Structures Crew Chief

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Who YOU are and what YOU can become:
Are you a hands-on leader with deep structural repair experience and a passion for mentoring others? As a Structures Crew Chief, you’ll lead a team through complex maintenance tasks on commercial aircraft—ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency every step of the way. You'll train and support your crew, coordinate daily work, and be the key link between planning and execution. If you're ready to lead from the front and drive results in a fast-paced MRO environment, this is your next move.

Who WE are and where WE are going:

ST Engineering Aerospace is located at Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers' requirements by providing a full spectrum of high-quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know-how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers' aircraft operate safely and efficiently.

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What YOU will do:

The Crew Chief shall be responsible to his/her Supervisor / Manager for the overall operation of his/her crew. The Leads duties shall be assigned / reassigned by his/her Supervisor / Manager. (The term Lead is encompassing all Leads in the Maintenance Organization I/A/W section 1.1.2.)

In This Role YOU will:

• Ensure each individual assigned to perform maintenance under his/her team is qualified to work on the assigned customer program and is capable of performing the job properly. This involves assessing if the individual meets the operator’s required training and the individual’s job function against the employee’s specific skills and knowledge.
• Provide on-the-job training and technical assistance to personnel in his/her crew.
• Evaluate the performance of personnel on his/her crew and make recommendations as necessary to his/her supervisor.
• Perform only work authorized by his/her supervisor and ensure that the work is performed to the standards of good workmanship required by VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc. (VT MAE).
• Ensure that all tools and equipment used by his/her crew are kept in serviceable condition and stored in an orderly manner.
• Recommend to his/her supervisor any requirements or improvements for his/her crew.
• Exercise control over stock checked out of Stockroom by employees on his/her crew.
• Complete his/her crew timecards and approve all hours worked.
• Report to his/her supervisor, with recommendations, any personnel problems that cannot be resolved satisfactorily within the crew.
• Recommend disciplinary action within his/her crew.
• Assist his/her supervisor as requested in the evaluation of non-routine work cards for parts, manhours and span time, and indicate corrective action.
• Monitor, continuously, work progress. Keep his/her supervisor apprised of the status at all times, particularly on jobs that are off schedule. Assist his/her supervisor in preparation of the shift status and change-over reports.
• Ensure all work tasks requiring a co-signer are properly signed by the end of their shift.
• Perform any work that may be assigned by his/her supervisor.
• Ability to read, interpret, and work from all Service Bulletins, AD's, EO's, & EA's
• Provides assigned task planning / scheduling & ensures that goals are met
• Ability to communicate with internal groups (Planning, Materials, Fabrication, etc.) concerning aircraft issues
• Ability to communicate with Customers, Engineers, etc. concerning work related to aircraft sheet metal tasks
• Attentiveness & knowledge of assigned job budget as well as planned aircraft budget

JOB SPECIFICATIONS: Proficient working knowledge in all lower Sheet metal Job skill progression titles. Good working knowledge or ability to acquire the skills of a Lead Mechanic. Proficient working knowledge of the following skills and the ability to learn skills among various narrow and wide body commercial aircraft:
Proficient detail blueprint reading, ability to read, interpret and work from…