Mgr Aircraft Maintenance 2 - Secret (Robins AFB)

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Are you ready to put your leadership to work at Northrop Grumman? If so, Our Defense Systems Sector wants you to join our Team as a Manager of Aircraft Maintenance Level 2. This position is located at Robins AFB, GA.

You will be responsible for leading a maintenance team of 30+ aircraft mechanics, avionics technicians, aircraft shift leads, and ground support equipment technicians in execution of aircraft maintenance to meet all USAF E-11A mission requirements from its CONUS base location.  You will also manage support of offsite aircraft maintenance activities during aircraft diversions and exercises as tasked by the USAF.

Specific Description

• Primary responsibility is for the maintenance generation of a USAF E-11A (Bombardier BD-700 commercial derivative aircraft (CDA)) fleet.

• Manage all aspects of aircraft maintenance to include planning, execution, quality control, launch and recovery, and direct support to USAF pilots and other personnel.

• Responsible for site specific technical statement of work / performance and overall site operations.  

• Responsible for all site day-to-day administrative activities of all programs assigned Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) personnel to include employee timesheets, performance evaluations and employee feedback, employee corporate charge card, NGDS and USAF property control, facilities, safety, security and daily production.

• Direct the work of employees assigned from technical aircraft maintenance areas.

• Provide leadership, guidance, and career development to all site employees.

• Ensure adherence to Northrop Grumman and Defense Systems Human Resources policies.

• Maintain close coordination with the program manager and is responsible for direct support of NGDS customer/end user.

• Maintain close coordination with USAF flying squadron leadership, Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN payload team (USAF & Northrop Grumman Mission System (NGMS)) to synchronize aircraft maintenance activities with USAF flying requirements and BACN payload maintenance / upgrades.

• Execute coordination with assigned Headquarters Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Contracting Office Representatives on site to including addressing contract non-conformances as it relates to aircraft maintenance, logistics, and the overall sustainment of the CONUS E-11A aircraft fleet.

• Accomplish any task as assigned by the manager.

• Travel:  25% of time possible, to include international travel.

Basic Qualifications

• A High School diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 9 years of Transport/Airlift category maintenance management experience. A bachelor's degree and 5 years of Transport/Airlift category maintenance management experience may be considered.

• Experience in leading/managing large maintenance organization of 20+ personnel.

• Possession of or ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

• Ability to obtain US Passport

• Ability to pass a general medical physical.

• Military/Commercial large aircraft production superintendent expertise

• Military/Commercial large aircraft maintenance experience to include flight line maintenance and expediter expertise.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Northrop Grumman Corporate Travel Card.

• Compliance with US Gov’t/Department of Defense medical and deployment requirements.

• Applicants must meet medical requirements for worldwide travel, which include a physical.

• Ability to travel as required by the program to include international locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• FAA certificated Airframe & Powerplant (A&P)

• Bombardier BD-700 commercial derivative aircraft (CDA) and or Global XRS and Global 6000, USAF E-11A aircraft experience

• Rolls-Royce BR-710 experience (5 or more years)

• 10 years transport category aircraft experience

• Special Mission aircraft experience

• DoD maintenance program experience (USAF maintenance highly preferred)

• Versed in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel

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