The Aircraft Maintenance Manager manages assigned aircraft maintenance lines using production schedules, labor analysis, and budgetary information. Utilizes resources to manage entire projects for the maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alteration of aircraft. Oversees product quality while ensuring maintenance tasks and functions are carried out in compliance with the applicable requirements of the air carrier maintenance program and its inspection procedures manual.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Ensures direction of maintenance programs is consistent with goals and targets.
• Directly responsible for oversight of Aircraft Maintenance program.
• Coordinates with Quality Control to assure, within the repair station limitations, that aircraft maintenance is performed and carried out in accordance with approved Federal Aviation, Manufactures, Customers and ATS procedures and requirements.
• Reviews customer program and FAA regulations to ensure compliance.
• Manages the overall maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alteration of, or approve and return to service any aircraft or part thereof.
• Ensures communication of all significant information, including work, risk, safety and quality.
• Ensures coordination with internal support organizations to provide necessary product and services when required.
• Ensures Engineering priorities support aircraft delivery milestones.
• Ensures all assigned areas are clean and audit ready and clear of hazards that pose a risk to employee safety and quality of work. Ensures compliance with safety requirements.
• Directly responsible for the on-time delivery and adjustments of aircraft delivery schedules.
• Monitors crew completion dates and hours estimates for inclusion in daily labor tracking.
• Responsible for labor hours and part expenditures.
• Ensures coordination of maintenance labor requirements in conjunction with other maintenance lines, to ensure most efficient utilization of labor and resources.
• Coordinates LOW when all utilization options are exhausted.
• Provides a positive interface with the customer.
• Directly responsible for the Profit/Loss (P/L) of maintenance programs, achieving performance targets. Communicates budget plans with team.
• Responsible for successful progression of mechanics through On-the-Job Training (OJT) program.
• Reviews recommendations and implements changes to processes to improve efficiencies and workflow.
• Complies with, communicates and ensures compliance of team members on company policies, procedures and Safety Management System (SMS) requirements. Promotes "Balanced Technician" concept.
• Provides mentorship and training support to future and less-experienced managers.
• Responsible for ensuring completion of all performance reviews, identifying career goals and development needs.
• Provides regular feedback and performance coaching including appropriate management of time, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring proper knowledge and training to accomplish assignments to all members of maintenance line.
• Responsible for adhering to all company required training.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Effective and appropriate conduct with co-workers.
• Acts maturely and responsibly, conducting themselves in a professional, courteous and respectful manner toward co-workers, contractors, customers and vendors.
• Responds openly and appropriately to feedback regarding performance from leadership.
• Completes routine tasks independently.
• Performs all duties in a manner which promotes and supports the ATS core values.
• Integrates practices and tools to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.
• Completes all required learning assignments in Learning Management System (LMS).
• Attends training to meet requirements of the job position and as needed or mandated by ATS, state and/or federal regulations.
• Has regular and predictable attendance.
Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of personnel both internally and within customer organizations.
• Ability to read and comprehend written documents.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of variables.
• Strong project management skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks from multiple projects at one time.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Demonstrates team player mind set and behavior.
• Ability to effectively delegate.
• Ability to positively resolve conflicts.
• Ability to calculate moderate to complex mathematical functions.
• Ability to understand complex operations from a broad perspective.
• Proven knowledge in the procedures, practice, inspection methods, materials, tools, machine tools, and equipment generally used in the work which the station is rated.
• Detailed knowledge of paperwork and publications and an understanding of technical information in order to facilitate troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of FAA regulatory requirements to include FAR Part 121 and 91 carriers.
• Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• General working knowledge of Oracle, AutoTime, Gateway programs.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ recent commercial aircraft maintenance and/or MRO experience required.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ aircraft maintenance supervisory experience required.
• Airframe, or Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certification required.
Miscellaneous
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: Carries out managerial responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include, but not limited to, interviewing and training; development of required skills; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
About Our Client
This client is headquartered in Everett, Washington, with additional operations in Moses Lake, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; and Fort Worth, Texas. This national MRO network provides seamless support for military, commercial and regional aircraft operators – including airframe maintenance, component repair, engineering support, fuselage painting, and business jet services.
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We know it takes great people to do great work, so if you’re interested in joining the APA Services family give us a call at (817) 529-4000
Thanks for taking the time to apply and we look forward to working with you soon.
Job ID
435926703456716
