About the role
Job Description: Shield AI is seeking a highly organized and mission-focused Maintenance Expediter to support the VBAT Depot Maintenance team. This role is responsible for keeping maintenance operations flowing by coordinating work priorities, planning upcoming maintenance, ordering and tracking parts, positioning required support equipment, and eliminating roadblocks that prevent technicians from returning aircraft to service efficiently. The ideal candidate has prior military aviation maintenance experience, understands the tempo and urgency of aircraft maintenance operations, and knows how to bridge the gap between technicians, supply chain, production leadership, and support equipment teams. \n
What you'll do: Coordinate daily maintenance flow for VBAT aircraft in depot maintenance, ensuring technicians have the parts, tools, ground support equipment, and information needed to complete work efficiently. Plan, prioritize, and track scheduled and unscheduled maintenance actions to support aircraft return-to-service timelines. Monitor aircraft status, maintenance drivers, estimated time in commission/return to service, open discrepancies, part shortages, and work center constraints. Order required parts with the appropriate priority, track document/order numbers, and communicate status updates to technicians, production leadership, supply chain, and other stakeholders. Identify and remove roadblocks affecting maintenance execution, including parts delays, support equipment availability, technical coordination, staffing constraints, and external support
requirements. Coordinate with supply chain, logistics, and material support teams to resolve backorders, due-outs, part substitutions, repair cycle issues, and turn-in
requirements. Ensure ground support equipment is available, serviceable, and positioned where needed to support maintenance operations. Maintain accurate maintenance status trackers, production boards, shift pass-downs, and other reporting tools used to manage aircraft flow through depot maintenance. Support maintenance planning meetings and provide clear updates on aircraft status, constraints, priorities, and recovery plans. Work closely with technicians, leads, quality, engineering, supply chain, and production leadership to ensure maintenance is completed safely, accurately, and efficiently. Reinforce maintenance discipline, documentation accuracy, tool control, safety, and compliance with applicable technical data and local procedures. Required