Sr Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance - Component Repair Shop

American Airlines; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Other benefits

Job summary

American Airlines in Tulsa is seeking a Sr Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance - Component Repair Shop to lead daily operations, ensure safety, compliance and budget adherence.

You will oversee the component repair shop, build teams, drive LEAN improvements, and align with stakeholders, FAA and internal customers. This role requires a strong background in maintenance leadership and an A&P license, with strategic oversight responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Aircraft Maintenance Operations or equivalent
• 3 years leading supervisory personnel
• Experience with budget understanding, forecasting and workload planning in maintenance environments
• Experience supervising and leading workgroups
• Knowledge of audit requirements and labor reporting

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily Production requirements for component shops and teams
• Provide short and long-term strategic direction for the department
• Coach and develop team with feedback on performance and accountability
• Strengthen relationships across Technical Operations and remove barriers
• Ensure procedures are followed for maximum efficiency, compliance and safety
• Manage budgets and cost standards
• Coordinate with Maintenance Training to enhance staff skills
• Lead meetings with Business Reviews and Boardwalks to drive action items
• Monitor manpower alignment with program scheduling and priorities
• Develop maintenance requirements and leadership development programs
• Track KPIs and drive Lean improvements
• Deploy manpower and align shifts with production needs

Skills

Aviation leadership

Budget management

LEAN/Six Sigma

A&P License

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Aeronautics, or related

Job description

Sr Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance - Component Repair Shop

Posting Start Date: 10/21/26

Location: TUL Mtc & Engr Base (TUL-MNTC)

Cities: Tulsa - OK

Requisition ID: 88853

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This job is a member of the Base Maintenance Team within the Integrated Operations Division.
• Responsible for oversight and managing the component repair shop in such a manner as to assure continuing safety, compliance, dependability, reliability and financial performance, with fair and harmonious relationships with the management team, TWU, internal customers, vendors, FAA, and all non-AA business contacts.

What you'll do

• Oversees the daily Production requirements for component shops and team members
• Provides short and long term strategic direction for department
• Coaches and develops their team by providing feedback on performance and accountability
• Builds, maintains, and strengthens relationships across all groups inside Technical Operations while looking for ways to remove barriers
• Ensures team members are following procedures in order to ensure maximum efficiency, compliance and safety
• Responsible for control of budgets and cost standards
• Leads management staff to ensure that team members skills are utilized to the highest degree possible; leads coordination with Maintenance Training to ensure on-going enhancement of staff and skill set
• Provides Supervisors regular feedback on their performance and develops the management team to create a strong leadership pipeline
• Conducts regular meetings with Business Reviews and Boardwalks to ensure best possible communication, identification, and resolution of action items
• Monitors the coordination of maintenance manpower requirements overtime and consistency with program scheduling and priorities
• Ensures development, review and validation of maintenance requirements to ensure appropriate training for maintenance as well as leadership development
• Ensures team members know, understand and are engaged in achieving critical Metrics and key performance indicators
• Develops LEAN Improvement Strategy
• Executes manpower deployment and shift production requirements

All you'll need for success

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Aeronautics or related field or equivalent experience/training
• 3 years experience leading other supervisory management personnel
• Experience in positions requiring budget understanding, resource forecasting and management and workload planning in maintenance environments
• 5 years Aircraft Maintenance Operations or compliance equivalent experience
• Experience managing, supervising and/or leading workgroups

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 3 years leadership experience
• Lean, Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• A&P License
• Excellent understanding of airline/technical operations
• Knowledge of auditrequirements
• Knowledge of labor reporting and crew utilization
• Strong interpersonal and PC skills
• Ability to concurrently manage multiple areas of responsibility
• Excellent analytical, organization and planning skills
• Must pass a background reference check and criminal fingerprint check
• Strong process analysis/development skills
• Knowledge of the GPM and SPPM
• Some travel may be required

What you'll get

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

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Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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