Public Affairs Specialist: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Coast Guard PA Public Affairs Specialist experience builds transferable skills in technical documentation, computer systems, equipment operation, project management, scheduling, regulatory compliance, training, communications, and customer service. CivLaunch currently matches 37 open civilian jobs to this specialty, including Marketing and Sales Coordinator at Cutter Aviation, Administrative Assistant at Essex Industries, and Executive Assistant at Innovative Solutions & Support.
About the PA specialty
Manages communication between the Coast Guard and the public. Writes news releases and web content, shoots photos and video, serves as a spokesperson to the media, runs official social media accounts, and plans outreach on Coast Guard missions and operations.
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Marketing and Sales Coordinator
Cutter Aviation · Phoenix, AZ
Strong Match
Business Administration
Entry level
Marketing and sales coordinator for the Cutter Aviation aircraft sales team in Phoenix. Runs social media and content schedules, keeps aircraft listings and sales materials current, manages marketing files and photos, handles customer calls, and helps with advertising, promotions, and company events. Needs a high school diploma and a year of sales administration; marketing degree preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Administrative assistant at the Essex Industries plant in Huntington Beach, California, which makes aircraft components and breathing equipment. Assembles and submits quote packets, scans and files invoices and receipts, buys supplies and tools, schedules vendors for facility and machine repairs, answers phones, and greets visitors. High school diploma required; one year preferred. Pays $20.45 to $24.99 hourly.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and scheduling.
Part-time executive assistant to the CEO of Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, on site three days a week. Manages executive calendars and travel, drafts announcements and board correspondence, organizes meetings and takes minutes, keeps paper and electronic records, prepares expense reports, and greets visitors. Calls for strong discretion with confidential matters, clear writing, and Microsoft Office skills.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and scheduling.
HR and front-office coordinator at Rhinestahl in Mason, Ohio. Greets visitors and handles calls and mail, schedules meetings and interviews, supports onboarding, benefits, training, and payroll changes, keeps employee records accurate and confidential in HR systems, and answers staff questions. Needs a high school diploma and one to three years of HR, office, or customer support work.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, scheduling, and training.
HR generalist at the Primus Aerospace plant in Reisterstown, Maryland. Checks timesheets and prepares payroll with accounting, manages leave and benefits questions, supports employee relations and investigations, tracks safety and AS9100 training records, onboards hires in BambooHR, and helps with recruiting. Wants about three years of HR or people management work. US citizenship required. Pays $60,000 to $75,000.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, regulatory compliance, and training.
Identity and access management administrator at Electroimpact, the aircraft assembly automation builder in Mukilteo, Washington. Sets up, changes, and removes user accounts and access levels as people join, move, or leave, issues and configures badges and door credentials, runs the visitor access system, reviews old permissions, and keeps approval records audit-ready. US citizen; $31 to $36 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
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 computer systems, scheduling, and regulatory compliance.
Quality administration clerk at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Prepares aircraft certification packages for FAA and designee review, issues inspector stamps and keeps inspector records, prints rework and nonconformance forms, manages quality records, arranges calibration contracts and travel, builds status reports, and helps plan annual audits. Needs vocational training and three years of quality or manufacturing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and scheduling.
Entry-level customer service representative at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama, which makes alternators, heaters, and turbochargers for general aviation aircraft. Answers customer questions by phone, email, and chat, resolves routine order and product issues using set procedures, escalates harder cases, and logs every contact in the CRM. Needs a high school diploma; associate degree preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and communications.
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 computer systems, scheduling, and regulatory compliance.
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 computer systems, equipment operation, and scheduling.
Marketing specialist at Electroimpact in Mukilteo, Washington, which builds aircraft assembly automation. Runs the YouTube channel and LinkedIn page, builds the email list and sends monthly campaigns, updates the website, produces the catalog, brochures, graphics, photos, and video, and works with engineering and sales to feature projects. Bachelor's or equivalent experience plus a portfolio. Pays $28 to $32 hourly.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Program coordinator at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan, the Héroux-Devtek unit that builds ball screws and actuators. Plans materials and production schedules for assigned programs, opens and closes work orders, reconciles inventory in the ERP system, buys and expedites parts and outside processing, and runs status meetings across production, quality, and shipping. Pays $75,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, project management, and scheduling.
