Maintenance Production

“You'll be the production superintendent — the person who coordinates all maintenance activities for an aircraft maintenance unit and makes sure the flying schedule gets supported. Production management experience in aviation is directly applicable to airline MRO operations management, maintenance operations center careers, and defense contractor maintenance management positions.”

Production superintendent work means you're the person translating the commander's flying schedule requirements into maintenance tasks and coordinating the people and parts to make it happen. The operations management and scheduling skills are real. Airlines and MRO facilities hire from military maintenance production backgrounds for operations center and scheduling positions. The job is high-tempo, people-intensive, and the pressure from operations when aircraft aren't ready is immediate and direct. You develop a thick skin about schedule changes and a deep appreciation for parts that arrive on time.