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Avionics Modifications Manager

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Job Summary
Integration: Responsible for Avionics Integration services to include management of integration staff, coordination of certification with engineering and development of customer proposals to ensure acceptable profitability and risk management. Provide technical assistance to all company customers and employees.

Service: Responsible for avionics installation and line services to include management of production staff, coordination of certification with engineering and development of customer proposals to ensure acceptable profitability and risk management. This position has ultimate responsibility for the profitability of the Avionics group and customer satisfaction.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Work with sales team to develop customer proposals
  • Meet & consult with customers to review work scope and address/resolve any concerns
  • Coordinate with internal and external certification groups to assess certification costs and timing
  • Obtain approvals from customer for discrepancies and modifications
  • Monitor projects daily to ensure that obstacles are addressed and resources are adjusted as necessary
  • Deliver projects on schedule and on budget
  • Maintain a positive work environment by facilitating open communication with staff and leadership team
  • Initiate new or modified procedures to increase the professionalism, efficiency, quality, and productivity of the team
  • Direct overall work flow within Avionics balancing multiple priorities
  • Ensure appropriate cost data collection and billing to work orders
  • Close work orders within allowed timeline making sure customer is billed per the quote and that all labor and parts are issued to the appropriate squawks
  • Manage resource levels to match scheduled workload. Cross utilize team as needed.
  • Communicate directly with customers during and after service visits to ensure rapid resolution of any outstanding issues
  • Recommend and/or initiate personnel actions such as hiring, training, promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures. Ensure performance reviews are completed in a timely manner
  • Explains company policies to team members to ensure understanding and compliance
  • Performs other duties as directed

Qualifications & Job Requirements

  • Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working in corporate aircraft avionics in a repair station environment
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience managing complex aircraft avionics modification and engineering integration services
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience supervising/mentoring a staff of ten or more
  • Mastery of inspection & install procedures with excellent troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams, blueprints, and technical directives
  • Ability to provide technical assistance to customers and employees
Education:
  • Prefer Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation, Business Management, Finance or equivalent work experience
  • FCC license or an FAA Repairman’s Certificate required
  • Airframe or Repairman’s certification preferred

Other Prerequisites

  • Pass pre-employment drug screen and background check
  • Ability to obtain Airport Issued security badge
  • Valid Driver’s License

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

  • Work is performed in an aircraft hangar environment with moderate noise level. The employee is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Must have the ability for climbing and bending at the waist, crawling, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, and working at heights; Reaching overhead above the shoulders and horizontally. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.

Available Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision
  • Short term & Long term Disability - paid 100% by Company
  • Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment - paid 100% by Company
  • Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
  • Health Savings Account or Health Reimbursement Account (employer contributions tied to participation in wellness program)
  • 401K & Roth 401k with employer match
  • Flexible Spending programs


Western Aircraft Inc. has a Drug Free Workplace Policy which includes applicants passing pre-employment testing in accordance with 14 CFR 120. Applicants testing positive for the presence of prohibited drugs are ineligible for employment. DOT applicants who become employees of Western Aircraft Inc. will also be subject to random, reasonable cause, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident testing.
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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  • In the past 10 years, have you been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony? * Conviction is not necessarily a bar to employment. choose one
  • *If Yes to above question - please explain. written answer · optional
  • Have you worked for Western Aircraft in the past? choose one
  • Can you, after employment, submit verification of your legal right to work in the U.S.? **Only U.S. Citizens or aliens who hav ea legal right to work in the U.S. are eligible for employment. choose one
  • Position for which you are applying:
  • Referred by (Limit to one name) optional
  • Airframe Knowledge (if none, please answer none) written answer
  • Have you obtained your A & P Certifications? choose one
  • Do you have or can you obtain a valid driver's license? choose one
  • Statement Certification: I certify that the statements made in this application are true and correct and understand that falsification of such statements and information is grounds for immediate dismissal in accordance with Western Aircraft, Inc. policy. In consideration of my employment, I agree to conform to the rules and regulations of Western Aircraft, Inc. and realize that my employment and compensation can be terminated at any time, with or without notice, by the Company or myself. I understand that no Western Aircraft, Inc. representative has the authority to enter into any other agreement with me for employment for any specified period of time or to make any agreement contrary to the foregoing statement. I understand that employment may be contingent upon passing a motor vehicle records check and a security background check if included in the position requirements. I agree to authorize Western Aircraft, Inc. to verify statements made in this application, and authorize all previous employers or other persons having knowledge of myself or my record to release such information to Western Aircraft, Inc. I hereby release those companies and persons and Western Aircraft, Inc. from all claims and liabilities that may arise by such disclosures or such investigation. choose one
  • Notice to Applicants - Drug Free Workplace Western Aircraft, Inc. has a Drug Free Workplace Policy which strictly prohibits the use, purchase, sale or distribution of illegal drugs (meaning those drugs for which there is no generally accepted medical use, e.g., marijuana, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine (PCP), amphetamines, or a metabolite of those drugs), drug paraphernalia, or use of alcohol by an employee in company vehicle, at a job site, on company property, without company approval, or during work hours. A requirement for consideration of employment with Western Aircraft Inc. is the passing of a pre-employment test for the presence of illegal drugs. Any prospective employee who tests positive for the presence of illegal drugs will not be offered employment with the company. Applicants who become employees of Western Aircraft Inc. will be required to comply with the company’s Drug Free Workplace Policy which also includes random, reasonable cause, reasonable suspicion and post-accident testing choose one

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