Location: Savannah, Georgia
Reports to: General Manager
Directs: Mechanics and assigned maintenance resources
Position summary
Manage Savannah's daily maintenance, repair, rework, and containment activity for Safran Nacelles. Combine hands-on work and technical guidance with customer coordination, resource planning, and resolution of problems during execution.
Work with Engineering and Quality to move jobs from reporting through approved work, inspection, and completion. Maintain shop readiness and support the development and expansion of Part 21 and Part 145 activities.
Key responsibilities
Daily planning and customer coordination
• Agree daily priorities with the customer, considering component availability, deadlines, access, approvals, and changing needs. Communicate assignments and monitor progress.
• Allocate mechanics by competence and availability. Sequence tasks around preparation, unattended process time, location, materials, tools, and inspections.
• Confirm work packages, technical data, approvals, materials, and inspection arrangements are ready before starting work.
• Keep the activity tracker current and ensure accurate task records and findings are available for Quality review and closure.
Working maintenance leadership
• Perform maintenance and troubleshooting within personal qualifications and authorization, supporting the team where practical expertise or capacity is needed.
• Explain work instructions, guide unfamiliar tasks, and arrange appropriate instruction, practice, or supervision.
• Resolve interruptions, access issues, and shortages. Escalate unclear instructions, unexpected defects, work outside the approved scope, and significant priority or resource conflicts to the General Manager as appropriate.
Shop readiness and compliance
• Maintain a safe, orderly shop. Delegate routine readiness checks and verify completion.
• Check material availability, chemical expiration dates, tool condition, and calibration status. Coordinate replenishment, servicing, and facility corrections through the agreed support processes.
• Apply Part 21/145, customer, internal, and PPE requirements. Support inspections and audits, complete assigned corrective actions, and escalate compliance concerns.
Team coordination and development
• Lead briefings and handovers, monitor attendance and coverage, and raise overtime or additional support needs with the General Manager.
• Coach mechanics, reinforce workmanship and documentation standards, and provide performance, training, and proficiency feedback to management and Quality.
Supporting development and expansion
• Support Engineering and Quality with Part 21 and Part 145 expansion by identifying practical staffing, training, tooling, material, and workflow needs.
• Help introduce approved new repair activities and work instructions, coach mechanics, and provide execution feedback for readiness reviews and process improvements.
But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)
Working interfaces and authority
Engineering: Provides overall priorities, technical work packages, escalation support, and expansion direction. Quality: Coordinates characterization, inspections, findings, and records, and provides primary RTS/8130 coverage after the required authorization.
Exercise delegated task authority. Formal reviews, PRDs/PIPs, compensation recommendations, and overtime approval remain with management unless delegated. Technical changes and release signatures require applicable approvals and individual authorization; Form 1 primary and backup assignments remain to be confirmed.
Candidate skills & requirements
Required qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of aviation maintenance experience, including practical repair, rework, and troubleshooting.
• Valid FAA Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and Powerplant ratings.
• Ability to interpret drawings, repair/maintenance data, work orders, and technical instructions and guide their correct application.
• Working knowledge of Part 145 documentation, traceability, tooling, and material controls; ability to learn applicable Part 21 processes.
• Practical judgment, effective customer communication, and the ability to maintain work quality and progress amid interruptions and competing tasks.
• Clear written and verbal English; proficiency with digital records and trackers and ability to use an ERP and SharePoint effectively.
Preferred qualifications
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Experience with Safran, nacelles, or customer-site aircraft support.
• 2 years of team leadership, lead mechanic, or equivalent task-coordination experience.
• Working-lead experience with time-sensitive maintenance, production rectification, Part 21 activity, or containment campaigns.
• Practical ERP (SAP or equivalent) and SharePoint experience and familiarity with calibration and inventory systems.
• Experience coaching mechanics, introducing unfamiliar work, and supporting continuous improvemen
