Product Technical Data Manager

Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point, NC is seeking qualified candidates for permanent positions available for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Logistics Engineering, Business and Management, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering or Manufacturing Technology, Technical Writing or English, Communications or Medial Journalism, Graphic Arts, Architect/Drafting Technology majors. We’re currently recruiting entry-level college graduates. Fleet Readiness Center East needs qualified candidates with a variety of focuses to support and lead projects involving state-of-the-art and very complex elements of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft and weapons systems, the very complex systems within those aircraft and weapons systems, and the land-based and shipboard systems with which they interface.

You will work together with other logisticians, data managers and technical illustrators, engineers, scientists and technicians, using a wide array of tools and techniques to develop new systems and improve the performance of existing systems used by Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

Fleet Readiness Center East

For more than 75 years, the Fleet Readiness Center East aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, has played an important part in national defense. Our workforce has earned a reputation of excellence in providing world-class maintenance, engineering and logistics support for Navy and Marine Corps aviation, as well as other armed services, federal agencies and foreign governments. Our skilled workforce uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure that FRCE is without equal in providing quality, cost-effective support. Our employees take great pride in their work, and this professional spirit is evident in the high quality products they produce.

Mission

Values: Our values of innovation, respect, accountability and teamwork enhance our ability to take care of our customers, our people, and our business.
Mission: Generating combat air power for America’s Marines and Naval Forces.
Vision: To be the most dependable provider of choice for American air power through comprehensive and innovative integration of our people, processes and resources.

Capabilities and Services

Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) aircraft maintenance professionals perform phased depot maintenance, planned maintenance intervals, integrated maintenance concepts, modernizations, conversions, overhaul or in-service repair on the AV- and TAV-8B Harriers, the V-22 Osprey, the AH-1W Super Cobra, the AH-1Z Viper, the UH-1N Huey, the UH-1Y Venom, the CH-53E Super Stallion, and MH-53E Sea Dragon, the F/A-18 Hornet, the F-35B Lightning II, the H-3 Sea King; the H-60 Seahawk; the EA-6B Prowler; and the C-130 Hercules. The depot is also the depot repair point for the drive and rotary systems of the MQ-8B Fire Scout.

The depot overhauls, assembles and tests a number of aircraft engines, including the F402 (AV- and TAV-8B), the T400 (AH-1W and UH-1N), the T64 (CH-53E, and MH-53E), and the T58-400B (in support of the Presidential VH-3D Sea King).

FRC East is the only Navy facility able to perform depot-level maintenance on the auxiliary power unit (APU) and gas turbine compressor (GTC) engines on the F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8, V-22, S-3, E-2 Hawkeye, C-2 Greyhound, KC-135 Stratotanker, H-53, H-47 Chinook, and H-60. The command also repairs the APUs on the Presidential VH-3 and VH-60 aircraft, and performs APU and GTC repairs for a number of allied militaries.

The depot is the preferred repair source for all Navy and Marine Corps organic rotor blades, providing the resources to support complete life cycle engineering and logistics for current and future rotor blades. It is also equipped with advanced composite and plating facilities.

FRC East has the capability to repair nearly 20,000 distinct aircraft components, ranging from the repair of intricate circuit cards and instruments to the overhaul and testing of auxiliary power units. This support covers nearly 200 types, models, and series of aircraft.

FRC East also provides worldwide aeronautical engineering, logistics, and program management support in both the maintenance and design fields, and works side-by-side with FRCE production artisans developing and refining overhaul, repair, test and troubleshooting procedures. Engineers and logisticians at FRCE support all vertical lift aircraft for the Navy and the Marine Corps, as well as the C-130 Hercules and selected components.

The command's customers include all Navy and Marine Corps aviation activities, 30 foreign nations, five Air Force activities, three Army activities, and two federal agencies.

People

FRCE is North Carolina's largest maintenance, repair and overhaul and technical services provider with more than 4,200 civilian, military, and contract workers. The depot's annual revenue is $835 million. The average age of the workforce is 46, and many of them are members of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, American Federation of Government Employees, and National Association of Aeronautical Examiners unions.

Facilities

FRC East's primary facility is centrally located on the eastern seaboard, accessible by air, rail, highway, waterway, and deep-water port facilities. The command also has permanent sites at Marine Corps Air Stations New River, N.C., and Beaufort, S.C.; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

The main facility includes 123 structures with a total of 2 million square feet – 1.65 million of production space. It is spread across 147 acres, and it's estimated it would cost about $1.2 billion to replace its buildings and equipment.