Aircraft Maintenance Operations Manager

Company Overview
Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects as-a-service across a spectrum of domains including Air & Space, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Synthetic. Metrea Management provides central services to eleven (11) global capability units via Operations, Solutions, Strategy, Legal, and Finance teams. 

Capability Unit 

Metrea Strategic Mobility (MSM) operates a fleet of KC-135 aircraft, offering an air-to-air refueling service that seamlessly, safely, and professionally integrates into military aviation training and operations. 

Position Summary 

A 360-degree leader with demonstrated past performance leading large organizations in complex environments. The Aircraft Maintenance Operations Manager of MSM serves as the senior technical expert between Maintenance Leadership and Flight Operations. Achieves and maintains superior contract execution, product delivery, and customer satisfaction. Supports follow-on business development for MSM’s programs/customers.  

Roles and Responsibilities

• The position will be responsible for synchronizing efforts between Maintenance Leadership, Flight Operations, Technical Services, and Logistics/Supply in the development of executable and actionable plans for scheduled aircraft maintenance repair activities. 
• Utilizes maintenance information system for maintenance planning activities as well as the recording of completed maintenance actions.
• Determines maintenance capabilities to aid in developing extended downtime maintenance schedules.
• Coordinates with directorate leadership to ensure support is available to meet schedules.
• Reconciles flying hour data. 
• Tracks key maintenance metrics. 
• Coordinates scheduled maintenance execution with the Maintenance Director and Operations and monitors workload requirements.
• Ensures and advises the Director of Maintenance and Logistics of maintenance capabilities, limiting production factors, and adherence to maintenance schedules.
• Uses an automated system to monitor and analyze aircraft data to find trends to assist in preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Monitors programs in place to delayed discrepancy; TCTO, TD, MD, and engine subsystems. 
• Knowledge of military aviation maintenance principles, practices, and processes.  
• Ability to plan and orchestrate major aircraft sustainment programs at the enterprise level.   
• Strategic visionary with sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus.   
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in written format, for briefing and presentation delivery to program employees, management, and customers. 
• Strong safety ethic and experience. 
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit and proven motivational leadership across a diverse and highly skilled workforce. 
• Exercises utmost discretion and confidentiality.
• Must be able to accomplish all duties with little or no assistance.
   Must have good command of the English language; oral and written.

Certificates and Licenses: 

• Valid Driver’s License 
• Valid Passport

Computer Skills: 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite 
• Aircraft maintenance information software systems (Veryon and Amos)

Our Culture 

Metrea’s single core value “rooted in humility” is supported by four key attributes; entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning & over-deliver which combined; form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. These attributes are explored during the hiring process, when we grow our teams and to continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, and how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for

Benefits

Health and welfare

Retirement plan eligibility

Work Authorization/Security Clearance
Employee must be a US citizen. Employee must be able to have and maintain a Secret clearance.
 

AAP/EEO Statement
Metrea Special Management LLC (MAM) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,