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 department performance.
• Ability to travel to conduct management visits of remote company maintenance sites
• Facilitating collaboration as part of a team
• Communicating effectively and managing expectations of company leadership
• Anticipating and prioritizing needs of aircraft undergoing simultaneous maintenance activities
• Maintaining commitments and prioritizing own actions through self-accountability and discipline
• Proven organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities at one time and make decisions in a busy, fast-paced environment.
• To communicate/report clearly and effectively with all layers in organizations.
• Ability to travel without restrictions.

Required Education and Experience

Education: 

Experience: 

• Experience maintaining large transport fixed-wing aircraft is required, 10 years
• Experience maintaining KC-135 or KC-10 aircraft (Preferred)
• Experience managing multiple aircraft is required
• Experience managing a Heavy Maintenance team is required: 7 years
• FAA A&P certificate is required
• FAA Inspection Authorization (IA) is preferred
• Valid Driver’s License 
• Computer Skills

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must be able to accomplish all duties with little or no assistance.
• Must have good command of the English language, oral and written

Our Culture 

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

Work Authorization/Security Clearance
 The employee must be a US citizen and able to maintain an active Top-Secret clearance and SCI eligibility.

 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, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager. 

Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting

Travel 

Travel requirements are: TBD

Physical Demands
This is a largely sedentary role; however, some physical abilities may be required. 

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this role successfully, an individual must be able to perform the responsibilities outlined in this job description to a satisfactory standard. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with additional needs to perform the essential functions.
 
 Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. The role, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.