JOB TITLE: Aircraft Maintenance Manager - Experience Required  

LOCATION: Kansas City, MO

SALARY: $92,000 - $130,000 per year

***MUST BE US PERSONS***

We are a national staffing firm working with some of the top-tier aerospace companies in the world! And we are looking for first-class employees to work with our clients. 

 Qualifying Questions: 

• Are you a US person as noted in the Job description? 

• Do you meet the job’s educational and experience requirements?

• Can you either commute to the job location or relocate for the position?

Details: 

• Direct hire 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage through Cigna 

• Potential for bonuses

• As a Tier One supplier – We have priority!

• 1,000’s of openings nationwide

Summary: 

• Manages assigned aircraft maintenance lines using production schedules, labor analysis, and budgetary information.

• Utilizes resources to manage entire projects for the maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alteration of aircraft.

• Oversees product quality while ensuring maintenance tasks and functions are carried out in compliance with the applicable requirements of the air carrier maintenance program and its inspection procedures manual.

• Ensures direction of maintenance programs is consistent with ATS goals and targets.

• Directly responsible for oversight of Aircraft Maintenance program.

• Coordinates with Quality Control to assure, within ATS repair station limitations, that aircraft maintenance is performed and carried out in accordance with approved Federal Aviation, Manufactures, Customers and ATS procedures and requirements.

• Reviews customer program and FAA regulations to ensure compliance.

• Manages the overall maintenance, preventative maintenance, or alteration of, or approve and return to service any aircraft or part thereof.

• Ensures communication of all significant information, including work, risk, safety and quality.

• Ensures coordination with internal support organizations to provide necessary product and services when required.

• Ensures Engineering priorities support aircraft delivery milestones.

• Ensures all assigned areas are clean and audit ready and clear of hazards that pose a risk to employee safety and quality of work. Ensures compliance with safety requirements.

• Directly responsible for the on-time delivery and adjustments of aircraft delivery schedules. • Monitors crew completion dates and hours estimates for inclusion in daily labor tracking.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years’ recent commercial aircraft maintenance and/or MRO experience required.

• Minimum of three (3) years’ aircraft maintenance supervisory experience required.

• Airframe, or Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certification required.

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to communicate at all levels of personnel both internally and within customer organizations.

• Ability to read and comprehend written documents.

• Excellent negotiation skills. 

• Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of variables.

• Strong project management skills.

• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks from multiple projects at one time.

• Excellent leadership skills.

• Demonstrates team player mind set and behavior.

• Ability to effectively delegate.

• Ability to positively resolve conflicts.

• Ability to calculate moderate to complex mathematical functions.

• Ability to understand complex operations from a broad perspective.

• Proven knowledge in the procedures, practice, inspection methods, materials, tools, machine tools, and equipment generally used in the work which the station is rated.

• Detailed knowledge of paperwork and publications and an understanding of technical information in order to facilitate troubleshooting.

• Strong understanding of FAA regulatory requirements to include FAR Part 121 and 91 carriers.

• Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

• General working knowledge of Oracle, AutoTime, Gateway programs.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, stand and walk; use their hands and arms; and talk or hear; and focus on objects close up.

• The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

*ITAR Definition

Under § 120.14 of the ITAR a U.S. person is defined as a person who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. A lawful permanent resident is further defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20). A U.S. Person is also a protected individual which is defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). 

The Structures Company is a leading national staffing firm specializing in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements. Our clients depend on us for comprehensive support across various domains, including engineering, IT, production, maintenance & repair, and support staff. Our specialized recruiting team is one of our biggest strengths and is why we are a top provider of talented professionals to our clients. They will help you identify the opportunity that best fits your interests while also providing industry-leading customer service. 

We support the majority of aerospace OEM's and tier 1 suppliers across the United States. 

The Structures Company LLC is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer (or AA/ EOE) 

Keywords: aerospace, aviation, aircraft

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