Fleet Program Director (NJUS)

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Purpose of Position

A Fleet Program Director manages all aspects of a fleet type through leadership and partnership with all other teams and departments that support the operation.  They are responsible to ensure operational excellence and consistent improvements while maintaining the highest level of safety and compliance.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Directing the Fleet Program throughout the entire operations lifecycle.
• Partnering with key departmental stakeholders to ensure an exceptional level of fleet performance, including acting as the key operations representative.
• Works collaboratively in conjunction with the following teams:
  • Aircraft Asset Management: Providing key guidance and direction in the equipage decisions during purchase, upgrades, compliance, and disposal.
    o    Dispatch: Responsible for ensuring aircraft restrictions and operating limitations are defined, communicated and understood on a practical level so that the Dispatch team may act with authority in supporting our Pilots and Owners with accurate aircraft information. 
    o    Maintenance: Responsible for partnering with Maintenance to identify and resolve aircraft reliability trends impacting operational efficiency and Owner experience.  Representative present at all maintenance review and reliability sessions to identify service bulletins or advisories which require operational changes (e.g., manual updates, flight crew training, OpSpec/MSpec changes). Develops and executes operational changes to ensure aircraft is ready to operate upon completion of changes.
    o    Safety: Responsible for partnering with Safety to review safety trends as identified in OIR/ASAP/Audit Reports and to partner with key stakeholders to determine appropriate measures to address and correct and then act as the lead Operations representative in the execution of those plans.
    o    Training & Standards: Responsible for partnering with Training & Standards to ensure that we provide the best training experience for our crewmembers. Additionally, represents Flight Operations in the development and ongoing review of all flight profiles and standard operating procedures. 
    o    Other Teams: Acts as a steward and teacher for other departments as necessary to ensure a deeper understanding of the fleet and our daily operations.
• Designated representative for the ownership, accuracy and currency of the Aircraft Operating Manual and aircraft configuration.
• Oversees the Weight & Balance Program and non-variable list upkeep.
• Consistently reviews operational metrics and partners with Strategic Operations to ensure flight crews are setup for success.
• Consistently reviews Owner experience reporting and follows up appropriately.
• Maintains operational control and fleet leadership, specifically assisting with the following:
  • Advise the Chief Pilot on matters pertaining to safety, compliance, equipment, training, and crewmembers.
  • Advise the Chief Pilot on the effectiveness of flight operations policies, procedures and practices, and recommend new or improved flight operations policies, procedures and practices.
  • Ensure compliance with all regulations and specifications applicable to safe and efficient operations of respective fleet
  • Act as primary fleet pilot point of contact for Owner/passenger concerns and inquiri
  • Interpret and disseminate all pertinent flight and aircraft type information for use in training, managing, scheduling and conducting current-day flight operations
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all matters related to assigned aircraft types
  • Remains current and qualified in fleet.

Note:

It is not possible to list all required job duties on this form. There may be other important duties assigned, depending on the position. For a list of essential job functions, please refer to the essential functions document for this job.

Education

Bachelor's in Aviation Management

Certifications and Licenses

Years of Experience

6-8 years of experience

Core Competencies

AdaptabilityCollaborationCuriosityService-OrientedStrives For Positive Results

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other (KSAOs)

• : NetJets Captain or equivalent previous PIC experience

• 3+ years experience working in NetJets Flight Operations management is preferred

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