Chief Aircraft Inspector

STS Technical Services is conducting a confidential search for an experienced Chief Aircraft Inspector to support a regulated aviation maintenance operation in Milwaukee.

This senior-level role provides leadership over inspection and quality functions and plays a critical role in ensuring regulatory compliance, safe maintenance practices, and efficient return-to-service operations. Discretion will be maintained throughout the hiring process.

The Chief Aircraft Inspector is responsible for leading inspection and quality activities within a certified aviation maintenance environment. This role oversees inspection personnel, authorizes inspections, supports audit readiness, and ensures compliance with all applicable aviation regulations and quality standards.

• Lead and manage inspection and quality functions across maintenance operations
  
• Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable FAA regulations and internal quality standards
  
• Oversee inspector activities during repair, overhaul, and modification work
  
• Perform and authorize in-process and final inspections as required
  
• Support return-to-service documentation and airworthiness release activities
  
• Maintain inspection-related programs including calibration control, shelf-life monitoring, and scrap control
  
• Participate in internal, customer, and regulatory audits
  
• Interface with regulatory authorities and customers as required
  
• Maintain approved technical data, inspection procedures, and quality documentation
  
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across inspection and quality systems
  

• FAA Airframe certification or FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification
  
• Eligibility for a Repairman Certificate considered acceptable
  
• Minimum of 5 to 10 years of inspection and or quality experience within aviation maintenance or repair operations
  
• Strong working knowledge of FAA regulations and quality systems
  
• Proven ability to make sound inspection and airworthiness decisions
  

• Prior leadership or supervisory experience within inspection or quality functions
  
• Experience supporting audits and regulatory interactions
  
• Strong organizational, communication, and decision-making skills
  

• Senior-level quality leadership position
  
• High-impact role within a stable and regulated aviation operation
  
• Opportunity to influence inspection standards and mentor inspection personnel
  
• Confidential search conducted with discretion throughout the hiring process
  

STS Technical Services is a Top 100 Staffing Firm that partners with leading organizations across aerospace, manufacturing, defense, and industrial sectors. We support critical leadership hires where experience, trust, and discretion matter.

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