Position
Title:Aircraft
Mechanic
Duty
Station:Eldoret
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.
We
are seeking qualified applicants to fill the above position.
Job
Summary
Perform
aircraft inspections and maintenance to airworthy standards that meet or exceed
FAA requirements.
Key
Responsibilities
- Perform scheduled and
unscheduled maintenance on aircraft so that they are available for
dispatch as scheduled. This may mean extended work hours, weekends, or
working nights to return the aircraft to service;
- Perform maintenance duties in a
timely, efficient and accurate manner;
- Ensure continued airworthiness
of the aircraft;
- Ensure the aircraft are clean
and neat;
- Ensure the aircraft records are
current and complete;
- Maintain the equipment and
facilities for the aircraft;
- Assist in other activities and
projects as assigned by management;
- Maintain a strong Christian
witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general
public;
- Attend daily morning devotions
and participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and
volunteers;
- Assess, manage, and report
critical physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff;
- Maintenance personnel are often
required to overnight at field locations in support of our operations – up
to 30% of the time depending on our activity. Personnel should anticipate
many of the locations being austere with few amenities. Showers, a hot
meal, and even a bed may not be available. Sleeping in the aircraft may at
times be required;
- Be willing and comfortable
working in remote environments, with little support structure, often in
war zones;
- When humanitarian crisis arise,
it may be necessary to temporarily deploy away from the home base for
several weeks, and even up to 30 days at a time.
Qualifications
To
perform this job successfully, an individual must maintain a personal
relationship with and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, as well as able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required.
Education / Experience Needed
- Fifth year college or
university program certificate; or two to four years related experience
and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Twelve credit hours of
college-level Biblical studies.
- Maintain FAA Airframe and Power
plant Certificate;
Skills and Knowledge
- Ability to read, analyze, and
interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and
legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from
pilots, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability
to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed
style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top
management, public groups, and/or boards of directors;
- Ability to work with
mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and
fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to
apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to
practical situations;
- Ability to solve practical
problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where
only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of
instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form;
- 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. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions;
- While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee
frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally
required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands
and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or
smell.
- The employee must regularly
lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50
pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Submission of
Applications
Interested
applicants should submit their C.V. only and an application letter to
hrspkenya@samaritan.org to be received not later than 2nd April, 2013.
Only
email applications will be accepted.
The
position title (as is on the advert) should be indicated on the subject line
