Base Maintenance Manager, Onwing Structure Support

HAECO; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

HAECO Hong Kong is seeking a seasoned leader to manage the Onwing Structure Support (OSS) functions, delivering safe, compliant and cost-effective support to Base Maintenance, Line Maintenance and component repair activities.

You will oversee Aircraft Appearance, the OSS Repair Order and OSS COE teams, ensuring adequate capability, resources and airworthiness compliance while driving continuous improvement and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of aircraft maintenance, MRO, or related operations; management experience preferred.
• Degree in engineering, aviation, business management, or related field.
• Ability to lead a multi-cultural, high-pressure aviation maintenance team.
• Strong knowledge of airworthiness, maintenance documentation, and safety/quality compliance requirements.
• Experience in manpower planning, cost control, productivity improvement, customer communication, and cross-functional coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead OSS teams to ensure safe, compliant and cost-efficient maintenance support delivery.
• Oversee Aircraft Appearance, OSS Repair Order (RO), and OSS COE operations with staffing, training, and resource oversight.
• Provide management oversight to ensure timely, compliant service delivery and customer support.
• Drive continuous improvement, resource optimization, and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, and turnaround time.

Job description

The HAECO Group is an independent global provider of high-quality MRO services. We offer a broad range of aviation products and services that enable our customers to operate their aircraft, engines and components safely and efficiently. Headquartered in Hong Kong since 1950, our global reach has extended as we have grown. We now have operations throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Americas and other parts of the world.

Based at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), HAECO Hong Kong offer a full range of services including airframe services, line services, component services, engine services, freighter conversions, technical training and AOG support.

The HAECO Group is an independent global provider of high-quality MRO services. We offer a broad range of aviation products and services that enable our customers to operate their aircraft, engines and components safely and efficiently. Headquartered in Hong Kong since 1950, our global reach has extended as we have grown. We now have operations throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Americas and other parts of the world.

Based at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), HAECO Hong Kong offer a full range of services including airframe services, line services, component services, engine services, freighter conversions, technical training and AOG support.

Position Description

Lead and manage the assigned Onwing Structure Support functions to deliver safe, compliant, timely and cost-effective support to Base Maintenance, Line Maintenance and component repair activities. The role provides management oversight for Aircraft Appearance, the OSS Repair Order team and the OSS COE team, ensuring adequate capability, resources, competence, airworthiness compliance, customer responsiveness, and continuous improvement across the assigned teams.

What You\'ll Do

• Accountable for safety, quality, operational delivery and cost discipline within the assigned OSS scope, in alignment with HAECO policies, approved maintenance data, company procedures and applicable HKCAD / EASA / FAA requirements.
• Implement OSS policies and procedures under the direction of the Head of OSS, and provide recommendations on staffing, training, promotion, establishment, discipline, facility and equipment development for the assigned teams.
• Oversee Aircraft Appearance, OSS Repair Order (RO), and OSS COE teams, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient delivery of painting, cleaning, repair order management, damage assessment, repair coordination, and operational support services.
• Provide management oversight of Aircraft Appearance, OSS RO, and OSS COE functions to ensure compliant, timely, and cost-effective service delivery and customer support
• Lead Aircraft Appearance, OSS RO, and OSS COE teams to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient maintenance support services.
• Ensure sufficient competent personnel, tools, equipment, materials, facilities and approved maintenance data are available before work is accepted or executed.
• Maintain effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement, resource optimization, cross-training, technology adoption and business development opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, turnaround time and customer satisfaction.

What You\'ll Need

• Minimum 8-10 years of relevantaircraftmaintenance, MRO, production management, support-shop,componentrepairor airline technical operations experience; management experience is strongly preferred.
• Recognised degree in engineering, aviation, business management or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ability to lead a multi-cultural, multi-skill production support team in a high-pressure aviation maintenance environment.
• Strong working knowledge of airworthiness, maintenance documentation, competence / authorization control, safetymanagementand quality compliance requirements applicable to HAECO operations.
• Experience inmanpowerplanning, cost control, productivity improvement, customer communication, auditresponseand cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

HAECO Group is an equal opportunity employer. At HAECO, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment for all our people regardless of their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, relationship, family status, disability, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious or political beliefs. We believe in creating an environment where people feel comfortable at work and are able to realise their full potential.

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We are an equal opportunity employer. At HAECO, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment for all our people regardless of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, relationship, family status, disability, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious or political beliefs. We believe in creating an environment where people feel comfortable at work and are able to realise their full potential.