Senior Aircraft Fleet Reliability Manager

Vista America; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401(k) plan with generous companymatch

Company Paid Life, Short, and LongTerm

Disability Insurance

Mental Health Wellness Program

Empty Leg Flight Benefits & Customized

Job summary

Vista America seeks a Fleet Manager to provide maintenance support for the Vista Americas Managed Aircraft fleet. The role aims to maximize fleet reliability and aircraft availability, reporting to the Director - Liaison Engineering and serving as the primary maintenance point of contact for AMA teams.

You will coordinate across Maintenance Control, Technical Services, service providers, OEMs, and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing business aircraft maintenance or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in high-demand Part 135 or 121 maintenance operations
• 2+ years of demonstrable project management experience
• Aviation Maintenance Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage relevant fleet types and maintain in-depth knowledge of standard maintenance practices used for their respective fleet type(s).
• Establish the position as a technical expert resource within the Liaison Engineering Team.
• Coordinate and engage in developing corrective actions, advising flight crews, Flight Operations and Maintenance, providing aircraft systems troubleshooting guidance, and supporting preventative maintenance practices.
• Develop and implement troubleshooting best practices for various aircraft systems.
• Collaborate closely with Maintenance Control, Base and Line Maintenance to resolve recurring discrepancies and generate preventative maintenance actions to reduce or eliminate their impact on aircraft availability.
• Support the effort to develop, maintain, and monitor fleet and aircraft level Direct Maintenance Cost with the focus of initiating direct cost reduction initiatives, providing input to modify existing aircraft maintenance plans to account for aging aircraft, and optimizing aircraft maintenance plans based upon aircraft utilization.
• Seek new and newly developing maintenance, fleet management techniques and processes to improve performance, availability, and to reduce operating costs.
• Support the development and maintain a database to track aircraft troubleshooting events and findings for future reference and to recommend adopting procedural improvements.
• Monitor fleet performance, flight crew feedback, reliability analysis and maintenance program changes for improvement opportunities and to initiate corrective actions.
• Support the review and assessment of Airworthiness Directives affecting aircraft within the fleet, providing guidance in terms of applicability, affected aircraft, and potential benefits of implementing optional bulletins, for best practices to ensure timely compliance.
• Review and assess manufacturer, vendor and supplier Service Bulletins, Engineering Orders, Service Letters, Service Difficulty Reports, and other such documentation, applicable to specific aircraft, systems and/or components, to determine whether the recommended procedures, parts replacement, modifications, etc. should be incorporated and to determine the impact, cost, and downtime.
• Assist internal and external stakeholders in researching documents, parts, tooling, and methods to repair the aircraft.
• Drive timely technical communications to the Aircraft Management Advisor (AMA) team to ensure the best results for each owner.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Skills

Experience managing business aircraft

Project management experience

Education

Aviation Maintenance Degree preferred

Job description

Vista America seeks a Fleet Manager to provide maintenance support for the Vista Americas Managed Aircraft fleet. The role aims to maximize fleet reliability and aircraft availability, reporting to the Director - Liaison Engineering and serving as the primary maintenance point of contact for AMA teams.

You will coordinate across Maintenance Control, Technical Services, service providers, OEMs, and internal stakeholders.