Flight Equipment Technician: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Marine Corps 6048 Flight Equipment Technician experience builds transferable skills in inspection, equipment maintenance, safety, quality control, technical manuals, and maintenance documentation. CivLaunch currently matches 29 open civilian jobs to this MOS, including Quality Control Inspector at Cutter Aviation, Aircraft Inspector at C&L Aviation Group, and NDT Technician at C&L Aviation Group.
About the 6048 MOS
Inspects, maintains, and repairs parachutes, survival gear, and other aircrew flight equipment, along with oxygen (gas and liquid) and carbon dioxide equipment, in Marine aviation units. Follows Navy aviation maintenance procedures and documents each inspection and repair.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
Quality Control Inspector
Cutter Aviation · Addison, TX
Strong Match
$45–$52 an hour
Aircraft Inspection
Quality control inspector supporting the Chief Inspector at Cutter Aviation's Addison, TX repair station. Inspects completed repairs and discrepancy write-ups, checks paperwork and sign-offs, performs aircraft inspections, researches logbooks, and helps return aircraft to service. Requires an FAA A&P certificate, a high school diploma or GED, and solid knowledge of FAA repair station rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, inspection, and safety.
Required-inspection-item (RII) inspector on a shift at C&L Aviation's Bangor, Maine repair station. Reviews work order packages, reads drawings, manuals, and test procedures, and confirms inspections meet repair station, FAA, and customer requirements using precision measuring tools. Needs an A&P and about five to seven years of aviation experience; prior inspection or military experience is a plus.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, inspection, and safety.
Nondestructive testing technician at C&L Aviation's Bangor, Maine MRO. Inspects aircraft and parts for cracks and flaws with eddy current, magnetic particle, ultrasonic, and penetrant methods, prepares parts, calibrates and maintains NDT equipment, and completes inspection records. Requires ASNT Level II in those methods, five years of NDT work, and an A&P; NAS 410 and radiography preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, technical manuals, and inspection.
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 maintenance, inspection, and safety.
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 maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Facilities maintenance technician at the C&L Aviation hangar complex in Bangor, Maine. Keeps buildings, grounds, generators, and diesel vehicles and equipment running, diagnosing engines, pumps, motors, and hydraulics from manuals and wiring diagrams, handling light plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and HVAC work, answering urgent repair calls, and logging work orders. Pays $22 to $28 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, technical manuals, and inspection.
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 maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Tool calibration technician calibrating mechanical and precision measuring tools to specifications and engineering drawings, setting up precision measurement equipment, and accepting or rejecting items for dimensional conformity.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, inspection, and quality control.
Machine operator on Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach, Florida production floor, hired at three levels. Forms and machines aircraft parts on brake presses, shears, punch presses, laser turrets, tube benders, lathes, and mills from Piper drawings and process specs, performs first-article and self inspections, and handles routine machine upkeep under FAA quality rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Structural repair technician at Empire Airlines' MRO hangar in Hayden, Idaho. Repairs airline aircraft structures and components per work cards and the approved maintenance program, and keeps records accurate. Requires an FAA Airframe certificate and two years of commercial or military heavy-check structures experience; up to 25% travel. Starting total pay is $31.67 to $36.70 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
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 equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Composites technician at Empire Airlines' Hayden, Idaho repair station. Repairs composite aircraft parts and components following the repair station manual, manufacturer data, and FAA rules, tags and controls removed parts, and documents all work and training. Qualification is shown through experience, training, or practical tests; A&P certificates earn pay adders.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Aircraft maintenance technician at Cutter Aviation in Addison, Texas, working on HondaJet, Pilatus, TBM, Citation, Learjet, and other business aircraft. Performs routine maintenance and major inspections, troubleshoots and repairs systems and engines, swaps components, and runs engine and operational checks under FAA rules. Needs five years of aircraft maintenance and Part 135/145 knowledge; A&P preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Precision grinder at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Sets up grinding machines from blueprints, picks and mounts wheels, grinds inside and outside diameters and faces to tolerances as tight as fifty millionths of an inch, checks parts with micrometers and gauges, adjusts or stops machines when problems appear, and does routine upkeep. Pays $27.16 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and quality control.
CMM operator and quality inspector at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado. Sets up and runs PC-DMIS coordinate measuring machines on machined aerospace parts, performs first article, in-process, and final inspections against drawings and GD&T, writes inspection reports, flags nonconforming parts, and keeps the CMM verified and maintained. Day shift with overtime. Pays $28 to $42 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and quality control.
