Job Title: Aviation Maintenance Fleet Manager
Job Description:
The Aviation Maintenance Fleet Manager (also called Maintenance Controller) plays a key role in overseeing the hands-on maintenance and operational management of assigned aircrafts. This includes directly working with aircraft, ensuring timely inspections and repairs, and coordinating maintenance events to minimize downtime. You will be responsible for managing aircraft records, planning and executing maintenance activities, addressing AOG (Aircraft on Ground) situations, and collaborating with scheduling and service centers to ensure aircraft readiness. This role requires a deep understanding of aircraft maintenance, the ability to lead a team, and a commitment to regulatory compliance while supporting company goals.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the hands-on maintenance, upkeep, and auditing of aircraft records, ensuring logbooks and CAMP statuses are up-to-date.
- Plan and coordinate maintenance events, developing work packages that align with company goals to minimize aircraft downtime.
- Manage AOG situations from start to finish, including vendor selection, work progress, and parts supply.
- Provide timely updates in Jet Insight and manage the Return to Service (RTS) process efficiently.
- Coordinate major events such as engine removals with providers, ensuring compliance with FAA standards.
- Collaborate with scheduling and operations teams to route aircraft, optimizing schedules and ensuring minimal disruption while meeting maintenance needs.
- Ensure reliable fleet maintenance schedules, keeping track of deferrals, labor hours, and parts ordering.
- Serve as the main point of contact between operations, aircraft owners, and maintenance teams to manage costs, downtime, and schedules.
- Participate in weekly Maintenance Planning Meetings to discuss and plan aircraft service and maintenance needs.
- Prepare annual maintenance budgets for each aircraft, tracking expenses and financial forecasts.
- Manage maintenance events from start to finish, distributing work instructions and ensuring FAA compliance.
- Provide detailed turnover reports for the on-call Fleet Manager, assisting with additional tasks as needed.
- Flexible availability to occasionally work evenings, weekends, or holidays as necessary.
Essential Skills:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on aircraft maintenance experience. Private Jet experience PREFFERED.
- Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license required.
- Strong multitasking and proactive planning capabilities.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and creative thinking.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexibility to work varying hours and be on-call as needed.
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
- Experience with aircraft types including: Citation 750 – X, Citation 680 – Sovereign, Citation 560XL – Excel, Citation 525 series, Phenom 300, and Pilatus PC-12.
Why Work Here?
Our company offers an extensive benefits package, including 401(k), dental and vision insurance, paid time off, life insurance, parental leave, and more. This position follows a 3x12 schedule (three 12-hour shifts) with an additional 4-hour shift on the following day, offering a balanced work-life environment.
Work Environment:
The role is based in a Napa hangar, where approximately 12 aircraft are maintained. The position involves hands-on work, including aircraft inspections, requiring some physical activity like bending, reaching, and sitting for extended periods. The role also involves lifting up to 20 pounds and maneuvering those loads during inspections.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $110000.00
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee discount
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Professional development assistance
Referral program
Vision insurance
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Napa,CA.
Application Deadline
This position will be accepting applications until Jan 23, 2025.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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