Project Manager for Technical Services

Aersale - Hialeah Gardens, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Hialeah Gardens, FL

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

AerSale® is a global leader and market innovator specializing in aviation products and services to meet the growing demand for aftermarket support in global passenger, cargo, and government segments. The Project Manager for Technical Services will be responsible for managing the technical evaluation of aircraft and engines throughout acquisition and transition. This role requires independent and successful performance of aircraft and engine physical/annual inspections, including records audits on the company-owned portfolio or pre-purchase anywhere in the world. The position involves oversight of flight equipment maintenance, modification, and storage, ensuring compliance with OEM specifications and regulatory guidelines. The Project Manager will assist in drafting technical language for Letters of Intent (LOIs), Leases, Sales and Purchase Agreements (SPAs), and General Terms Agreements (GTAs). Additionally, the role includes ensuring regulatory agency compliance and interface as required, maintaining high standards for safety, procedural discipline, and quality regarding the company's portfolio assets. The Project Manager will also be responsible for planning all technical operations worldwide, including the coordination of pre-buy inspections of equipment purchases, ferry flights, and the delivery and redelivery of equipment to and from lease. The position requires evaluating upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and Airworthiness Directives (AD) for applicability to the equipment owned and managed by AerSale. The Project Manager will develop work scopes to implement applicable ADs into the fleet and assess the economic impact of these directives. Furthermore, the role involves maintaining an up-to-date hard time, LLP, ADs, and heavy check history list for all equipment owned or managed by AerSale, coordinating with the Records Department to execute conformity of Aircraft for Lease/Purchase/Lease Return, and conducting physical aircraft and engine surveys, inspections, and records evaluations in support of due diligence efforts for lease or purchase.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of flight equipment maintenance, modification, and storage.
• Lessee field audit and technical inspection to ensure leased assets are maintained in compliance with OEM specifications and regulatory guidelines.
• Lease/Asset transition, return, and delivery oversight and management.
• Assist in drafting technical language for LOIs, Leases, SPAs, and GTAs.
• Ensure compliance with all mandatory policies and procedures, including OEM guidelines (i.e. EASA, FAA, CAA, etc.).
• Quality Control oversight to ensure high standards for safety, procedural discipline, and quality regarding Company's portfolio assets.
• Research and utilization of Company's global resources to minimize related maintenance and transportation costs.
• Promote a professional, positive, and ethical work culture that promotes transparency and constructive criticism for continuous improvement.
• Maintenance and enforcement of Company policies, procedures, best practices in safety, workmanship, continued training, IT utilization, and reporting.
• Planning of all technical operations worldwide including the coordination of pre-buy inspections of equipment purchases, coordination of ferry flights, delivery, and redelivery of equipment to and from lease.
• Evaluate upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and Airworthiness Directives (AD) for applicability to the equipment owned and managed by AerSale.
• Develop work scopes to implement the applicable AD's into the fleet and the economic impact the AD would have on the fleet.
• Develop work scopes for all equipment inducted into maintenance checks based on OEM's MPD and delivery requirements, modifications, storage, upgrade, and teardown of aircraft and engines.
• Maintain an up-to-date hard time, LLP, AD's, and heavy check history list for all equipment owned or managed by AerSale.
• Coordinate with Records Department to execute conformity of Aircraft for Lease/Purchase/Lease Return.
• Conduct physical aircraft and engine surveys, inspection and records evaluations in support of due diligence efforts for lease or purchase.
• Develop cost accounting model and reporting for each major project assigned; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis.
• Ensure compliance to the contracts, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain management.
• Coordinate all activities with management and other AerSale business units as necessary.
• Update manager as to project status.
• Responsible for tasks, orders parts, assures accurate documentation, inspects completed work, completes operation tests and preliminary post-work inspections and completes work order forms.
• Provide interface, communication and coordination with internal and external customers on matters pertaining to existing contracts, bids, and proposal activities.
• Develop and implement plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts.
• Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel and purchased services.
• Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle.
• Interface with US and foreign regulatory representatives, including DARs/DERs and other consultants as required for technical support/delivery of the Company flight equipment.

Requirements

• Current FAA Airframe or Powerplant license (preferred) with at least five (5) years diverse, large aircraft maintenance experience.
• Must have attained a level of formal education and/or experience sufficient to meet the requirements of the listed responsibilities.
• Be fully knowledgeable of the FAR requirements related to aircraft airworthiness and conformity.
• Ability to work and interact with departments throughout the organization.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Windows/Microsoft Office (Word & Excel).
• Must be able to multi-task.
• Must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Must exhibit a high level of confidentiality with work product.
• Familiar with lease and maintenance contract terms, LOI drafting, maintenance forecasting and contractual return condition valuation.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Dental, Vision, Life, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with Employer Contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Education Reimbursement (related field)
• Employee Referral Program and Recognition Program
• Paid Holidays and 15 Paid Time Off days annually