Structures Senior Crew Chief

STENA

About The Position

You’re a driven structures leader who wants more than just another heavy maintenance role—you want exposure, influence, and growth. As our Structures Senior Crew Chief, you’ll work at the forefront of the aerospace industry, leading complex structural work on advanced aircraft while collaborating with top-tier engineering, planning, and technical teams. This role offers hands-on involvement in high-visibility maintenance events, deepening your knowledge of aircraft structures, repair methodologies, and operational leadership. If you’re looking to sharpen your technical expertise, expand your leadership capabilities, and position yourself for long-term advancement in a cutting-edge aerospace environment, this is an opportunity that can accelerate your career! ST Engineering Aerospace is located in Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers' requirements by providing a full spectrum of high-quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know-how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers' aircraft operate safely and efficiently. The Senior Crew Chief will be directly responsible to the Manager, Structures for the overall operation of the Structures Department. They will plan, direct, lay out and coordinate the activities of all departments within the station to minimize delays and increase production and efficiency.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Airframe license and/or Repairman Certificate required
5 years heavy commercial aircraft maintenance, including 2 years Structures crew chief, heavy maintenance work experience in the structures field required
Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, by presenting ideas and giving instructions/guidance to subordinates, co-workers, supervisors and outside agencies in a manner that instructions are carried out and requested information is obtained
Ability to motivate and lead a staff or team of subordinates to obtain goals, higher productivity and quality work
Ability to delegate and prioritize work effectively; creatively; persuasively
Ability to read, interpret, and work from all Service Bulletins, AD's, EO's, & EA's
Provide assigned task planning / scheduling & ensures that goals are met
Ability & willingness to assist, guide, oversee, train, evaluate & instruct others
Attentiveness / knowledge of aircraft schedules along with ability to develop alternate flow plan if required
Ability to communicate with internal groups (Planning, Materials, Fabrication, etc.) concerning aircraft issues
Ability to communicate with Customers, Engineers, etc. concerning work related to aircraft sheet metal tasks
Attentiveness & knowledge of assigned job budget as well as planned aircraft budget
Thorough knowledge of any & all sheet metal / structures tasks related to aircraft maintenance
Ability to provide task planning / scheduling & ensure required materials, etc. are on hand
Communication with Customers, Engineering, etc. concerning sheet metal work assigned to aircraft

Responsibilities

Ensure each individual assigned to perform maintenance under his/her team is qualified to work on the assigned customer program and is capable of performing the job properly. This involves assessing if the individual meets the operator’s required training and the individual’s job function against the employee’s specific skills and knowledge.
Supervise his/her subordinates in proper procedures, methods and practices to be followed in each respective duty.
Monitor the status of each aircraft / project in service on a daily basis.
Prepare daily priority work sheets in concurrence with his/her Manager.
Ascertain that all necessary work records are properly executed by the responsible mechanic.
Ensure that areas under his/her control are kept in a clean and orderly manner.
Be responsible for the proper handling of all parts while in repair process and the preservation of all units or parts during process through the shop / hangar and after work is completed.
Initiate requisitions for stock and materials required
Assign people according to priority programs
Make available the necessary overhaul manuals, service bulletins, airworthiness directives and any other required technical data.
Maintain all shop / hangar equipment and tools in a serviceable and working