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Aircraft Maintenance Technician (A&P)

Company: flyADVANCED

Location: KXLL – Allentown, PA

Primary Aircraft: Piper P100 Fleet

Compensation

• Hourly pay range $25-$45 per hour, based on experience.

About the Role

This position is part of the flyADVANCED maintenance team based at KXLL. While flyADVANCED operates separately from the flight school, this role exists primarily to support flyGATEWAY Flight School operations by maintaining a high-utilization general aviation training fleet.

The role is hands-on and maintenance-driven, ideal for technicians who enjoy working in a fast-paced environment focused on piston aircraft, preventative maintenance, and operational reliability rather than turbine or airline-style operations.

Our maintenance team plays a critical role in keeping the Piper P100 fleet safe, compliant, and mission-ready to support daily training operations.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on Piper P100 training aircraft
• Conduct 100-hour and annual inspections in accordance with FAA regulations
• Troubleshoot and repair airframe, powerplant, and basic avionics discrepancies
• Remove, install, rig, and operationally check aircraft components and systems as required
• Accurately complete maintenance records, logbook entries, and work orders in compliance with FAA and company standards
• Coordinate with flight school leadership to minimize aircraft downtime and maximize availability
• Work collaboratively with other technicians to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality maintenance outcomes
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused maintenance workspace
• Support aircraft return-to-service and overall operational readiness

Additional Information

• This position is based at our KXLL facility supporting a dedicated Piper P100 training fleet
• The maintenance team operates in a high-utilization flight school environment with a strong emphasis on safety, reliability, and documentation accuracy

Qualifications / Skills

• Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certificate
• Experience maintaining piston single-engine aircraft
• Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, and basic avionics systems
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail and maintenance documentation accuracy
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work flexible schedules, including occasional weekends

Preferred Qualifications

• Flight school or general aviation experience in a high-utilization setting
• Familiarity with Piper aircraft; P100 experience a plus
• Inspection Authorization (IA) preferred but not required
• Basic avionics troubleshooting experience

What We Offer

• Stable, consistent workload in a flight school support environment
• Supportive team culture focused on safety and professionalism
• Opportunities for growth as flight operations continue to expand

Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Customer Service Manager to join a Global Manufacturer located in Montgomery County. This manager will report to the VP of SC and lead a team of Customer Service Specialist to streamline the customer orders processing, optimize the order process from demand, distribution, warehouses, manufacturing, engineering and import/export, maintain and develop customer relations and ensure quality standard of products, collaborate with finance, supply chain, procurement, logistics, independent sales reps to ensure timely process of accounting, PO processing, purchasing, R&D, manufacturing, achieve highest accurate rate on order fulfillment with minimum operational cost across travel time, and inventory. This is a full-time, permanent leadership opportunity with lucrative base salary, bonus, and competitive benefit, in addition, company would like to develop this individual to the senior level leadership in the near future.

Responsibilities:

• Report to VP of Operations and lead a team of Customer Service Specialists to streamline order processing for customer sales orders; staff train and develop the team to deliver supreme customer service and order fulfillment.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, procurement, logistics, and distribution to optimize supply chain processes, reduce travel time, and increase order fulfillment rate on accuracy, quality, on-time and within budget metrics.
• Resolve customer complaints and supply chain bottlenecks in an effective and timely manner, deliver corrective action to reduce recurring issues.
• Collaborate with S&OP team and other Supply Chain Team to achieve process improvement, reduce cost on transportation, travel time, and inventory and not jeopardize on-time order fulfillment.
• Maintain, develop customer relations; support troubleshooting sales order issues involving quality, delay, backordered, recall, identify root cause and support the implementation of corrective action and CI to reduce recurring errors.
• Work closely with Sales & Marketing team to ensure realistic expectation from new customers, properly set up new customers in the ERP Systems.
• Collaborate with R&D, Manufacturing on change of order requests from customers, support new product development process and ensure new products are set up in the CRM system, update customers on product application, change of order status, design status, and manufacturing status as needed.
• Provide hands on leadership and mentoring to subordinate, develop, standardize and implement operational procedure for the customer service department, develop KPI to measure and improve customer service performance across volume, accuracy, responsiveness, etc.
• Attending management meetings and routine S&OP meetings, address potential bottlenecks, issues regarding customer accounts, sales order process, cost reduction, productivity, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Recent years of hands-on leadership experience within Manufacturing, Order fulfillment, Customer Account Management within manufacturing industries, exposure to consumer products, contract manufacturing desired.
• Solid knowledge in ERP and Excel
• Experience with order fulfillment with regulated materials.
• Experience with S&OP preferred, strong in problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent customer service skills, strong people and communication skills.
• Excellent in relationship building and negotiation skills.
• Ambition in advancing to senior level leadership role.

