Site Manager (USAF Aviation)

Akima; Illinois; On-site; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Akima Logistics Services (ALS) is seeking a Site Manager at Scott AFB in Illinois to oversee all administrative, maintenance, logistics, quality, financial and safety operations. The role ensures contractual requirements are met or exceeded while achieving budget goals.

The candidate will coordinate with the Program Manager, COR, and local Air Force, lead management meetings, develop procedures, uphold safety standards, and manage personnel actions to maintain a high-functioning site.

Qualifications

• Ten years of aircraft maintenance experience.
• Understand the mission of the C-21 and coordinate all Contractor resources to achieve the contract objective.
• Experience managing fluctuating workloads and military maintenance plans/procedures.
• Analytical abilities to handle complex administrative, organizational, and aircraft maintenance matters.
• Strong communicative, managerial, and organizational skills for site operations.
• Must have completed high school or equivalent.
• Must read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Be the overall manager and administrator for contract effort at the site.
• Establish financial controls to achieve budget goals and manage financial matters.
• Develop positive customer relationships with the COR and local Air Force representatives.
• Serve as the primary interface with local authorities on program/contract issues.
• Conduct management meetings to ensure site performance aligns with expectations.
• Develop local management procedures and controls and safe work practices.
• Participate in monthly Safety Review and ensure safety standards are met.
• Oversee operations to meet contractual obligations and interface with Program Manager and Akima divisions as needed.
• Provide a safe and healthful work environment and attend deployment planning meetings as required.
• Assist in interviews and personnel actions to support staffing.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance

Program coordination

Analytical abilities

Communication skills

Leadership/management

English proficiency

Driver's license

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Akima Logistics Services (ALS) is seeking a Site Manager for the C-21 Contractor Logistics Support contract at Scott AFB in Scott AFB, IL.

The Site Manager is responsible to the Program Manager for the control and conduct of all administrative, maintenance, logistics, quality, financial and safety operations at the site and is to ensure all contractual requirements are met or exceeded while meeting or exceeding budget goals.

Responsibilities

• Must be customer oriented.
• Shall act as overall manager and administrator for contract effort at his/her site.
• Responsible for all financial matters within the site to include establishing financial controls to achieve budget goals.
• Develops positive customer relationships with the COR and local Air Force representatives.
• Shall be the primary interface and point of contact with local government authorities and representatives on program/project and contract issue.
• Conduct management meetings as necessary to ensure site is performing to customer and company expectations.
• Develops local management procedures and controls.
• Develop and assist in the development of policy and procedures to establish safe work practices and conditions.
• Participate in monthly Safety Review.
• Oversee all operational matters as they pertain to meeting successful contractual obligations.
• Interface with Program Manager and other Akima divisions as necessary to resolve issues beyond local capability.
• Devote personal attention to the morale and welfare of all employees and is responsible for providing a safe and healthful work environment.
• Attends deployment planning meetings with customer, as necessary.
• Attends meetings as requested by the customer, such as the IPT.
• Ensures adherence to established standards of individual performance and discipline.
• Participates in the interviews of prospective employees and assist in the selection of new employees.
• Recommends and initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, and appropriate disciplinary action.
• Takes the actions necessary to ensure that all personnel training, certification, and re-certification requirements are met.
• Identifies, studies, and implements cost saving initiatives where applicable.
• Complies with Hazardous Waste Program.
• Must comply with established General and Industrial Safety Rules and Regulations as applicable to the contract, facilities, and job assignment.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of aircraft maintenance experience.
• Understand the mission of the C-21 and be able to coordinate all Contractor resources to achieve the contract objective related to aircraft maintenance.
• Possess previous experience in managing a fluctuating workload, military maintenance plans and procedures.
• Must possess analytical abilities necessary to handle extremely complex administrative, organizational, and aircraft maintenance matters.
• Must demonstrate communicative, managerial, and organizational skills necessary to effectively manage site operations.
• Must deal with the customer and company employees in a courteous, professional, and effective manner.
• Must have completed high school or equivalent.
• Must read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Physical demands and environmental conditions.
  • Physical Demands: This classification's activities range from, an office-like environment with extensive sitting demands to a flight line-like environment with extensive climbing, standing, stooping, bending, pushing, kneeling, stretching, and walking demands. May occasionally be required to lift objects whose weight exceeds 30 pounds. Special vision abilities to perform this job are close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.
  • Work Environment: The diversity of work conditions may range from an office environment where there is little or no physical discomfort to a flight line environment where inclement weather may subject the individual to severe changes in temperature, wind, rain, etc. May be required to work in areas where high noise hazards pre-vail. May be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, and electrical shock hazards.
• Possess a valid Driver’s License.

Desired Qualifications:

• Five (5) years in a managerial or supervisory position managing aircraft maintenance operations.

Job ID

2026-26639

Work Type

On-Site

Pay Range

$140,000/year

Benefits

• Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Logistics Services (ALS), an Akima company, is not just another federal logistics contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At ALS, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, ALS provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, ALS delivers aviation logistics and supply chain services to the Department of Defense and federal civilian government.

As an ALS employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.