Job Description: Assistant Mechanic Supervisor (AMS)
General Summary
Dean Baldwin Painting is the largest privately owned aircraft painting company in the US with
multiple locations around the US. For over 58 years, Dean Baldwin Painting has been providing
our customers with enduring aircraft paint processes, unsurpassed quality, and on-time
deliveries. We take great pride in every aircraft painted at our facilities.
The Assistant Mechanic Supervisor reports to the Accountable Manager. The AMS directs the work
performed by the Aircraft Mechanics team of four, under the direction of the Mechanic Supervisor. The
AMS is tasked to enforce policies and procedures and ensure all aircraft maintenance within his/her
department meets established regulations and customer requirements. The AMS ensures that ongoing
and completed minor maintenance produces an airworthy product, and that completed signoff
certification is accurate, comprehensive, and legible. He/she ensures all technical data, Federal Aviation
Regulations, Company Policies, State, Environmental, and Occupational Safety Standards are being
adhered to at the Repair Station. The AMS serves as liaison between the Aircraft Maintenance
Department and all internal and external sources. Additionally, the AMS ensures personnel schedules and
time accountability reports are complete, timely, and accurate.
Qualifications
- FAA Airframe and Powerplant license with a high school diploma or equivalent.
- 10 years of A&P experience, with at least 4 years in a supervisory or lead position preferred.
- Proficient towing/marshaling large aircraft and supervising towing operations.
- Aircraft Line and Hanger Maintenance experience including the troubleshooting and repair of
airframe and aircraft systems including sheet metal repairs, hydraulic systems, electrical
systems, pneumatic systems, fuel systems.
- Beneficial to maintain completed General Familiarization for as many of the following as
possible: B747-400/800, B777, B767, B757, B737-800, A300-600, A319/20/21, CRJ / regional type
aircraft.
- Operation of ground equipment used in towing, manlifts, scissor lifts, forklifts.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Stable employment history.
- Strong and effective communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment and
under pressure.
- Ability to pass FAA-required reviews, background checks, and drug and alcohol testing.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret various documents, blueprints, drawings, manual references.
- Proficiency in writing reports and business correspondence and effective presentation and
communication skills.
- Damage mapping and SRM familiarization.
- Aircraft flight control balancing both manual and or calculation.
- Aircraft weighing both load cell and scales.
- May involve standing, walking, using hands, and lifting frequently.
- Strong visual and physical abilities required.
Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and direct aircraft maintenance, ensuring cost-effective, reliable maintenance
operations while adhering to policies, procedures, and all regulations.
- Manage mechanics in overall maintenance operation, adhering to regulations and
company/airline policies and procedures.
- Thoroughly familiar with FAA regulations, Company Policies and Procedures that are relative to
the scope of the Aircraft Maintenance Department’s assigned duties and keeping assigned
personnel aware of the policies and procedures.
- Develop effective schedules to meet operational demands and ensure proper staffing levels.
- Stay informed of work-in-progress and prioritize tasks to achieve timely aircraft completion goals.
Project management and managing labor hours effectively.
- Make daily decisions on resource use, performance management, and budget achievement.
- Maintain a well-equipped, clean, and organized maintenance department.
- Ensures availability of approved materials and resources required for each mechanical task.
- Makes decisions regarding airworthiness of articles and ensures work being performed and
materials being used conform to CFRs and other approved established standards.
- Provides interface with the customers to ensure smooth and timely accomplishment of the repair
and/or the deferral of maintenance issues.
- Coordinates with the Training Department to ensure all Repair Station, Customer, FAA, State and
Local training requirements are identified, developed, and implemented for the Aircraft
Maintenance employees. Ensure that the employees have documented training for the tasks
being performed.
- Ensures all forms and records are completed to accurately record work accomplished.
- Ensures all completed work is compliant with all CFRs, Company, and Customer requirements.
- Ensures all Corrective and Preventive Actions relating to his/her department are completed in a
timely manner, as required by the Quality Management System.
- Coordinate with human resources for employee matters.
- Screen, interview, and recommend potential hires.
- Provide leadership, direction, motivation, supervision, and appraise performance.
- May involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes, heights, and chemicals.
- Work outdoors and in a hangar environment.
- Flexibility to work nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed, to support 7X24-hour operation.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: commensurate with experience
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10-hour shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Experience:
- Aircraft maintenance: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Airframe & Powerplant License (Required)
Work Location: In person
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Dean Baldwin Painting LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dean Baldwin Painting LP prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing information about compensation.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person