Regional Maintenance Operations Lead

Zipline; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline, a leading drone-delivery company, seeks a Manager, Maintenance Operations to drive disciplined execution across Texas sites, improving fleet readiness, maintenance throughput, safety, quality, and consistency.

You will lead day-to-day priorities, coordinate with Flight Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Safety, Quality, Training and Business Operations, and mentor maintenance teams as Zipline scales its operations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in service operations, fleet operations, technical operations, aerospace, robotics, manufacturing maintenance, or another high-reliability hardware environment.
• Experience providing operational leadership in a fast-paced maintenance or technical environment.
• Working knowledge of work-order flow, inspections, preventive and corrective maintenance, return-to-service processes, tooling, parts readiness, and documentation discipline.

Responsibilities

• Run daily and weekly operating cadences for metrics, backlog reviews, risk escalation, recovery plans, and action follow-up across assigned Texas maintenance operations.
• Prioritize site-level maintenance work using uptime, turnaround time, technician efficiency, backlog aging, repeat defects, and preventive-maintenance completion data.
• Provide dotted-line leadership to Maintenance Leads, Associate Leads, and site maintenance teams to align priorities, execution quality, and accountability.

Skills

Service operations

Fleet operations

Technical operations

Aerospace

Robotics

Maintenance

Leadership

Travel

Job description

Zipline, a leading drone-delivery company, seeks a Manager, Maintenance Operations to drive disciplined execution across Texas sites, improving fleet readiness, maintenance throughput, safety, quality, and consistency.

You will lead day-to-day priorities, coordinate with Flight Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Safety, Quality, Training and Business Operations, and mentor maintenance teams as Zipline scales its operations.