Paint Supervisor – Moline, IL

Overview

Elliott Aviation, a leader in aircraft solutions, has an exciting opportunity for a Supervisor for the Paint Shop at our location in Moline, IL.  Since 1936, Elliott Aviation has been a world-class provider of comprehensive and customer-focused solutions for business aviation.  Our vision, building partnerships that last, applies to our employees as well as our customers.  As the Supervisor for the Paint Shop, you will be part of a team working to provide outstanding products and services to our customers.

General Summary:

To supervise the efficient coordination of exterior refurbishment activity to meet or exceed customer schedules while maintaining high quality control standards.

• Effectively lead/direct team to deliver customer aircraft on time, on budget and squawk free.
• Develop and maintain efficient/high performance team striving to achieve man-hour objectives.
• Efficiently supervise the assigned production activity on the shop floor 
• Coordinate the proper application of manpower for each job in order to satisfy the scheduling requirements.
• Coordinate the scheduling of all assigned work orders for the paint department.
• Assist employees with troubleshooting/administrative problems that arise.
• Ensure that all completed assigned tasks have been inspected in accordance with the repair station manual.
• Maintain a clean, neat, safe and professional working environment.
• Ensure customer communication for all assigned shop activity.
• Participate in meetings with key cross department personnel in order to coordinate inter-departmental activity, hanger shuffles, test flights, aircraft wash, etc.
• Perform advance planning to enable a smooth workflow for the projects.
• Ensure team members have tooling and materials needed to accomplish assigned task in a timely manner to maximize efficiencies.  
• Ensure goal times are assigned to every discrepancy and manage the time to assure expectations are meet by the technicians.
• Daily monitor the work in progress to assure that labor and materials are applied to each work order properly.
• Daily review employee’s time cards for correct information.
• Present the work order upon completion of a project ready to close to the Paint Shop Manager for final review before being invoiced. 
• Ensure or prepare the Job Team Review forms after completion of the project and review with the Paint Shop Manager.
• Participate in the performance review process for all assigned team members.
• Promptly report any airworthy situations to the chief inspector.
• Respond to aircraft paint “call-outs” as needed.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Job Specific Requirements: 

• Proven aircraft exterior refurbishment shop organizational and leadership skills
• Proven customer communication skills
• Knowledgeable of FAR’s 43, 91, 135, 145 as pertains to exterior refurbishment
• Profit and efficiency oriented
• Solid leadership skills
• Strong Technical orientation
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong customer orientation
• Strong interpersonal skills

• Regularly required to:
  • Stand, walk, climb, or balance
  • Reach with hands or arms, grasp or pull
  • Lift objects of up to 25 lbs. 
  • Ability to wear PPE.
• Occasionally required to:
  • Talking or hearing
  • Sitting, kneeling, stooping, crouching or crawling 
  • Lifting up to 50 lbs. 
  • Regularly exposed to:
  • Toxic or caustic chemicals
  • Fumes and loud noises
• Occasionally works in:
  • High or precarious places

• Must be able to work various shifts (including weekends) and overtime as needed
• Occasional overnight travel.