Director of Program Aviation Maintenance

Responsibilities

• Serve as aircraft maintenance single point of contact for the USG designated INL/A representative for the program to initiate, conduct, coordinate and communicate all aircraft maintenance activities for the entire program.
• Maintains liaison with INL/A HQ and satellite offices, associate contract leads, and other stakeholders as required to effect all plans, coordination, briefings, de-confliction, and execution of INL/A directed activity program-wide.
• Directs enterprise-level DOS INL/A maintenance operations across fixed-wing, rotary-wing, ISR, and support aircraft, sustaining aircraft availability and mission-capable rates across deployed locations.
• Lead maintenance control, production planning, quality assurance, inspections, and return-to-service activities to ensure safe, airworthy, and on-time aircraft delivery for daily mission execution.
• Oversee contractor maintenance performance, staffing, tooling, parts support, and corrective action plans to achieve 100% compliance with contract, FAA, OEM, DOS, and host-nation requirements.
• Analyze fleet readiness, non-mission-capable drivers, repeat discrepancies, cannibalization, and supply constraints to reduce aircraft downtime and improve maintenance turnaround times.
• Manage maintenance budgets, manpower, material requirements, and repair priorities to align resources with operational demand while meeting cost, schedule, readiness, and safety targets.
• Enforce safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs through audits, technical reviews, training, and risk mitigation, supporting zero major safety violations and successful inspections.
• Must have thorough working knowledge of Aviation Industry and DoD quality standards.
• Tracks performance measures and goals to ensure variances in established procedures are clearly identified and corrective actions defined to ensure the services provided to the customer are of the highest standards and continually enhance the overall mission of the Department of State Air Wing at CONUS and OCONUS locations.
• Report daily maintenance status, fleet health, readiness trends, and risk items to government leadership, enabling data-driven decisions and measurable improvements in mission support performance.
• Pre-Award & Proposal Development Support
  - Partner with the Capture Manager to shape the overall Program Management, Execution Approach, and technical volumes, ensuring alignment between proposed technical solutions, staffing models, performance metrics, and long-term contract sustainability.
• - Lead development of the Program Management, Organizational Structure, Governance, and Performance Management sections of the proposal.
• - Validate that proposed maintenance, supply chain, quality, safety, and subcontractor strategies are operationally executable within cost, schedule, and regulatory constraints.
• - Collaborate with the Transition Manager to ensure seamless integration between the Transition Approach and steady-state execution plan.
• - Work closely with pricing, contracts, HR, supply chain, IT, property, and platform SMEs to ensure labor ramp profiles, indirect support structures, and management controls are realistic and performance driven.
• - Participate in solutioning sessions and Black Hat reviews to assess incumbent performance risks, staffing considerations, aircraft divestment complexities, and customer fleet sustainment demands.
• - Support color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), incorporating evaluator-focused refinements and ensuring compliance with PWS and Section L/M requirements.
• - Ensure proposed KPIs, aircraft availability metrics, readiness thresholds, safety controls, and reporting structures are measurable, contract-aligned, and executable from Day One.
• - Maintain strict traceability between proposal commitments and post-award management processes to minimize performance risk and protect the potential award fee.
• - Upon award, ensure rapid conversion of proposal artifacts into executable program management baselines, including staffing plans, governance boards, reporting cadences, and risk registers.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, Logistics or related scientific / technical discipline.
• Must have ten (10) years of progressive experience in maintenance of aircraft and aircraft systems.
• FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P), DAWIA, FAA Inspection Authorization (IA), or equivalent certification.
• Must have experience and skills necessary to perform the following aircraft maintenance tasks: design, development, integration, testing, sustainment and documentation for aircraft systems/subsystems; organize, direct, and coordinate planning and implementation of all contract maintenance support activities; interface with government and contractor personnel; formulate and review costs and ensure conformance to work standards; interpret organizational policies, purposes, and goals for subordinates; manage maintenance support for complex aviation activities; and identify, acquire and utilize required resources to achieve project objectives.