Director of Maintenance

Wilmington, North Carolina

Hire Aviation Staffing Solutions LLC
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Company Benefits

Employee Medical Insurance, Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Vacation and Sick Time, Paid Holidays, HSA Account Funding, 401k Match

Other Available Benefits

Buy-up Medical Insurance, Dental, Vision, Optional Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, 401k

Primary Purpose of the Position

The Director Of Maintenance (D.O.M) serves as the Accountable Manager is the direct liaison to the FAA, state and customer. Overall responsibility for every function of maintenance and enforces adherence to the RSM and QCM (repair station manual and quality control manual) as required by the FAA.

Essential Functions

Hire personnel with proper qualifications and maintaining proper staffing level

Build a Team environment ensuring all reports feel valued

Ensure the growth of the repair station by analyzing potential work and revising the repair station capability list as required

Tracking of individual training records and training needs

Developing and providing additional training necessary to grow the repair station

Ensure adherence to RSM/QCM personnel requirements section

Conduct daily briefs with employees, making sure they are on track with timeline and do not have an issue that may preclude them in performance of their duties

Schedules maintenance personnel hours to maintain efficient operations of maintenance department

Ensure that only current data is on hand and used

Calibrate and properly track tools

Inspect facility routinely so that it continues to meet FAA 145 guidelines

Scheduling and tracking maintenance including outside customers

Perform maintenance according to 135 operations manual if Repair Station serves 135 operation

Conduct arrival inspections to document damage prior to acceptance as well as customer maintenance issues

Inspect and track parts from arrival to installation as required by RSM/QCM

Perform aircraft work in accordance with Maintenance Manuals and the RSM/QCM. Random inspection by the D.O.M ensures personnel adhere to the rules.

Complete ALL documentation prior to release of aircraft:

Maintenance hours have been properly tracked

All parts have been accounted

Individual work items have been signed by both the performer of maintenance and the chief inspector

Aircraft paper logs or computer-based logs have been updated

FAA Regulatory forms submitted if/as required

Customer has been fully briefed on what work was performed and if it will have any effect on control of the aircraft

Ensure invoices are paid in full prior to release of aircraft

NOTE, Additional Duties and Responsibilities are defined in the FAA Accepted Repair Station/Quality Control Manual.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Airframe & Power plant Certificates.

Willing and able to work varied hours and schedules, as required

High school diploma or equivalent.

15+ years of aircraft maintenance experience, with 5+ years of aircraft maintenance management experience.

Must possess a valid driver's license

Must possess strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Customer relations skills required

Preferred Qualifications:

Associates Degree or higher

Additional related training or technical school education

2+ years FAR 145 Quality Assurance Maintenance experience

Reports to: General Manager

Supervisory Responsibility: This job has supervisory responsibilities.

FLSA Status: This position is exempt.

Work Environment: This job operates in indoor and, occasionally, outdoor settings. The indoor settings include office and warehouse/airplane hangar environments which require the use of standard office equipment. The outdoor settings include airplane runways and parking lots. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud. Occasionally subject to varying inside and/or outside temperatures, which may include extreme heat (temperatures above 100 degrees) or extreme cold (temperatures below 32 degrees).

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions.

Travel: This position requires minimal travel.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit or stand. The employee frequently is required to use the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together. This would also occasionally require the ability to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. Light work; exerts up to 50 lbs. occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work will be required on nights and weekends.

- Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

- Hire Aviation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Recruiting Agency. It is our policy, from recruitment through employment, to provide equal opportunity at all times without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Date Posted: 20 May 2024
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