Description
The director of maintenance (DOM) is responsible to ensure that all aircraft are maintained in accordance with regulatory requirements and that all maintenance related safety management goals are met. This person is responsible for on-demand delivery of a safe, clean, and airworthy aircraft. This is a corporate position reporting to the owner.
The operation is Part 91 and it generally is on a known schedule. Falcon 900 experience is required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensure that maintenance is accomplished in the highest safety and airworthy standards.
• Manage the maintenance department to ensure the programs and projects are accomplished within company approved budgets, on time and in accordance with established procedures/specifications.
• Select, develop, motivate, appraise and review key maintenance staff to ensure the continued quality and dependability of their work.
• Ensure that maintenance decisions, inspections and actions are communicated and coordinated with flight operations and other concerned departments to maximize aircraft availability with minimal impact on flight department needs.
• Brief and debrief flight crews on the maintenance status of the aircraft.
• Provide direct supervision and motivation of the maintenance support personnel.
• Ensure that company aircraft are maintained in an airworthy condition in accordance with FAA standards and Company service standards.
• Coordinate, schedule, and monitor the performance of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities with outside vendors to maximize aircraft availability with minimal adverse impact on the aircraft\'s schedule
• Coordinate, schedule, perform and/or monitor repairs made to the aircraft while away from home base.
• Ensure effective coordination of aircraft maintenance activity with Flight Operations and other departments to maximize aircraft availability with minimal adverse impact on aircraft schedules.
• Ensure that aircraft maintenance records are established and maintained as required by federal regulations and Company policy.
• Ensure that Airworthiness, Directive and Service Bulletins that affect Flight Department aircraft are complied with appropriately.
• Track deferred and repetitive log items and monitor maintenance records for trends
• Coordinate the cleaning and ground handling of the aircraft.
• Ensure orderly, timely and efficient planning of the maintenance activity on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Review, process and approve purchase orders to ensure actions are within the department’s authority.
• Review and approve aircraft maintenance invoices.