Head of Heavy Maintenance Production Control & Execution

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services; Wilmington (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services seeks a Manager, Heavy Maintenance Production Control & Program Execution to lead the system, people, and cadence required to deliver heavy-maintenance aircraft safely and on time. The role owns the production-control system, tracking milestones, labor, and cost reporting, while guiding cross-functional recovery actions and continuous improvement.

The position partners with project managers and line leadership to ensure credible status, risk recovery

Responsibilities

• Lead structured recovery planning when aircraft or major milestones are threatened.
• Coordinate Operations, Planning, Materials, Engineering, Quality, Shops, Tooling, and customer-facing resources to remove constraints.
• Maintain a single recovery plan with actions, owners, due dates, and expected schedule impact.
• Ensure schedule changes and revised delivery commitments are supported by transparent operating data.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Production Control team.
• Establish standard work for shift turnover, aircraft walks, card staging, project-plan updates, progress reporting, and escalation.
• Define staffing, coverage, skill expectations, and development needs for the function.
• Build a culture of urgency, accountability, accuracy, and constructive challenge.
• Partner closely with Heavy Maintenance Project Managers and line leadership while preserving clear accountability for production flow.
• Support customer reviews with credible status, risks, recovery actions, and delivery outlook.
• Capture post-check lessons and translate recurring causes of delay into process improvements.
• Own the milestone-control system and data discipline that provide one credible operating view of aircraft status.
• Assist Project Managers with contract-code setup and usage, labor and cost reporting, budget visibility, variance analysis, and identification of financial opportunities or leakage.

Job description

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services seeks a Manager, Heavy Maintenance Production Control & Program Execution to lead the system, people, and cadence required to deliver heavy-maintenance aircraft safely and on time. The role owns the production-control system, tracking milestones, labor, and cost reporting, while guiding cross-functional recovery actions and continuous improvement.

The position partners with project managers and line leadership to ensure credible status, risk recovery