Head of Tanker Heavy Maintenance

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 Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, Digital & Synthetic domains via its capability groups. Metrea also consists of six support groups (Operations, People, Finance, Legal, Strategy and Solutions) that guide the development of specific capabilities that Metrea's files (product, projects, programs etc) leverage to achieve their targets.

Position Summary 

The Head of Tanker Heavy Maintenance is a highly experienced aviation mechanic who oversees a team of technicians during extensive aircraft maintenance procedures, often referred to as "heavy checks" which involve thorough inspections, repairs, and component replacements on an aircraft, typically requiring a significant amount of time and specialized facilities at a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility; essentially, they are the leader of a team responsible for complex aircraft overhauls

Essential Functions Statement:

• Ensure company aircraft are airworthy and available to conduct revenue operations.
• Perform pre-induction planning that ensures maintenance requirements are created and managed accurately. Providing a comprehensive view of all maintenance requirements.  Facilitates the notification of updated maintenance requirements.  
• Ensure collaboration between Tanker Technical Services, Continuing Regulatory Compliance, and Supply Chain Management.
• Monitor and communicate current and projected maintenance status of company aircraft to company management.
• Manage 3rd party MROs to ensure maintenance activities are meeting company standards, schedule, and performance requirements per the contract.
• Ability to understand technical contractual language and derive the implications.

Competency Statements

Team management:

• Lead and coordinate a team of Tech Reps/mechanics, assigning tasks, ensuring quality control, and managing the overall progress of a heavy maintenance project. 
• Must adhere to strict aviation regulations and airworthiness directives when performing heavy maintenance checks. 

Complex maintenance tasks:

• Responsibilities may include managing engine replacements, structural repairs, extensive corrosion control, major avionics upgrades, and significant modifications to an aircraft. 
• Possess in-depth knowledge of aircraft systems, structures, and maintenance procedures, particularly related to major component overhauls and complex repairs. 
• Ensuring that all documentation provided to the Metrea records department regarding the aircraft Maintenance/ Delivery is complete and free of, omissions, and obvious errors.

Regulatory compliance:

• Must adhere to strict aviation regulations and airworthiness directives when performing heavy maintenance checks. 
• Ensure compliance with company inspection program, applicable Federal Aviation Regulations, airworthiness directives, and company policies.
• Prioritize fleet maintenance requirements.
• Formulate short and long-term maintenance department plans for company approval.
• Plan and coordinate the fleet maintenance schedule, assign maintenance tasking, and manage maintenance activities of department personnel as well as 3rd party maintenance providers.
• Ensure maintenance-related documentation is complete, accurate, accessible, and maintained in accordance with company policies.
• Manage a continuous improvement program for company maintenance practices and policies.
• Maintain a working relationship with outside support entities and regulatory authorities.
• Manage other related company initiatives as requested.

Key Success Factors:

• Managing maintenance department personnel to deliver performance results to meet business objectives
• Collaborating effectively with Operations, Supply Chain Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Technical Services groups to improve efficiencies to optimize departmen