Amentum | Instructor

Helicopter Pilot Instructor

Location: Fort Rucker, Alabama

Company: Amentum

Position Overview

Amentum is currently accepting applications for a highly skilled and dedicated Helicopter Pilot Instructor at its distinguished Fort Rucker, Alabama facility. The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering comprehensive flight instruction for the UH-72 aircraft. While prior military aviation experience or specific UH-72 qualification is not mandated, candidates must possess a profound commitment to safety and instructional excellence.

About Amentum's World-Class Aviation Training

Since its inception in 1989, Amentum Services, Inc. has solidified its reputation as a premier global leader in aviation education. With a robust workforce exceeding 400 employees, Amentum annually trains and educates over 1,200 students. The organization provides intensive classroom academic instruction and hands-on flight training to approximately 500 students daily, leveraging an unparalleled depth of instructor skill and experience. Over three decades, Amentum's aviation experts have meticulously prepared nearly 30,000 pilots, imbuing them with the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities required to navigate and thrive within today's intricate aviation environment. Serving the critical aviation education needs of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and numerous Allied partner Nations, Amentum boasts an extraordinary safety record, having accumulated more than 2.5 million hours of flight instruction. All instructional activities are conducted within an expansive area encompassing over 40,000 square miles of the National Airspace System, where safety consistently remains paramount across every facet of its Rotary Wing Flight Training culture.

Key Responsibilities

The Helicopter Pilot Instructor will play a crucial role in Amentum's mission, meticulously teaching, coaching, and mentoring student pilots through rigorous training programs. These programs are expertly designed to cultivate the capabilities necessary for their future careers as military aviators. The instructor will uphold the highest safety standards in all flight operations, ensuring an effective and secure learning environment.

Minimum Pilot Qualifications

Candidates for the Helicopter Pilot Instructor position must fulfill the following mandatory requirements:

• Possess an ICAO equivalent or FAA commercial pilot certificate and an ICAO equivalent or FAA flight instructor certificate. Both certificates must include rotorcraft category, helicopter class, and instrument helicopter ratings. Alternatively, applicants may be graduates of any Department of Defense (DOD) rotary wing instructor pilot course for rotary wing aircraft.
• A minimum of 1,500 total flight hours, creditable as pilot-in-command or second-in-command (per FAR 61.51), or Pilot in Command (PIC) or Pilot (PI) (Per AR 95-1) in aircraft of any weight or category.
• A certified total of 100 hours combining hooded instrument, flight simulator instrument, or weather pilot time.
• Demonstrated experience instructing students in instrument flight training.
• A minimum of 75 hours of night flying experience.
• A minimum of 500 hours of instructor time.
• Must possess a current FAA Second Class Medical Certificate prior to the commencement of training.
• Applicants seeking Basic Warfighter Skills consideration must be certified Night Vision Goggle (NVG) qualified and possess a minimum of 200 hours of NVG time.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and be able to provide verifiable proof of such authorization.

Important Information

All successful applicants are subject to Government approval and the terms of a 12-month Employee Agreement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company's hiring practices are designed to provide equal opportunity for employment without discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability, provided the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation. This commitment extends to any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Further information regarding federal labor laws is accessible via the Labor Laws Posters.