Aircraft Maintenance Chief: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Marine Corps 6019 Aircraft Maintenance Chief experience builds transferable skills in aircraft maintenance, operations management, supervision, team leadership, scheduling, training, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. CivLaunch currently matches 7 open civilian jobs to this MOS, including Production Supervisor at LMI Aerospace, Chief Inspector at Airshare, and Modification Supervisor at Empire Airlines.
About the 6019 MOS
Senior enlisted maintenance leader in a Marine fixed-wing, rotary-wing, tiltrotor, or aviation logistics squadron. Sets up and sustains every maintenance area and function, advises the commanding officer on maintainer qualifications and development, reports to the aircraft maintenance officer, and helps plan, manage, and supervise scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and flight operations.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
Production Supervisor
LMI Aerospace · Auburn, WA
Strong Match
$85,000–$95,000 a year
Aerospace Manufacturing
5+ years
Production supervisor at Sonaca North America in Auburn, Washington, running a manufacturing department. Plans daily work from production orders and schedules, holds production meetings on metrics, fixes delays and cost problems, builds the training program, evaluates staff, runs self-audits against quality procedures, and leads corrective action and lean projects. Pays $85,000 to $95,000.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to quality assurance, supervision, and team leadership.
Part 135 chief inspector for the Airshare managed jet operation in Shelton, Connecticut. Runs inspection, RII, and maintenance training programs, audits work packages, vendors, and aircraft, tracks ADs, tool calibration, MELs, and weight and balance, onboards managed aircraft, and files service difficulty reports. Needs an A&P and five years inspecting business jets, plus Part 135 and 145 and tracking-software experience.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to aircraft maintenance, quality assurance, and supervision.
Modification supervisor at the Empire Airlines repair station in Hayden, Idaho. Runs the hangar lines doing structural and composite repairs and modifications, staffs and schedules technicians and leads, keeps projects on schedule and budget, coordinates parts and inspections, and updates customers. Needs an A&P with three years of experience and two years supervising; $32 to $47 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to aircraft maintenance, supervision, and team leadership.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
Aircraft Maintenance
Supervision
Team Leadership
Scheduling
Regulatory Compliance
FAA A&P certificate required
Requires: FAA certificate under FAR Part 65; valid driver license
Lead electronics technician and FAA repairman at Triumph's West Hartford, Connecticut repair station. Inspects electronic parts to IPC-A-610, directs and trains repair staff, schedules work, updates repair procedures, writes estimates, oversees NDT, and returns parts to service. Needs five years as an aerospace technician and an A&P or repairman certificate. Pay $36.94 to $52.15 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to quality assurance, supervision, and scheduling.
Working lead for Jet Aviation's aircraft maintenance team at Point Mugu. Plans mechanical tasks, reports test status, assigns technicians, runs engines, handles inspections and repairs, and checks records against repair station and FAA standards. Requires an FAA A&P and five years of heavy maintenance on mid-size or larger aircraft.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to aircraft maintenance, supervision, and team leadership.
Quality control supervisor at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama, a maker of general aviation engine accessories. Leads a small team of inspectors and technicians, plans the daily inspection and test workload, keeps quality records complete, writes up nonconformances and escalates problems to production, and keeps work compliant. Three years of quality or manufacturing; bachelor's preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to quality assurance, supervision, and team leadership.
Return-to-service inspector at Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Owns airworthiness paperwork for assigned business-jet projects from planning to delivery: researches airworthiness directives and logbook history, performs required inspections, reviews modification data packages and conformity sign-offs, answers customer and FAA questions, and mentors inspectors. Needs five years of aviation maintenance and an A&P or repairman certificate.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to aircraft maintenance, quality assurance, and training.