Job SummaryWe have an exciting opportunity for an Avionics Supervisor to lead our Avionics Ground Ops Team in San Diego, California.
This position is responsible for managing, planning, and coordinating the daily operations of avionics manufacturing including maintenance, modification, troubleshooting, overhaul, and repair of electronic and mechanical devices used for air vehicles, ground control stations, ground data terminals and ground support equipment. Manages and coordinates activities to meet production safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives while ensuring FAA maintenance requirements are met. Oversees day-to-day activities including planning, training, supervision, and work assignments of avionics personnel. May accomplish objectives through professional staff. May be responsible for decisions that impact the department such as changes to the schedule or allocation of resources.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Manage a pool of flex Avionics technicians to ensure that the customer receive quality, trained personnel deployed CONUS and OCONUS to support company programs.
- Manage the planning, scheduling, and activities of avionics operations to achieve business, safety, quality, and financial objectives and to support delivery commitments.
- Develop methods to improve technician training quality and efficiency.
- Manage deployment schedule and technical efforts of avionics technicians to support company and customer operations off-site.
- May collaborate with other departments (integration, pilots, maintenance, and mechanics) to ensure program objectives are met.
- May represent the organization with outside vendors and/or customers.
- Manage and actively participate in the planning, attraction, selection, retention, and development of human resources to ensure the availability of the required management, professional, and technical talent.
- Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Responsible for ensuring all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations are observed wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
- Responsible for ensuring work is accomplished in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
- Provides leadership and directs the daily operation of assigned staff by prioritizing and scheduling work assignments including deployment in support of company and customer operations.
- Oversees the progress of deployed technicians and provides direction and guidance as required.
- Identifies issues and provides leadership in developing solutions to complex problems. Determines feasibility of repair or replacement.
- Develops programs and procedures for the training of personnel while ensuring training requirements are met.
- Represents the organization with outside vendors and customers regarding maintenance, inspection or repair.
- May assist in the development and execution of company policies affecting current operations that may also have a company-wide impact.
- Participates in the planning, attraction, selection, retention and development of personnel to ensure the availability of the required professional talent.
- Maintains the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
- Expected to maintain a productive and safe working environment in accordance with established operating procedures and practice.
- Additional Functions: Other duties as assigned or required.
Job Qualifications- Typically requires a Bachelors degree in a related technical field and six or more years of progressive professional experience in manufacturing processes and procedures, planning, scheduling, and budget management. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
- Must demonstrate a strong technical understanding of avionics principles and practices.
- Must have proven project management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
- Must have the ability to identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop innovative solutions to a variety of complex problems and strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report, and present findings to a variety of audiences.
- May be required to represent the company on external projects, work extended hours, and travel as needed.
