Repair and Warranty Manager - Aircraft

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Ameriflight, LLC is the nation's largest Part 135 Cargo airline and the unparalleled leader in scalable, outsourced aviation services to the regional express airfreight market. Our diversified portfolio of offerings allow major cargo integrators, manufacturers, aircraft operators and freight forwarders to adapt to the ever-changing demands and speed of a modern air cargo supply chain.

We operate over 150 dedicated cargo aircraft, including the Saab 340B, Embraer 120, Fairchild SA227, Beechcraft 1900, and Beechcraft 99 from bases across the U.S.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

About the Position

This Manager of Repair& Warranty is responsible for the operational and financial execution of all aircraft repair, material planning, warranty and scrap functions, including development of department objectives, leading, developing and managing repair / warranty staff to support the cost, quality, technology, and material flow objectives goals in support of the Company's goals and objectives. The Repair / Warranty Areas of responsibility include among others Repair Vendor Management, Material Planning, and Financial Control, Base Support Functions, and Sub-Contracts Support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for on-time delivery, optimal cost and quality of all repair / warranty inventory.
• Maintains appropriate cost-effective material and repair control systems to support all material requirements, release and tracking.
• Responsible for planning repair vendors and / or services required by the organization.
• Responsible for leading strategically critical projects that bring exceptional value to the company through total cost reduction, key repair vendor relationships, vendor consolidation, cost / benefit financial analysis, vendor quality management, and vendor certification and communication.
• Developing initiatives with operations for cost and lead time reduction for key vendors where a benefit exists.
• Managing and facilitating repair / warranty activity to meet schedule requirements; generates and expedite repair / warranty orders for rotables / repairable inventory.
• Developing, managing and facilitating the supplier evaluation program (scorecards) and metrics / reports on costs, on-time delivery, quality, and responsiveness to ensure suppliers are meeting company goals.
• Meet with the Operation Group Leaders to validate the repair schedules, status open repair orders, pending DERs and establish priorities.
• Responsible for training and ensuring repair / warranty staff is equipped with the knowledge and skills to successfully fulfill the Supply Chain objectives and initiatives.
• Other tasks as requested.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Benefits