Manager, Aircraft Maintenance

Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Sahuarita
Posted on: September 20, 2023

Job Description:

Description: Summary:
Oversees and manages onsite aircraft and equipment scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, as well as servicing. Supervises or assigns a designated representative for repairs to aircraft and system components, and engine repairs to ensure that site aircraft are in good mechanical condition and safe for flight. Ensures the contractual required FAA maintenance requirements/standards are maintained and releases aircraft for flight. Aircraft Maintenance Manager 4 may be required to deploy OCONUS as needed to support aircraft maintenance on-site.

Essential Functions:
--- Schedule maintenance and inspections per the Original Equipment Manufacturer technical data. --- Ensures site personnel meet and maintain assigned training and certification requirements. --- Determines corrective action when advised of deficiencies affecting aircraft airworthiness. --- Ensures scheduled and unscheduled inspections in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) established procedures/specifications. --- Oversees/reviews aircraft maintenance records and historical documents entries. --- Monitors/reviews deficiency reports for adverse trends. --- Monitors in-progress and follow-up inspections during and upon completion of maintenance actions. --- Responsible for ensuring employees maintain common hand tools and special tools in a safe and serviceable condition. --- Responsible for site, customer and company tool accountability procedures to include reporting unserviceable tools and equipment to appropriate responsible party. --- Ensures established policies/procedures and standards are properly complied with. --- Responsible for site compliance with all safety, environmental, security and housekeeping standards. --- Assists in training newly assigned personnel as required. --- Operates vehicles, both special purpose and regular as authorized. --- Accountable for good housekeeping practices, tool control, FOD awareness/prevention and safety at all times with site assigned areas. --- Assists assigned personnel in researching and requisitioning aircraft parts and components and in determining the reparability and serviceability of these assets. --- Monitors bench stock items and tool inventory inspections. --- Actively participates in the Safety Program. --- Discusses discrepancies with aircrews to ensure adequate troubleshooting information and flight data --- Other related duties as required to support contract and mission requirements --- Responsible for strict compliance with all required Communications Security (COMSEC) policies and procedures. --- Recommends procedure changes to improve maintainability of aircraft and required inspections. --- Consults manufacturers' manuals for specifications and determines feasibility of repair or replacement.
--- Work CONUS and OCONUS to support scheduled and heavy unscheduled aircraft maintenance as required by Program Management.
--- Deploy OCONUS to backfill Lead Avionics Technician during vacations.

Required Education and Experience:
--- BS/BA in Business, Aviation Administration or a similar degree relevant for performance of the essential functions of this job description. Relevant experience may be substituted for education.
--- A minimum of ten (10) years' maintenance management experience (5 years' experience on Gulfstream aircraft/BizJet aircraft) is required.
--- FAA aircraft airframe and engine power plant (A&P) certification required.
--- FAA Inspection Authorization (IA) is preferred.
--- Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
--- Excellent time management skills and ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions while maintaining high quality standards.
--- Strong analytical skills with high degree of detail orientation required.
Position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.

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