Compensation, bonus and benefit

• Competitive Base Compensation
• Annual targeted bonus
• 401k with match
• Paid health, dental and vision
• Paid life insurance
• Paid long-term/short-term disability
• PTO and Paid holidays

Procurement Manager – Manufacturing Industry

Berks County, PA (on-site)

The Procurement Manager opportunity is with a multi-billion dollar manufacturer with consistent growth, great company culture, and career development. This role will be responsible for systematic evaluations of commodities, spend, and suppliers in order to reduce risk and provide favorable value throughout the organization. Candidates should have a Bachelors degree and 5+ years of procurement/purchasing experience with a large organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement purchasing strategies
• Managing daily procurement department activities, supervise staff, and allocate assignments
• Manage supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, process, timelines, etc.
• Coordinating with inventory control to determine and management inventory requirements
• Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications
• Project Management and continuous improvement of purchasing systems and processes; removes non-value added and manual tasks to achieve optimal performance
• Employee training on purchasing process and how to use the purchasing system
• Negotiates advantageous pricing, terms, warranties, delivery and handling obligations, and penalties for late delivery
• MRP System updated regarding order status, pricing, lead-times, delivery coordination, etc.
• Coordinates with Supplier development and quality to achieve cost of quality goals and reimbursement success
• Commodity Management support to achieve departmental goals including Supplier selection, RFP’s, RFQ’s for team evaluation
• Global risk management identification and research that could impact the supply, delivery, and customer demand
• Monitors and analyzes supplier performance, developing and implementing action plans to improve as needed
• Understand current industry and government regulations governing sustainability
• Reviews and evaluates pricing changes for company impact
• Participate on new product teams as required, coordinating supplier pre-approvals, quotes, and new product entry into the MRP system
• Manage the processing of invoices, packing lists and other order history documents
• Manage and trend base material Price Indices for various materials.
• Audits and pre-qualifies vendors in conjunction with the Supplier Quality group for company compliance with diversity goals, cGMP and ISO and other certification requirements
• Develops departmental KPI’s to ensure process control and continuous improvement
• Supervisory responsibilities including:
• In conjunction with Director of Procurement, hires and manages Procurement staff as assigned
• Administers everyday activities of purchasing staff and provide training to staff to ensure compliance to cGMP
• Conducts performance evaluation conversations and coaching
• Ensures compliance to all purchasing policies
• Analyze all vendor performance to improve purchasing process
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with suppliers and prepare reports for purchasing department and provide effective interface with all departments
• Monitors all purchasing activities and design various cost-effective methods according to demands
• Manages supplier contracts
• Supervises audit activities for departmental compliance with cGMP, ISO9001, IATF 16949 and all other certification requirements.
• Performs other duties as required by Management

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Supply Chain/ Business/ Engineering or related field; equivalent level of education, training and experience may be considered
• 5+ years of experience at a supervisory, management, or senior professional level role with emphasis on purchasing, procurement, or materials management
• Broad knowledge and understanding of business costing, economics, and commercial awareness
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, material specifications, pricing indices, etc.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills; builds positive working relationships with staff; can effectively lead, coach/mentor and develop clerical and support staff

In this role, you will report to the Site Manager and will work closely with the Avantor's Advanced Laboratory Services professionals to serve our customers by performing customized, mission-based lab work and research protocols that help return time back to science.

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Shift: 8 am-4:30 pm (may change based on customer needs)

Hourly Rate: $23.00 - $25.00

Benefits:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellness programs

• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO), Company-paid holidays, Choice holidays, etc.

• Financial Well Being: Spending Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), tuition assistance, employee stock purchase plan discount

• Added Protection Coverage: To include critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, legal, identity theft protection, pet, auto, and home insurance

• Recognition: Celebrate your peers and earn points to redeem for gifts and products

What we're looking for

Education:

• High school diploma required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Life Sciences, or related field preferred.

Experience:

• 1-2 years in procurement, inventory management, or lab operations required.

• SAP, MS Office Suite (Excel, Access), and digital procurement platforms preferred.

• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred

• Formal training in problem-solving methodologies is preferred.

• Familiarity with FDA, CGMP, and ISO standards.

• Strong understanding of lab operations and material workflows.

• Ability to independently solve complex problems using operational insights.

• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.

• Effective communicator with strong interpersonal and negotiation abilities.

• Proficient in data analysis and reporting,

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Expert-level skills in Excel)

• SAP experience is highly desirable.

• Knowledge of contracts and supplier management best practices.

• Comfortable working in highly regulated environments.

How you will thrive and create an impact

Avantor's Advanced Laboratory Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support.

As an Onsite Procurement Specialist/Buyer, you'll be embedded at customer facilities to ensure the seamless coordination of inventory and material operations. This role supports laboratory and production environments by managing sourcing, procurement, and logistics of essential materials, including consumables, chemicals, solvents, and reagents. You'll be the operational backbone of our onsite services, helping our customers maintain efficiency, compliance, and scientific progress. In this role, you will:

• Coordinate and streamline workflows related to inventory and material management.

• Support procurement and planning functions, ensuring timely and compliant delivery of materials.

• Maintain strong relationships with vendors and internal departments to optimize cost, quality, and delivery timelines.

• Ensure alignment with regulatory standards, including FDA, CGMP, and ISO9001.

• Collaborate with Avantor's broader service and sourcing teams to deliver integrated solutions.

• Source, procure, and coordinate delivery of critical lab and production materials.

• Manage inventory levels, reorder points, and replenishment cycles using Avantor and customer systems.

• Assist in supplier qualification, contract interpretation, and compliance documentation.

• Support emergency deliveries and installation of materials.

• Maintain standing orders and manage engineering change notifications.

• Provide reporting on material planning, open orders, and performance metrics.

• Resolve non-conformance issues and document supplier corrective actions.

• Facilitate audit support and vendor engagement activities.

• Collect, document, and report operational data and observations.

• Maintain >95% inventory accuracy across managed categories.

• Ensure 100% compliance with regulatory and safety standards.

• Deliver monthly reports on inventory levels, supplier performance, and cost savings.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Resolve procurement issues within 48 hours of escalation.

• Maintain positive customer satisfaction scores through responsive service and communication.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

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