Director of Maintenance - WA

From its base at Seattle’s BFI, Erin Air, Inc. has been serving its clients and aircraft owners with on-demand charter and management services since 1980. Our fleet includes Light through Mid-size turbojets.

Erin Air, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced individual who is qualified to fill the role of Director of Maintenance (DOM). The DOM plays a critical management role in Erin Air’s aircraft charter and management business, ensuring optimal utilization of aircraft for charter purposes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The DOM reports to the President for all company maintenance activities and has full authority and responsibility to accomplish, but not limited to, the following:

• Maintain and inspect company aircraft in an airworthy condition at all times, including all maintenance, inspections, repairs, and modifications performed.
• Monitor contract agencies in their performance of maintenance, inspections, repairs, modifications, and record-keeping in an approved manner and on a timely basis.
• The employment, termination, and disciplining of all company maintenance personnel.
• Our customers are our aircraft owners. Timely, efficient, proactive, and complete communication regarding the costs and timing for maintenance is of primary importance. Excellent written and verbal skills are required.
• Maintain current training records for all company maintenance personnel.
• Schedule maintenance and inspections for company aircraft in a timely and effective manner and ensure that all maintenance and inspections conducted (both in-house and outside maintenance and/or inspections) comply with company maintenance policies, relevant Federal Aviation Regulations, and standard industry practices.
• Maintain effective and timely liaison with the company President, the Director of Operations, the Chief Pilot, the Dispatch and Sales managers, and other outside agencies concerning aircraft status, and accomplishing planned and unplanned maintenance or inspections on company aircraft or components as effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Review, coordinate, and resolve all planned major repairs or modifications with contract agencies and the Federal Aviation Administration, if necessary.
• Initiate all forms and reports required by the FAA such as Service Difficulty Reports and Mechanical Interruption Summary.
• Maintain an effective maintenance and inventory control system, ensuring that costs for work-in-progress/inventory items/markup percentages are correct and up-to-date, and work orders are closed out on a timely basis.
• Accurate and timely information is provided to Accounting to ensure monthly financials are accurate for work-in-progress and closed work orders.
• Promote a positive safety culture.
• Notify the Director of Safety of any instances of actual or potential safety compromise.
• Performance, guidance, and preparation for any required audits, as applicable to maintenance operations.

Benefits:

• Full medical/dental/vision coverage for employees and 50% coverage for dependents, 401k with company match, cellphone stipend
• PTO – 15 days PTO

• Applicant must meet the requirements of FAR: 119.69(d) 119.71(e) and meet them through his/her training, experience, and expertise;
• Have an understanding of the following concerning the company’s operations:
  • Aviation safety standards and safe operating practices
  • The certificate holder's operations specifications
  • All appropriate maintenance and airworthiness requirements of 14 CFR chapters (e.g., Parts 1, 21, 23, 25, 43, 45, 47, 65, 91, and 135 of this chapter)
  • Any manuals required by 14 CFR 135.21 or the company
• Hold a current mechanic certificate with airframe and power plant ratings.
• Have a least 3 years of experience in a supervisory capacity maintaining either:
  • Large airplanes with 9 or fewer passenger seats, including at the time of appointment as DOM experience in maintaining the same category and class of aircraft the certificate holder uses.
  • Repairing airplanes in a certificated Repair Station that is rated to maintain airplanes in the same category and class of aircraft the certificate holder uses or, has at least 5 years of experience in one of, or a combination of, the following:
    • Maintaining large airplanes with 9 or fewer passenger seats, including at the time of appointment as DOM experience in maintaining the same category and class of airplanes the certificate holder uses.
    • Repairing airplanes in a certificated airframe repair station that is rated to maintain airplanes in the same category and class of airplane as the certificate holder uses.
• Be available for reasonable after-hours response (or management-approved delegation of same)
• Be able to effectively manage both personnel and facilities located at the maintenance base and remote locations.
• Available for travel as needed to perform these duties at remote locations on an emergency/as-needed basis.

Additional Qualifications

• Proficient in using industry-standard maintenance hardware and software
• Associates or Bachelors degree in Aviation Maintenance Management (or equivalent industry experience)