Maintenance Base Manager

Accelerate your career with the most awarded Air Cargo Airline in Canada!

Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time-sensitive overnight air cargo services and carries over 1,300,000 pounds of cargo each business night. Cargojet operates its network across North America each business night, utilizing a fleet of all-cargo aircraft Cargojet has been awarded one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies as well as being awarded the Shipper’s Choice Award for the best Air Cargo Carrier in Canada for the past number of years. Being part of Cargojet will allow you to become a part of a diverse and vibrant family at the leading edge of the air cargo industry both domestically and internationally. Cargojet team members are dedicated, hardworking, and have a strong sense of leadership and commitment.

Primary Objective of the Position:

Responsible for the overall Maintenance Base operations ensuring Technical Dispatch and Operational efficiencies are met in accordance with Cargojet’s MCM/MPM and aircraft technical documentation.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assign, coordinate, and ensure the timely completion of work being carried out by the Technicians and Apprentices at their base.
• To coordinate aircraft activities as requested by the VP of Line Maintenance, Sr Director of Line Maintenance & the Maintenance Control Centre.
• Perform required and forecasted aircraft inspection duties, to assure that Airworthiness requirements are met, and ensure that all maintenance personnel perform work in accordance with the required Airworthiness Standards.
• Responsible for the inventory control at the station, monitoring all spares that are stored and re-stocked in accordance with Cargojet’s procedures. Ensure tooling, vehicles and equipment are maintained to Company standards and high standards of Housekeeping Principals.
• Ensure that all unserviceable components are properly tagged and returned to quarantine stores.
• Complete and certify all necessary maintenance forms, logbooks and paperwork in accordance with Cargojet’s MCM, MPM and Procedures manual.
• Shall be knowledgeable with all company and government manuals/documents pertaining to the work being performed at the station.
• Responsible for Third Party Maintenance
• Responsible for the training of Line Maintenance employees and ensuring all remain current with all technical and regulatory training requirements to function in their assigned role.
• Manage the required staffing levels, interview, and hire employees, conduct employee performance reviews and disciplinary measures in accordance with Company policies.
• Responsible for shift schedule to include: shift rotations, employee training, employee vacations, employee breaks, overtime assignments, backup for absent employees.
• Responsible for managing all payroll documentation including overtime sheets, time-off requests, and master payroll sheets for submission.
• Coordinate Maintenance Shift Handovers.
• Schedule and conduct employee team meetings.
• Responsible to meet shift workload requirements.
• Responsible for the Quality Assurance of the work performed at the Base.
• Comply with all SMS and safety policies, processes, and standards.
• Communicate with other Base Managers, Duty Managers, and senior management (as needed).
• Ensure a clean and safe workplace for employees.
• Ensure all GSE equipment is maintained in serviceable condition.
• Report SDR (Service Difficulty Report) and Maintenance Irregularity Reporting (MIR) of any findings to the Manager of Quality Assurance.
• Maintain the sub-base library including technical and regulatory manuals.
• Ensure that all maintenance including 3rd Party maintenance records are completed correctly, filed and that applicable records are forwarded to the main office of Cargojet Airways.
• Perform any other duties as assigned incidental to the work herein.

Minimum Qualifications:

• AME License 757, 767, 777 endorsements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Office, and Excel.
• Must possess the ability to communicate all technical requirements verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work under pressure when attempting to solve technical problems under the constraints of on-time performance.
• Must have excellent communication skills, be respectful to company and vendor personnel, have excellent problem-solving abilities, be detail-oriented, able to multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with a high tolerance for change.
• Motivated and enthusiastic team player who can work in an autonomous and / or team setting.

Important to Know:

• Cargojet is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
• At Cargojet, we make safety the highest priority. Because of this priority and as we operate in a safety-sensitive environment, we require all employees to abstain from consuming Cannabis, in and outside of the workplace. This is a critical element of our drug and alcohol policy that all employees must comply with at all times.