Director, Flight Engineering & Maintenance

About the role

We are searching for a highly experienced Director, Flight Engineering & Maintenance to join our Aviation organization located in Trenton, NJ. The role supports Johnson & Johnson Aviation, focusing on maintenance strategy, execution, regulatory compliance, technical standards, and team development.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for all aviation maintenance and engineering activities supporting Johnson & Johnson Aviation, including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspection programs, troubleshooting, component reliability, launch and recovery support, and aircraft availability.
• Serve as the senior maintenance leader for the aviation function, establishing maintenance policies, technical standards, governance processes, and performance expectations that ensure full compliance with FAA regulations, manufacturer guidance, company procedures, and internal safety expectations.
• Lead, develop, and continuously grow a highly technical maintenance workforce with the capabilities, certifications, leadership depth, and learning agility required to support a modern, best-in-class corporate aviation operation.
• Partner closely with flight operations, aviation leadership, pilots, maintenance supervisors, flight engineers, and enterprise stakeholders to coordinate maintenance schedules, minimize operational disruption, and support safe, seamless executive travel.
• Lead and govern relationships with numerous external aviation vendor partners, including OEMs, authorized service centers, repair stations, contractors, parts suppliers, and technical service providers, ensuring quality, responsiveness, compliance, innovation, and value delivery.
• Own a large maintenance-related budget and portfolio, including operating expense, capital investments, major maintenance events, long-range planning, and resource allocation, with accountability for financial stewardship, portfolio governance, forecasting accuracy, and cost optimization.
• Ensure rigorous maintenance documentation, airworthiness records, audit readiness, and process discipline to sustain compliance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance operations through standard work, preventive planning, digital tools, data review, and metrics that elevate safety, quality, responsiveness, and efficiency.
• Build a highly technical workforce by establishing clear capability expectations, targeted development plans, technical training pathways, certification support, mentoring, differentiated development, succession strategies, and leadership development programs that strengthen both near-term execution and long-term organizational capability.
• Create a strong culture of accountability, inclusion, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. Champion knowledge transfer, leadership development, and technical skill advancement across the team to ensure bench strength, organizational resilience, and sustained performance in a high-service corporate environment.

Requirements

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate required; Inspection Authorization preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in aviation maintenance, engineering, aerospace, business, or a related field preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive aviation maintenance experience, including leadership responsibility within a corporate aviation, business aviation, or similarly complex aircraft maintenance environment.
• Strong people leadership experience, including leading technical teams, coaching talent, driving performance, and building organizational capability in a safety-critical environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in aircraft maintenance operations, regulatory compliance, technical troubleshooting, maintenance planning, documentation, audits, and vendor management.
• Experience building and developing a highly technical workforce through training, capability building, succession planning, and talent pipeline development.
• Strong working knowledge of FAA regulations, manufacturer maintenance manuals, service bulletins, airworthiness directives, and best practices applicable to corporate aviation operations.
• Experience managing multiple external aviation vendor partners and complex third-party service relationships.
• Experience overseeing a significant maintenance-related budget, including forecasting, cost management, and capital planning.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills, with the ability to translate technical issues into clear recommendations and actions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead at director level, including setting strategy, aligning resources, influencing stakeholders, and translating operational complexity into clear priorities and business outcomes.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly responsive environment requiring sound judgment, flexibility, discretion, and strong customer orientation.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Part 91 corporate aviation operations and executive travel environments.
• Experience with large-cabin business aircraft and/or rotary-wing operations.
• Experience leading maintenance organizations that coordinate closely with flight engineers, maintenance supervisors, and flight operations teams.
• Exposure to reliability programs, continuous improvement methods, digital maintenance systems, and data-driven operational management.
• Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) or similar leadership development credentials are a plus.