Manager - Aircraft Maintenance

Summary Of Responsibilities

• Supervisory and Leadership: Provide direct supervision, leadership, and oversight of maintenance technicians, including daily work direction, task prioritization, and workload balancing.
  • Cook up a plan with the Director and Maintenance Scheduler regarding maintenance priorities, aircraft status, and resource availability to align maintenance activities with organizational goals.
  • Work closely with Lead Mechanics to plan, coordinate, and execute maintenance tasks, ensuring clear communication of scope, sequencing, and technical requirements.
  • Assign work orders and maintenance tasks based on technician qualifications, certifications, experience, and operational priorities.
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for technical, scheduling, and personnel issues identified by Lead Mechanics or maintenance staff.
  • Provide coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback to technicians and Lead Mechanics to promote accountability, professional development, and consistent maintenance standards.
  • Identify training needs and coordinate with the training function to ensure technicians maintain required qualifications, authorizations, and currency.
  • Enforce compliance with organizational policies, including safety, quality, attendance, conduct, and disciplinary standards.
  • Participate in hiring, onboarding, and initial training of maintenance personnel; provide input on staffing needs, workforce planning, and succession planning.
• Maintenance Operations: Coordinate with the Maintenance Scheduler to review, prioritize, and schedule incoming maintenance work orders, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and aircraft availability.
  • Coordinate with the Maintenance Scheduler to plan, manage, and adjust maintenance schedules to effectively address scheduled inspections, deferred discrepancies, and unscheduled maintenance events.
  • Work with Lead Mechanics to sequence work orders and inspections to maximize efficiency while maintaining safety and regulatory compliance.
  • Maintain effective utilization of labor, tooling, equipment, and facilities to meet maintenance production goals.
  • Perform maintenance technician duties or assist technicians as needed to support maintenance production schedules and operational priorities for UVU aircraft.
• FAA Part 145 Readiness & Regulatory Oversight: Maintain continuous readiness for FAA Part 145 oversight, ensuring maintenance operations, personnel, documentation, and facilities are inspection-ready at all times.
  • Serve as a management representative during FAA inspections, surveillance, audits, and certificate-related activities.
  • Ensure maintenance activities comply with FAR Part 145, the Repair Station Manual (RSM), Quality Control Manual (QCM), Training Manual, and approved procedures.
  • Verify technician qualifications, authorizations, training records, and currency requirements in accordance with FAA and Repair Station standards.
  • Ensure all work orders, maintenance records, corrective actions, and aircraft logbook entries are accurate, complete, traceable, and audit-ready.
  • Support the development and implementation of corrective actions resulting from FAA findings, internal audits, or quality reviews, ensuring timely closure.
  • Reinforce a culture of continuous compliance and regulatory accountability across all maintenance operations.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring adherence to established safety policies, procedures, and hazard reporting processes.
  • Participate in safety meetings, risk assessments, and corrective action initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Director and Lead Mechanics to identify opportunities to improve maintenance processes, scheduling efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications / Licenses / Certifications

• Two years of education from an accredited institution, or from a recognized trade school, plus six years of experience related to the Summary of Duties, for a total of eight years.
• Must meet all FAA and Safety Requirements and hold a valid FAA-issued A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) Certificate.
• Preferred Qualifications: Three to five years of Aircraft Maintenance experience and supervision (preferred).
• Current Inspection Authorization Rating (preferred).

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the preservation of all units or parts during the work process, installation, and storage.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in initiating purchase requests for stock as required.
• Knowledge: Knowledge in performing maintenance on assigned projects.
• Knowledge: Knowledge to ensure that all necessary entries are properly executed on the repair station's maintenance forms and work orders.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of airframe and propulsion systems operations and maintenance practices.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of FAR Part 145 regulations and repair stations operations.
• Skills: Skills in oral and written communication, maintenance/learning environment.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining the premises of the repair station in a clean and orderly manner.
• Skills: Skills in maintaining all hangars, shop, equipment, and tools in a serviceable working condition, assuring that periodic checks and calibrations are made on special tools and test equipment, and current records are maintained of those tests and calibrations.
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