Job Description
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Boeing is seeking an experienced, dynamic F/A-18 Maintenance Manager to lead and oversee O‑level maintenance, repair, and readiness activities for Kuwait aircraft at JRB New Orleans, LA. This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for maximizing aircraft availability and safety by directing daily maintenance operations, managing highly skilled personnel, and ensuring the maintenance organization meets rigorous technical, safety, and readiness standards.
- Lead a mission‑critical team that directly enables flight operations, testing, and Ferry of Kuwaiti aircraft.
- Opportunity to shape maintenance policies, processes, and readiness outcomes for an elite F/A‑18 fleet.
- Operate at the intersection of leadership, technical authority, and operational tempo — where every decision affects aircraft availability and mission success.
Primary Responsibilities:
People and Process Leadership Skills
- Inspirational leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams through high-tempo operations while maintaining morale, discipline, and professionalism.
- Coaching and development: Proven track record of mentoring technicians and supervisors, building succession pipelines, enforcing discipline, maintaining morale and professionalism and improving individual and team competency.
- Change leadership: Experience leading process change and cultural transformation initiatives that improve safety, quality, and readiness outcomes.
- Conflict resolution and communication: Skilled at resolving personnel issues, delivering tough feedback, and maintaining transparent, timely communication with stakeholders at all levels.
- Process design and standardization: Ability to design, implement, and sustain standardized maintenance processes, checklists, and SOPs that increase efficiency and reduce variability.
- Performance management: Establishes clear expectations, metrics, and accountability systems; uses data-driven performance reviews to drive continuous improvement.
- Resource optimization: Balances workload, shift patterns, and personnel allocations to maintain readiness while minimizing fatigue and attrition.
- Safety and human factors focus: Embeds human-centered safety practices into processes to reduce errors and improve compliance.
- Cross-functional influence: Able to build coalition across engineering, logistics, QA, and leadership to implement systemic process improvements.
Maintenance and Readiness Management
- Oversee daily O‑level maintenance operations, preventive maintenance, scheduled inspections, and repairs to meet mission requirements and sortie generation goals.
- Provide direct operational support to flight operations — ensuring aircraft are mission‑ready for daily flight schedules.
- Enforce compliance with customer‑established technical manuals, safety regulations, and engineering guidance.
- Plan and forecast maintenance demand using data on utilization, flight hours, and operational trends, and adjust schedules to optimize availability.
- Coordinate flow of materials, tooling, support equipment, and personnel to sustain continuous maintenance operations.
- Prioritize maintenance tasks to maximize fleet readiness, reduce downtime, and meet operational timelines.
- Monitor and report readiness metrics, KPIs, and operational trends to senior leadership.
- Manage the maintenance department workforce: manpower planning, performance management, and skill development.
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skill/Experience):
- Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership
- 3+ years of experience in an operational team leadership role within an aircraft maintenance and modification environment
- Experience prioritizing maintenance to maintain aircraft mission‑capable (MC) rates during surge operations
- 3+ years of experience planning and scheduling maintenance to meet demanding sortie schedules
- Experience leading or managing large or complex teams of managers and or non-management employees
- Able to travel both domestically and internationally
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Military aircraft maintenance safe for flight/exceptional release qualification
- Experience with maintenance data systems and readiness reporting tools
- Experience with continuous improvement programs (e.g., RCCA, 5S, Lean)
- Track record of effective collaboration with engineering, QA, and safety organizations
- Excellent communication skills — able to brief senior leaders and liaise with multi‑disciplinary stakeholders
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process
Pay & Benefits:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range: $113,900– $154,100
Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 21, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details:
US based job, US Person required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
