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About PSA

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 4,000 employees. Our company culture, known as The PSA Way, is our foundation for operation and fosters stability, growth and a focus on the future while always placing safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are driven in our goals and achievements, eager to be better. We are reliable to one another and accountable for our actions. And we are caring in our daily interactions, with teammates, colleagues, and customers. Join our team to enjoy comprehensive benefits, including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network, so you can explore new destinations and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Benefits

PSA offers the benefits you expect from a company focused on excellence. All eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Travel privileges on the American Airlines global network
• A generous vacation plan designed to let you enjoy your travel perks
• 401(k) with company match
• American Airlines Group (AAG) profit-sharing and bonus opportunities
• A choice of three health plan options, all with nationwide coverage with the UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus network
• Premium dental coverage
• Vision plan options provided, including a plan that covers both glasses and contacts every year
• Benefits navigation services, including finding a doctor, scheduling an appointment, understanding your medical bills, and free second opinion services
• Access to 24-hour virtual urgent care services
• Family planning and fertility treatment
• LGBTQ+ friendly services including gender affirming care, assistance finding knowledgeable providers, and family planning
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and supplemental life insurance options for spouses and dependent children
• Flexible Spending Accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care services
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program providing a range of services, including 5 free in-person sessions with a health care professional

Position Summary

The Assistant Director of Heavy Maintenance will have responsibilities in overall leadership, complex management, oversight, delegation, and control of all aspects of aircraft Heavy Maintenance operation in order to maintain safety, regulatory compliance, quality, reliability, cost, and schedules within established requirements and expectations. This includes Heavy Maintenance Visits (HMV) and other maintenance performed by a Heavy Maintenance EMP such as “Drop In” repairs, and modification programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the vision of the department with the Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, and other senior management, in projecting a strong leadership presence with a commitment to the uncompromising promotion of safety and regulatory compliance. 
• To act positively, cooperatively, efficiently, and expediently in carrying out all orders, directives, and requests from senior management. 
• Lead the Contract and Agreement negotiations between PSA Airlines and Heavy Maintenance Essential Maintenance Service Providers (EMPs).  
• Ensure that decisions made, and actions taken are in the best interest of PSA Airlines in all matters relating to services provided by a Heavy Maintenance EMP. 
• Administration, supervision, and leadership of assigned staff to include establishing work schedules, directing work assignments, conducting work performance appraisals, monitoring attendance and enforcing compliance with all required policies, practices, procedures, processes and methods. 
• Ensure that assigned staff are adequately and properly trained, as required, in order to perform their duties and carry out their responsibilities with the highest degree of safety, regulatory compliance, efficiency and excellence. 
• Ensure that Heavy Maintenance EMP personnel are adequately and properly trained, as required, in order to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance and alterations on aircraft operated by PSA Airlines. 
• Work closely and coordinate with the Director of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling to formulate, define, establish, provide, and maintain short and long-term Heavy Maintenance schedules, plans and forecasts. 
• Approve & issue HMV Statements of Work and Purchase Orders to Heavy Maintenance EMP. 
• Archive HMV records by aircraft and visit including but not limited to Statements of Work, Approved quotes, Invoices, Engineering documents, completed work packages, CPCPs, 337s, & SDRs.  
• Act as the primary “Point- of- Contact”, leader, and liaison between a Heavy Maintenance Service Provider and PSA Airlines. 
• Collaborate and interface with all appropriate and available internal resources in rendering decisions on airworthiness, serviceability, and regulatory compliance issues as they may relate to Heavy Maintenance. 
• Ensure compliance, by a Heavy Maintenance EMP, with all policies, practices, procedures, processes and methods required by the PSA Airlines General Maintenance Manual, PSA-EMP Airworthiness Agreement, and applicable contract. 
• Leads direction of development corrective actions from audits and advise to senior leadership when correction actions require changes.  
• Assist in the preparation of Heavy Maintenance budgets, including forward-looking budgetary cost projections and forecasts as requested. Strive to maintain costs within the established budget. Explain costs that exceed approved budget.    
• Verify, validate, and approve invoicing from Heavy Maintenance EMPs.  
• Provide any required or requested reports and briefings, on Heavy Maintenance activity, and keep senior management (Vice President and Directors) appraised of all actual or potentially negative conditions that may affect the quality of work, the progress of work, the completion of work within established schedules or the completion of work within established cost. 
• Work closely and coordinate with Reliability department to monitor and track aircraft performance, following Heavy Maintenance, in order to identify any warranty issues resulting from work performed and to process any resulting warranty claims. 
• Monitor inventory levels, at Heavy Maintenance EMP facilities, to ensure that PSA property and assets are accounted for and available as required. 
• Lead strategic direction of the HMV reps on-site visits; participate with a positive PSA Airlines corporate presence at all Heavy Maintenance EMP facilities. 
• Act as the Leader, for PSA Airlines, on the Bombardier - CRJ aircraft “Structures Working Group”. 
• Actively engage Structures Working group and work with PSA internal departments to identify and implement reliability and cost saving improvements to PSA Maintenance program. 
• Provide recommendations for improvements to policies, practices, procedures, processes and methods utilized by the Maintenance and Engineering Department.  
• Work with Program Manager Customer Experience (PMCE), Heavy Maintenance Representative Supervisor, and EMP to ensure that the aircraft are well presented.  
• Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent. 
• Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification. 
• At least five years’ experience in maintenance of large aircraft. 
• At least two years’ experience in a supervisory capacity. 
• Good working knowledge of the Federal Aviation Regulations. 
• Experience with budgetary management, administration and control. 
• Experience with management and administration of service contracts and agreements. 
• Program management experience. 
• Experience with "Maintenix" and "AMES" software. 
• Previous experience in leading heavy maintenance and/or vendor management. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills. 
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to speak/read/write in English.   
• If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S. 

Preferred

• Advanced technical degree in an engineering field, an aviation field, business administration or a closely related discipline. 

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