The Maintenance Controller/Aircraft Maintenance Technician is a working member of the team and reports to the Director of Maintenance. Minimum Qualification must possess an Airframe & Power plant certificate and 5 years combined aircraft maintenance and maintenance control experience.

Duties and Responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1. Reports daily aircraft status to organization via aircraft status board, CharterEasy, aircraft status email and daily operations meeting.
2. Monitor and record reported maintenance defects delays.
3. Works in conjunction with the Planning Department in scheduling maintenance events while the aircraft is away from the home base.
4. Ensures all parts and components in conjunction with the Stores Manager are shipped to and from external maintenance facilities in a timely manner after maintenance has been accomplished and completed.
5. Coordinates with maintenance and flight crews when opening or closing MELs.
6. Reviews MELs and NEFs for accuracy.
7. Tracks MELs and NEFs.
8. Ensures that MEL and NEF tracking programs are up to date and accurate.
9. Determines in conjunction with the Director of Maintenance the need to use external vendors to troubleshoot and solve MEL or NEF discrepancies while the aircraft is away from home base.
10. Authorize the use of On-Call Approved Maintenance Providers to return aircraft to service as established by the Company Manual.
11. Supervise On-Call Approved Maintenance Providers performing maintenance and returning Company aircraft to service as required by the Company Manual.
12. Provide technical and logistical support to Maintenance and Flight Crews for active aircraft maintenance discrepancies, Minimum Equipment List, Configuration Deviation List, and NEF’s to determine proper and timely corrective action.
13. Coordinate with Maintenance, Flight Dispatch, Maintenance Planning, Materials, providing current and continuing follow-up to ensure positive corrective action is made as promptly as possible for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
14. Maintains and adequate tool kit and assists the maintenance department with scheduled/unscheduled maintenance events.
15. Additional duties assigned by the Director of Maintenance.