Senior Flightline Maintenance Manager

ngc; South Dakota; On-site; USD 131,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Sector seeks an experienced Aircraft Maintenance Manager 3 to lead the Flight Operations team at Ellsworth AFB, SD, with onboarding at a CONUS location. The role supervises managers, mechanics, and technicians, ensuring safe, compliant maintenance and timely inspections.

The position requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s in related fields with extensive maintenance experience, strong leadership, and the ability to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of military or civilian aircraft maintenance experience; or a Master’s degree with 5 years of military or civilian aircraft maintenance experience
• 3 years of management experience
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and organizational skills as well as oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time
• Must be able to travel to various locations for initial training for a minimum of 24 weeks prior to relocating to the permanent location
• Must be able and willing to work on an aircraft flightline year round
• Must be willing to work a flexible work schedule that may include alternate/second shifts, extended shifts, holidays, and weekends and support on call status for 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days a year
• Ability to obtain Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) certification and enrollment within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company, and maintenance of same.
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company

Responsibilities

• Leads the daily operations of the aircraft team to include leading, managing, motivating, developing, and engaging a team of managers, aircraft mechanics, and technicians in a dynamic environment
• Oversees maintenance servicing, repairing and overhauling aircraft and aircraft engines to ensure that aircraft are in good mechanical condition and safe for flight
• Ensures customer maintenance requirements are met
• Schedules maintenance and inspections
• Releases aircraft for flight
• Recommends procedure changes to improve maintainability of aircraft and timely inspections
• Consults manufacturers manuals for specifications and determines feasibility of repair or replacement
• Coordinates with customer and support agencies on all constraints and risks affecting critical path milestones
• Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies problems, and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources
• Collaborates with local customers on routine and max level effort maintenance events and schedule changes to support aircraft maintenance operations
• Participates in maintenance meetings with the customer and provides maintenance status briefings at the customer’s request
• Works with functional and program leadership to ensure proper staffing and performance goals
• Acts as Facilities Lead and Site Manager

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Sector seeks an experienced Aircraft Maintenance Manager 3 to lead the Flight Operations team at Ellsworth AFB, SD, with onboarding at a CONUS location. The role supervises managers, mechanics, and technicians, ensuring safe, compliant maintenance and timely inspections.

The position requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s in related fields with extensive maintenance experience, strong leadership, and the ability to travel up to 25%.