Component Shop Manager

Description:

The Component Shop Manager is responsible for overseeing all activities within a FAA Part 145 repair station component shop supporting aircraft components. This position manages daily operations, personnel, production workflow, safety, tooling, technical data, material coordination, and customer support to ensure maintenance, repair, overhaul, testing, and work order activities are performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable regulations, technical publications, repair station procedures, and customer requirements.

General Accountabilities

• Oversee all UH-60 component shop activities, including troubleshooting, repair, overhaul, testing, documentation, and work order completion.
• Ensure shop operations follow FAA Part 145 repair station procedures, customer requirements, applicable technical data, production standards, and company operating procedures.
• Manage production schedules, priorities, manpower assignments, shop capacity, and workflow to meet turnaround time and delivery commitments.
• Provide leadership, direction, and technical guidance to supervisors, technicians, planners, and support personnel.
• Coordinate with Production Control, Supply Chain, Engineering, Customer Service, the Quality Manager, and senior leadership to resolve technical, material, staffing, and schedule issues.
• Ensure personnel are properly trained, qualified, and assigned to work that matches their skills, authorizations, and operational responsibilities.
• Maintain accountability for tooling, calibrated equipment, test equipment, shop supplies, parts, technical publications, and controlled materials.
• Monitor work performance, labor utilization, rework trends, scrap, safety findings, schedule adherence, and customer feedback to drive operational improvement.
• Support operational responses to customer reviews, production concerns, corrective actions assigned to shop operations, and process improvement initiatives.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure adherence to environmental, health, safety, foreign object damage prevention, hazardous material, and housekeeping requirements.
• Review and approve operational metrics, production reports, staffing needs, budget inputs, training plans, and process improvement recommendations.
• Ensure shop paperwork, component status updates, labor reporting, and work order documentation are completed accurately and routed to the appropriate support or quality functions as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. The company reserves the right to modify or change duties as needed with or without notice.

Requirements:

Skills and Qualifications

• Significant aviation maintenance, repair, overhaul, or component shop experience, preferably in a FAA Part 145 repair station environment.
• Hands-on or leadership experience supporting UH-60, S-70, Black Hawk, or comparable rotary-wing aircraft components.
• Strong working knowledge of aircraft component maintenance practices, technical manuals, tooling, test equipment, production processes, and maintenance documentation.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing technicians, supervisors, production teams, or maintenance operations.
• Knowledge of FAA Part 145 repair station operations, maintenance procedures, safety practices, and shop production requirements.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply technical publications, engineering instructions, component maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and customer work scopes.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced production environment while maintaining schedule discipline, safety, and procedural compliance.

Education and Experience:

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate or FAA Repairman Certificate, as applicable to the repair station’s ratings and operations, or ability to obtain within one year.
• Prior experience as a Repair Station Manager, Production Manager, Operations Manager, Maintenance Manager, or Component Shop Supervisor/Lead in a Part 145 Repair station.
• Experience with UH-60 drivetrain, rotor, hydraulic, flight control, powertrain, avionics, electrical, or accessory components.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, production metrics, schedule performance, labor utilization, and cost control.
• Familiarity with military aviation maintenance standards, government contracts, defense customer requirements, or depot-level repair processes.