Fueling Team Chief

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Vertex Aerospace is redefining the mid-level aerospace market with our agility, rapid deployment capability, and customized quality. Our international presence and a vast range of services distinguish us from competitors. We offer our customers a variety of global aerospace support, including Systems Integration, Fabrication, Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply, Engineering, Maintenance, Modification, Repair, and Overhaul, Training Support, and all levels of Maintenance. For over forty years, we have delivered high-quality aftermarket aerospace services that are affordable and customer-focused.

**PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Perform duties as Fueling Team Chief at a foreign military airfield location.
- Supervise up to ten (10 Fuel Technicians providing fueling/refueling/defueling services at an airfield/heliport supporting operational, training, and maintenance flights.
- Provide oversight for on-the-job training for host nation personnel working alongside the contractor personnel.
- Attend Company and MNG Airfield-related meetings/training as required.
- Responsible for coordinating all fueling activities with other airfield agencies to ensure safe operations.
- Maintain the highest ethical personal and professional standards.

**POSITION SCOPE AND CHARTER**
- High School Diploma required.
- Minimum 5 years experience working in Fuel servicing, preferably in a military environment.
- Supervisory experience required.
- Military Aviation Operations experience is preferred, especially AFSC 2F0X1 or Army MOS 92F
- Must be able to read, speak, write legibly and understand the English language.
- Must be comfortable working with host nation military personnel.
- Familiarization with ATP 3-04.17, AR 95-20 and DCMA 8210.1c. for Airfield Operations.
- Must have a valid state operator's license and be able to pass the government licensing requirements.
- Must adhere to Company policies/procedures and management instruction.
- Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information and Company Proprietary data
- Will be required to travel when deemed necessary.

As a government contractor, Vertex Aerospace requires all employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment in accordance with Executive Order 14042. Exceptions to this policy are granted on a case-by-case basis for those that request a religious or medical accommodation. A vaccination status form and proof of vaccination, if applicable, are required.

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk, sit or reach with hands and arms. The employee is also occasionally required to climb a ladder.

Climbing, standing, stooping, bending, pushing, kneeling, stretching, extensive walking and working in tiring uncomfortable positions. May require lifting of objects whose weight sometime exceeds fifty (50) pounds.

Vertex is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment in which we recognize and value each other’s differences as well as fostering a culture that promotes its core values: Professionalism, Integrity, and Respect. As an equal opportunity employee, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin age, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)