Production Manager

Production Manager - Internal Posting

LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

About AircraftWorks
AircraftWorks Ltd. is a Transport Canada approved AMO supporting Air Partners’ aviation fleet in Calgary and Edmonton. We provide the maintenance depth and technical standards that help make every trip effortless for our guests by delivering safety, reliability, and peace of mind with every takeoff.

The Opportunity
This is a permanent role, reporting to the Vice President of Maintenance. The Production Manager is a leadership role responsible for the performance of a multi-aircraft AMO by bringing together regulatory excellence, people leadership, and operational discipline. This role is for a hands-on maintenance leader with deep technical credibility, strong CARs knowledge, and the drive to build a high-performing team that consistently delivers safe, high-quality maintenance outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the current day’s work assignments via the team leads to meet operational requirements. 


• Ensure the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance is completed or deferred in accordance with policy and regulation in a manner to meet upcoming flight schedule for each aircraft.


• Provide guidance to the team leads in prioritizing the work and make adjustments if required.


• Ensure the team has all the required parts and services needed to meet the day’s goals. Coordinate with the purchasing team as appropriate.


• Call in additional staffing and approve overtime when required to meet the above priority.


• Provide ad hoc administration support. This may be conducting research of past defects, research of OEM documentation, and/or working with the OEM to provide troubleshooting solutions or engineering support.


• Review the previous day’s timecards for all technical maintenance staff. Ensure hours billed are appropriate for the associated task. Provide coaching to staff where there is a concern, add notes to the card to detail issues that may require time adjustment (warranty) during the billing process.


• Review and refine the planner’s proposed work for the next 7 days. This will include a final confirmation parts, supplies and 3rd party services have been arranged.


• Monitor part orders and ensure adequate troubleshooting has been completed prior to placing order.


• Monitor the quality of the aircraft maintenance workmanship and compliance with the manufacturers' recommendations and/or industry standards; raise concerns to the DOM/PRM and make corrective actions as required.


• Track and approve the corrective actions for recurring defects to ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner.


• Approve the AMEs' shift schedules/PTO requests and manage the vacation bidding process for hangar floor staff.


• Ensure maintenance personnel are competent regarding the maintenance methods to be employed in the performance of work


• Ensure the crew's PTO is used when workload permits.

Aircraft Types Supported

• Falcon 2000EX (Honeywell EASy II),


• Challenger 604 (Fusion) / 605 (Proline 21),


• Citation X (Primus 2000),


• Citation V/Ultra (GNT 650/750),


• Citation Excel (Primus 1000),


• Hawker 800XP (Primus 2000) ,


• Lear 75 (Garmin 5000),


• Gulfstream 150 (Proline 21),


• King Air 350 (Proline Fusion)

Your Qualifications

• Valid TCCA M2 AME licence with 5+ years of aviation maintenance experience


• Endorsement on one or more of the aircraft types listed above


• Excellent troubleshooting skills and sound operational decision-making


• Detailed computer skills


• Strong regulatory knowledge


• Valid driver’s licence


• Ability to obtain/hold a Restricted Area Identity Card (RAIC)


• Valid passport and ability to travel worldwide as required


• Authorization to work in Canada