Aviation Safety Inspector
CurrentAviation Safety Inspector (Manufacturing) (ASI) verifies assigned aerospace organizations comply with Title 14 code of Federal Regulations (14CFR) with respect to production, original airworthiness, and certification programs. Determines certificate management actions for audits of assigned aerospace organizations within personnel and budget limitations. Establishes certificate management actions in terms of kind and areas of audit, location, and frequency that will be most productive to assure adherence to the aerospace organization’s quality system. ASI conducts audits in accordance with FAA Orders 8120.22 Production Approval Procedures, 8120.23 Certificate Management of Production Approval Holders, and other established policies. Serves as manufacturing expert in the investigation of violations, accidents, incidents, and malfunctions/defects that may be attributable to items manufactured in assigned organizations. The inspector is involved in the planning and implementation of a full range of manufacturing inspection type, production, and airworthiness certification programs at one or more aerospace organizations within a Manufacturing Inspection District Office's (MIDO) / Certificate Management Office's (CMO) geographic area of responsibility.