Quality inspector at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Sets up and runs the CMM from setup sheets, makes small program adjustments, moves data through CAD/CAM and SPC systems, works a parts schedule that shifts for rush jobs, maintains the machine daily, and documents compliance with the quality system. High school diploma or assessment; drawing reading needed.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and quality control.
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 technical manuals, inspection, and safety.
Mechanical assembler building and fitting aerospace subassemblies to close tolerances, performing preset calibration, flow and pressure testing, and final test, and completing test records and quality checks.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and quality control.
Sheet metal and structures technician in Cutter Aviation's Phoenix Sky Harbor maintenance hangar. Repairs airframe structure on customer aircraft: riveting, patches, fiberglass work, corrosion treatment, priming, and paint, plus installing added equipment and logging each repair to FAA standards. Three to five years of aircraft structural repair experience preferred; high school diploma or GED required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
A&P mechanic at Banyan Air Service's Fort Lauderdale Part 145 repair station, maintaining turbine business aircraft from King Airs to Gulfstreams. Performs inspections and repairs on airframes, engines, and components, looks up tasks and parts in manufacturer manuals, tags removed parts, and supports AOG travel. Requires an A&P, five years of hands-on experience on business jets, and personal tools.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Records researcher and inspector for Banyan Air Service's Fort Lauderdale repair station. Carries out preliminary, in-process, hidden-damage, and final inspections, checks tooling calibration and parts eligibility, researches logbooks and airworthiness data, keeps the technical library current, and prepares aircraft status reports before return to service. Needs three years in the field and an A&P or equivalent research experience.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, inspection, and maintenance documentation.
NDT technician at Triumph Geared Solutions in Park City, Utah. Inspects aerospace parts by penetrant and magnetic particle methods to FAA, Nadcap, and customer specs, interprets results against drawings, maintains processing equipment and process controls, and keeps inspection records. Requires a high school diploma, Level II in MT, PT, and digital radiography, and U.S. citizenship or residency.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and quality control.
A&P mechanic for the Airshare private jet fleet at Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita. Handles scheduled maintenance, repairs worn or damaged components, performs pre- and post-flight checks, reports discrepancies, and completes return-to-service records under FAA rules and the company maintenance manual. Requires an A&P and high school diploma; five years of general aviation maintenance preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Maintenance technician at Sonaca North America (formerly LMI Aerospace) in Fredonia, Kansas. Installs, repairs, and maintains production machinery, forklifts, and power tools, handles plant electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performs routine inspections and preventive maintenance, and documents repairs. High school diploma preferred (otherwise an assessment); HVAC, journeyman electrician, or boiler licenses and National Electrical Code knowledge are pluses.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, technical manuals, and safety.
Electromechanical overhaul technician in Duncan Aviation's Lincoln, Nebraska component shop. Tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and overhauls aircraft accessory components to manufacturer specs, orders the parts each job needs, keeps work orders and FAA-required records current, and supplies repair details for estimates. Hired at levels I to III by experience; associate degree preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, technical manuals, and maintenance documentation.
Shares 3 of your 6 skills:
Equipment Maintenance
Technical Manuals
Maintenance Documentation
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A&P Mechanic (Traveler)
Empire Airlines · Hayden, ID
Potential Match
$36.67–$41.70 an hour
Aircraft Maintenance
2+ years
Traveling A&P mechanic for Empire Airlines, a cargo feeder and charter operator based in Hayden, Idaho. Keeps company aircraft airworthy at outstations, works each task on the job cards to the maintenance manual and FAA rules, and completes maintenance records. Frequent travel and long stretches away; two years on type preferred; $36.67 to $41.70 an hour including adders.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
A&P mechanic for Empire Airlines in Anchorage, Alaska. Keeps the company's cargo feeder aircraft airworthy, works each job card to manufacturer manuals and the approved maintenance program, and keeps maintenance records accurate and on time. Up to 25 percent travel; two years on type preferred; $45.67 to $50.70 an hour including a regional adder and certificate pay.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Aircraft maintenance technician at the Cutter Aviation repair station in San Antonio, Texas, working on business aircraft such as HondaJets, Pilatus, Citations, and Learjets. Performs scheduled maintenance and major inspections, troubleshoots and repairs airframe systems and engines, swaps components, runs leak checks and engine runs, and documents each discrepancy to repair-station rules. Five years of experience; A&P preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical manuals, safety, and maintenance documentation.