Customer relations specialist at the Banyan Air Service FBO in Fort Lauderdale, serving private aircraft owners, crews, and passengers. Takes fuel and catering orders, tracks arrivals and departures, books hotels and rental cars, handles keys, enters invoicing and payment data, and supports the line crew. Second shift and weekends; starts at $23 hourly. Needs two years of customer service.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, scheduling, and communications.
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 computer systems, scheduling, and communications.
Shares 4 of your 9 skills:
Computer Systems
Scheduling
Communications
Customer Service
Requires: NATA Safety 1st CSSS (within 60 days of hire)
Payroll administrator at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Uploads and audits time records, runs biweekly and off-cycle payroll, enters garnishments, deductions, rate changes, hires, and separations in the HR system, answers employee pay and tax questions, keeps payroll records, and helps with tax payments and year-end work. Needs five years of payroll, billing, or receivables; associate degree preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, regulatory compliance, and communications.
Propulsion structures engineer supporting Navy structural integrity work at Patuxent River. Assesses risk on engine hardware, sets life limits for critical parts, analyzes mission data, and plans component tests. Requires an engineering degree with gas turbine knowledge and Secret clearance eligibility.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Shares 5 of your 9 skills:
Technical Documentation
Computer Systems
Project Management
Regulatory Compliance
Training
Bachelor's degree required
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Return-to-Service Inspector
Duncan Aviation · Battle Creek, MI
Good Match
Aircraft Inspection
5+ years
Return-to-service inspector at Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Owns airworthiness paperwork for assigned business-jet projects from planning to delivery: researches airworthiness directives and logbook history, performs required inspections, reviews modification data packages and conformity sign-offs, answers customer and FAA questions, and mentors inspectors. Needs five years of aviation maintenance and an A&P or repairman certificate.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, project management, and regulatory compliance.
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Aircraft Technical Support Representative
Piper Aircraft · Vero Beach, FL
Good Match
Technical Services
3+ years
Technical support representative for Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Answers maintenance questions from dealers, service centers, and owners, recommends approved repairs, updates service manuals and bulletins, tests service kits, supports warranty and accident investigations, and shares after-hours on-call duty. Needs three to five years of aviation maintenance and a bachelor's or equivalent; A&P and pilot certificate preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
Systems administrator for NMG Aerospace, an aerospace components maker in Stow, Ohio. Runs Windows and Linux servers, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, virtualization, backups, and the Fortinet firewall and VPN network, handles Tier II and III support, and keeps security documentation for NIST 800-171 and CMMC. Needs an IT degree or equivalent and three to five years of systems administration.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Technical writer at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Writes and revises owner manuals, maintenance manuals, and service bulletins for aircraft engine accessories, gathers details from engineering, quality, and product support, controls revisions in the product data system, researches competing equipment, and reviews junior writer drafts. Needs a related bachelor's degree and two to four years of technical writing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
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, regulatory compliance, and communications.
Flight dynamics engineer on the Navy MQ-25 program near Lexington Park. Runs six-degree-of-freedom simulations of mission routes, scripts analyses in MATLAB, and assesses vehicle performance and control behavior against thresholds. Requires an engineering or computer science bachelor's and two years of experience.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Shares 4 of your 9 skills:
Technical Documentation
Computer Systems
Project Management
Regulatory Compliance
Bachelor's degree required
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Calibration Technician
Woodward · Fort Collins, CO
Potential Match
$29.81–$43.27 an hour
Quality
Instrument and calibration technician calibrating measurement instruments, troubleshooting complex instrumentation issues, developing calibration procedures, maintaining calibration records, and mentoring less experienced technicians.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
Delivery coordinator supervisor at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Hires, trains, and schedules the team that tracks customer orders through the plant, answers delivery questions, keeps past-due and recovery plans current, holds or splits jobs, flags critical parts and bottlenecks at daily meetings, and works with scheduling, warehouse, shipping, and quality. Manufacturing background and Excel skills preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, training, and communications.
