Aerospace MRO Lead: Repair Ops & Safety

Simmonds Precision Products; Panton (VT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits

401(k) retirement plan with company 4%

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Paid time off during holidays

Career development

Job summary

Simmonds Precision seeks an experienced MRO Operations Leader to direct daily MRO activities for aerospace products, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery, and efficient turnaround. You will oversee workflow from induction to shipment, manage aging units, and drive recovery actions across cross-functional teams.

The role requires 6+ years in aerospace/regulated environments, strong leadership, and proven capacity planning with a focus on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in aerospace manufacturing, repair, maintenance, or other regulated operations environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams in production, repair, or MRO environments.
• Track record delivering turnaround time, on-time delivery, productivity, quality, and throughput.
• Strong understanding of production planning, capacity management, constraint management, and daily operational execution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional problem solving and drive accountability for results.
• Experience developing frontline leaders and building high-performing operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day MRO operations to achieve safety, quality, TAT, on-time delivery, productivity, and financial objectives.
• Manage repair workflow from induction through evaluation, repair, test, final inspection, and shipment, with clear ownership of aging and overdue units.
• Establish and maintain daily operating rhythms to identify constraints, prioritize customer requirements, and drive recovery actions.
• Lead supervisors, technicians, and other operations personnel while developing capability, accountability, and bench strength within the organization.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Account Management, and other functions to resolve technical, material, and customer issues impacting repair TAT.
• Develop capacity, staffing, and cross-training plans aligned with current and forecasted repair demand.
• Ensure compliance with FAA Repair Station requirements, applicable customer requirements, company procedures, and other regulatory standards.
• Monitor operating metrics and implement corrective actions when performance is below target.
• Support customer escalations and recovery plans for critical or overdue repair orders.

Skills

Aerospace MRO

Team leadership

Production planning

Constraint management

Cross-functional problem solving

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, business

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Repair-order management

Job description

Simmonds Precision seeks an experienced MRO Operations Leader to direct daily MRO activities for aerospace products, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery, and efficient turnaround. You will oversee workflow from induction to shipment, manage aging units, and drive recovery actions across cross-functional teams.

The role requires 6+ years in aerospace/regulated environments, strong leadership, and proven capacity planning with a focus on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.