions with calipers and micrometers, deburrs finished parts, keeps fluids topped and chips cleared, and fills out production paperwork. Entry path: high school diploma or assessment; machining trade school preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and safety.
Associate logistics technician at Moog's Space and Defense plant in Orrville, Ohio, on first shift. Receives incoming material, packs and labels outgoing products to contract requirements, books truck pickups, keeps material traceable to vendor paperwork, drives parts to outside processors, runs forklifts and cranes, and helps in the stockroom. One year of manufacturing experience; $18 to $24 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and logistics.
Shares 3 of your 7 skills:
Equipment Operation
Safety
Logistics
View JobOn moog.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Oct 1