Logistics specialist at the GKN Aerospace plant in Muncie, Indiana. Schedules and unloads inbound trucks, checks deliveries against purchase orders and logs them in the ERP, flags discrepancies for quality, keeps inventory records accurate, arranges outbound shipments and export paperwork, manages scrap pickups, and represents receiving in production meetings. Bachelor's or four years of logistics; US person (ITAR).
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, equipment operation, and regulatory compliance.
Technical representative at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama, supporting its alternators, heaters, turbochargers, and other general aviation engine accessories. Diagnoses and solves customer problems on piston and turbine aircraft, coaches customers and newer reps, supports installations and product launches, works issues with engineering and quality, and documents each case. Two to four years of field support; A&P required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, training, and communications.
Supply chain project manager at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Leads cross-functional projects such as moving parts to new suppliers through first article approval, plans scope, schedule, and budget, tracks milestones and risks, coordinates suppliers and internal teams, reports progress to leadership, and drives process improvements. Six years of supply chain, project, or operations experience; bachelor's preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, project management, and scheduling.
Payroll clerk at the Héroux-Devtek landing gear plant in Strongsville, Ohio. Collects timesheets and runs biweekly payroll for three manufacturing plants in UKG and Baan, reviews pay changes and fixes discrepancies, answers employee pay questions confidentially, posts journal entries, and supports payroll audits and HR projects. Needs two years of multi-shift payroll and Excel; accounting coursework preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, regulatory compliance, and customer service.
Part 135 chief inspector for the Airshare managed jet operation in Shelton, Connecticut. Runs inspection, RII, and maintenance training programs, audits work packages, vendors, and aircraft, tracks ADs, tool calibration, MELs, and weight and balance, onboards managed aircraft, and files service difficulty reports. Needs an A&P and five years inspecting business jets, plus Part 135 and 145 and tracking-software experience.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
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, scheduling, and training.
Technical program specialist at Rhinestahl in Mason, Ohio, handling technical questions about jet engine tooling. Triages supplier and customer problem reports, drives open issues to closure, works with engine maker engineering teams, keeps tool list data and revisions accurate in Epicor, and suggests process fixes. Needs a four-year technical degree plus two years, or six years of related technical experience.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and project management.
Modification supervisor at the Empire Airlines repair station in Hayden, Idaho. Runs the hangar lines doing structural and composite repairs and modifications, staffs and schedules technicians and leads, keeps projects on schedule and budget, coordinates parts and inspections, and updates customers. Needs an A&P with three years of experience and two years supervising; $32 to $47 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to project management, scheduling, and regulatory compliance.
Shares 4 of your 9 skills:
Project Management
Scheduling
Regulatory Compliance
Customer Service
FAA A&P certificate required
Requires: FAA certificate under FAR Part 65; valid driver license
Avionics manager at the Cutter Aviation Part 145 repair station in Phoenix, Arizona. Leads avionics technicians through troubleshooting, installations, upgrades, and return-to-service work, plans workloads and project timelines, keeps test equipment calibrated, orders parts, coordinates sign-offs with inspectors, and serves as technical contact for customers. Five years of avionics maintenance with lead experience; $90,000 to $130,000.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to project management, scheduling, and regulatory compliance.
Senior systems administrator for Windows/Linux desktops and virtual servers: patch compliance, software testing and deployment, account provisioning, hardware/software support, IT procurement, lab environment management, and system documentation.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, computer systems, and regulatory compliance.
Technical writer creating and revising technical manuals and documentation to military standards from engineering data, blueprints, and specifications; validates system capabilities in the lab and supports Agile development teams.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical documentation, regulatory compliance, and communications.
Property and warehouse analyst managing company and government property in SAP and related systems, conducting property compliance assessments, planning warehouse space, and training personnel on regulations and processes.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to computer systems, regulatory compliance, and training.