Director of Maintenance - Goodyear, United States - United Aviate Academy

Description

UNITED FLIGHT BENEFITS

The Director of Maintenance (DOM) serves as the Company as regulatory the DOM is responsible for administering the Part 145 Maintenance Department.

This position requires a high level of expertise in aircraft maintenance, regulatory compliance, personnel management, policies, processes, and department standard operating procedures.

In conjunction with upper management, the individual will continue the development of policies, procedures, and systems to maximize utilization of company aircraft.

The DOM also serves as the Repair station Account Manager.

Essential


Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides managerial authority and is the accountable manager for all processes of the Maintenance Departments including Quality Department, Maintenance Control, Parts Department, Line Station Maintenance, Technical Publications, Maintenance Training and Maintenance Records.
• Promotes safety throughout the organization as mandated through Company policies identified by executive management.
• Maintains overall authority and responsibility for the development and supervision of maintenance standards, personnel, and equipment required to implement and maintain the company's reporting system.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the continuous improvement of safety throughout the organization.
• Ensures safety, reliability, and economy by anticipating equipment problems, developing capable employees, and effective tools, and by judicious use of personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Provides overall authority for all aircraft technical standards and acceptable deviations from Company maintenance policies and procedures that are not detrimental to airworthiness.
• Monitors maintenance performance against Company policies, procedures, and standards, and provides recommendations to improve safety of operations and productivity of the entire operation.
• Prepares the annual budgetary requirements for all maintenance departments. Collaborate with other department and stakeholders to ensure budgetary requirements are maintained.
• Works in direct liaison with the DO in scheduling maintenance of Company's aircraft, coordinating changes of maintenance schedules with all concerned, and all modifications changes required by flight operations.

The primary FAA contact for matters regarding the Maintenance Department as described in this position description.

• Ensures that managers under his direction complete performance evaluations of personnel under their jurisdiction.
• Establishes efficient and economical policies and procedures for the accomplishment of all maintenance.
• Ensures that adequate staffing, facilities, tooling, and equipment are available for maintenance of the Company aircraft for the part 145 certificates.
• Responsible for the maintenance of aircraft, engines, and components in the manner prescribed by the AAIP, manufacturers' maintenance and overhaul manuals, service bulletins, ADs, Engineering Orders, and applicable CFRs.
• Provides written requests to the FAA for addition or deletion of aircraft.
• Provides overall authority to establish and make changes to policies, procedures, and manuals related to maintenance operations.
• Responsible for the review and approval of employee expenses and invoicing related to the maintenance operations.
• Responsible to assist with functions associated with Customer's requirements to include but not limited to accounting, invoicing, inventory reconciliation and counts.
• Responsible to review and approve contracts related to maintenance assets and outsourced vendors.

Liaison with outside customers to ensure contractual requirements pertaining to each agreement are executed.

• Provides adequate training, equipment, materials, and competent personnel pertinent to the operations of the repair station in order that it may comply with all applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (CFR) and manufacturer's recommendations.
• Establishes and enforces standards to ascertain that adequate safety precautions are observed.
• Establishes and enforces procedures as outlined in 14CFR to determine the need for initial and recurrent training of personnel consistent with the work to be performed. To establish liaison with air carriers regarding applicable CFR requirements, when work for air carriers is to be performed.
• Delegates authority to qualified personnel as directed by CFR 145 and 43, pertaining to the release of aircraft for service after any maintenance inspection.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Chief of Operations (COO).

QualificationsExperience

• Minimum ten years of experience in maintaining aircraft with verifiable practical experience as an active aircraft mechanic in a maintenance organization.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a supervisory/manager position in a maintenance organization.
• Minimum of ten years of experience in a Part 145 environment.
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