Seeking a high-performing Director of Maintenance to lead all maintenance, airworthiness, compliance, and reliability functions for a growing Part 135 on-demand charter operation. This role requires a strong leader who can manage daily maintenance control, vendor relationships, scheduled inspections, AOG events, MEL coordination, and FAA compliance while maintaining fleet readiness and dispatch reliability.
The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years of direct hands-on experience with Cessna Citation aircraft products and a strong understanding of Part 135 operational tempo, unscheduled charter demands, and after-hours responsiveness.
Key Responsibilities
Regulatory / Compliance
- Serve as Director of Maintenance under Part 135 certificate requirements
- Ensure full compliance with FAA regulations, MEL/CDL, ADs, SBs, inspections, tracking
- Coordinate FAA interactions, audits, manuals, conformity, records reviews
Fleet Reliability / Readiness
- Maintain aircraft readiness for high-demand on-demand charter schedule
- Reduce downtime and maximize dispatch reliability
- Manage phase inspections, calendar events, engine programs, component overhauls
Operational Support
- Immediate response to late-night or early-morning maintenance events
- Support dispatch when aircraft launch issues arise (MELs, write-ups, maintenance release items)
- Coordinate AOG recovery plans and remote maintenance vendors
Team Leadership
- Manage in-house mechanics and maintenance personnel
- Build preventative maintenance culture
- Create efficient scheduling for weekday coverage and weekend on-call support
Financial Oversight
- Manage maintenance budgets
- Control vendor spend
- Review invoices and ensure proper billing to aircraft owners / company accounts
- Improve cost efficiency without sacrificing safety
Compensation & Benefits
Salary:
$150,000 annually
Benefits Package:
- Employer-paid health insurance
- Dental / Vision
- Paid holidays
- Company phone / laptop
- Training support
- Potential annual performance bonus
Ideal Candidate Personality Traits
- Calm under pressure
- Highly organized
- Operationally minded
- Strong communicator with pilots / owners / vendors
- Ownership mentality
- Responsive after hours
- Safety-first but business-minded
- Solid senior lead mechanic ready to become DOM
- Existing small-fleet DOM
- Citation-savvy maintenance manager
