Aircraft Repair Station Supervisor

Job Description

Supervise all Repair Station operations; direct and oversee annual, scheduled, and non-scheduled aircraft inspections, repair, and maintenance. Ensure quality assurance; review, revise, and monitor compliance with the Repair Station Manual; assess training needs; confirm certifications. Manage fleet reliability; monitor maintenance and repair work for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness; ensure equipment and tools are properly calibrated; address deficiencies; identify and recommend equipment upgrades; document and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all Repair Station operations, including annual, scheduled, and non-scheduled aircraft inspections, repair, and maintenance.
• Ensure quality assurance by reviewing, revising, and monitoring compliance with the Repair Station Manual.
• Assess training needs and confirm certifications.
• Manage fleet reliability by monitoring maintenance and repair work for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Ensure equipment and tools are properly calibrated and address deficiencies.
• Identify and recommend equipment upgrades.
• Document and maintain records.
• Manage aircraft parts inventory, approve and track orders, arrange parts transport to shippers, and update the shelf-life program.
• Document and appropriately dispose of scrapped parts.
• Keep abreast of technical data and regulatory requirement changes, and update manuals, publications, policies, and procedures.
• Notify personnel of updates.
• Liaise with vendors, suppliers, customers, and charter operators to coordinate repairs, costs, and scheduling.
• Advocate Repair Station services.
• Hire, train, coach, supervise, schedule, and evaluate employees.
• Plan and coordinate professional development opportunities.
• Adhere to Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions.
• Participate in grievance and arbitration proceedings.

• A&P Mechanic certification.
• Experience in airport management.
• Experience with Part 145 repair stations.

• Supervisor level experience.
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge to perform own work.
• Intermediate to advanced planning, organizing, directing, and facilitating skills.
• Ability to coach assigned employees.
• Experience in assigning and reviewing completed work to verify accuracy, quality, and adherence to professional standards.
• Experience in training, coaching, mentoring, and motivating staff.
• Ability to anticipate potential problems, issues, and opportunities, and recommend solutions.
• Experience in validating and paying invoices, and tracking budgets.

Enjoy comprehensive healthcare plans that include medical, dental, and vision coverage. Benefit from competitive retirement savings plans with options that include matching contributions. Take advantage of significant tuition discounts for employees and their dependents. Enjoy generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave policies. Participate in programs and resources aimed at promoting a healthy work-life balance. Benefit from various voluntary benefits, such as life insurance, disability coverage, and wellness programs.

Work Environment

Work in a hangar environment at State College Airport, using state-of-the-art technologies and equipment. The position involves working independently on moderately complex work assignments, organizing work of direct reports, and setting team priorities.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of University Park, Pennsylvania.

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.