Commercial Operations Maintenance Lead - Austin
About The Position
As the Maintenance Lead, you will own the daily maintenance execution, ensuring high availability and operational readiness of fleet assets. You’ll lead the local team of technicians, organize work, manage the return-to-service pipeline, and enforce rigorous shop floor standards. Your leadership will directly drive maintenance turnaround time and technician productivity. This role requires a hands-on leader with a balance of technical expertise, operational discipline, and people management. You’ll be accountable for aligning staffing to shifting operational demands while delivering on core KPIs around uptime, turnaround, and productivity.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in aviation maintenance, fleet operations, or related technical field leadership
- Proven track record managing maintenance teams in a fast-paced operational environment
- Strong knowledge of aviation maintenance standards, safety regulations, and audit compliance
- Demonstrated ability to manage work pipelines, optimize scheduling, and deliver uptime results
- Experience with backlog management, inspections, and return-to-service workflows
- Strong people leadership skills with a focus on coaching, training, and technician development
- Operational discipline with the ability to manage KPIs, implement SOPs, and enforce accountability
- Flexibility to support shift operations and adapt to a scaling environment
Responsibilities
- Serve as Maintenance Technician, and Lead
- Lead and develop Maintenance Technicians and Shift Leads
- Deliver aircraft turnaround, uptime, and daily work execution
- Execute maintenance schedules and optimize shift coverage
- Managing backlog, return-to-service pipeline, and inspections
- Oversee aircraft receiving and conformity checks
- Enforce shop floor SOPs, productivity targets, and safety protocols
- Align staffing plans with operational needs and site growth targets
- [Test Only] Ensuring accurate documentation of Test Aircraft Modifications
Benefits
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- paid time off
- equity compensation
- overtime pay
- discretionary annual or performance bonuses
- sales incentives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
