Maintenance Manager (Straight Flight)

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Centennial, CO

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About The Position

The Manager of Maintenance Support plays a key role in Straight Flight’s continued growth, regulatory compliance, and workforce development. The position is responsible for developing and maintaining customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities, managing internal and external compliance activities, and overseeing employee training programs. It works closely with the General Manager, Director of Maintenance, and Customer Service Managers to maintain a consistent flow of work while supporting regulatory compliance and workforce development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field; relevant experience may substitute for the education requirement.
• At least 9 years of operations management experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• If lacking a degree, at least 13 years of related experience is required.
• A higher-level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes, inventory management, and regulatory compliance.
• Thorough understanding and practical experience applying production and manufacturing principles, techniques, and best practices.
• Ability to understand and interpret moderately complex technical schematics, diagrams, blueprints, manuals, and publications.
• Progressive experience with materials management systems.
• Previous supervisory experience, including recruiting employees, assigning, directing, and evaluating work, and overseeing staff competence development and maintenance.
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certificate.
• Experience working within an FAA Part 145 Repair Station, with strong working knowledge of aircraft maintenance operations and applicable FAA regulations.
• Experience in regulatory compliance, auditing, corrective actions, technical training, business development, or a combination of these areas.
• Ability to interpret regulatory, technical, and customer requirements and apply them to company processes and procedures.
• Strong customer relationship, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across departments and organizational levels.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic business and training systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with government contracting and SAM.gov.
• Experience with FAA, EASA, DoD, or other government aviation requirements.
• Experience administering a Learning Management System (LMS).
• Experience with the Corridor aviation maintenance Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system or a similar aviation maintenance ERP system.
• Experience with a Quality Management System (QMS), such as QT9 or a comparable electronic quality management system.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and strengthen long-term relationships with existing customers to support satisfaction, retention, and continued business opportunities.
• Develop relationships with prospective customers locally and in other markets that align with Straight Flight’s capabilities.
• Identify additional business opportunities with existing and prospective customers.
• Identify and evaluate government contracting opportunities through SAM.gov and other applicable government and commercial platforms.
• Work with the General Manager, Director of Maintenance, and Customer Service Managers to maintain a consistent pipeline of work and effective utilization of hangar capacity.
• Support customer visits, facility tours, capability presentations, proposals, and other business-development activities.
• Maintain visibility of potential opportunities and regularly update leadership on business-development activity and pipeline status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager