What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dock Lead position at ST Engineering?
Date: Oct 17, 2025
Location: Pensacola, FL, US, 32504
Company: STENA
Who YOU are and what You can become:
Are you a natural leader who thrives on keeping operations organized, efficient, and on track? As our Dock Lead, you’ll play a central role in directing daily maintenance activity on the hangar floor—coordinating teams, maintaining workflow, and ensuring every task meets company and customer standards. In this role, you’ll oversee scheduling, timekeeping, safety, and quality, while mentoring your team and promoting collaboration across departments. If you’re ready to take the next step in your aviation career and lead a crew in a fast-paced, high-precision environment, this is the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Are you a natural leader who thrives on keeping operations organized, efficient, and on track? As our Dock Lead, you’ll play a central role in directing daily maintenance activity on the hangar floor—coordinating teams, maintaining workflow, and ensuring every task meets company and customer standards. In this role, you’ll oversee scheduling, timekeeping, safety, and quality, while mentoring your team and promoting collaboration across departments. If you’re ready to take the next step in your aviation career and lead a crew in a fast-paced, high-precision environment, this is the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Who WE are and where WE are going:
ST Engineering Aerospace is located in Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers' requirements by providing a full spectrum of high-quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know-how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers' aircraft operate safely and efficiently.
What YOU will do:
The Lead Dock Controller will be responsible to the Dock Supervisor. The Lead Dock Controller provides leadership direction and training to Dock Controllers and Clerks. Ensure that with regard to Dock Control all company policies are adhered to.
In This Role YOU will:
- Maintain the security of the work dock. Access is to be limited to employees and customer representatives with an immediate need to be in the work dock.
- Ensure that Dock personnel adhere to safe maintenance practices and keeps a clean work area.
- Be familiar with the Maintenance Agreement and review all tasks to determine billing status (i.e. Flat Rate or Over and Above).
- Coordinate with Project Planner to assure that all billable tasks are being submitted to the customer representative for approval prior to being accomplished.
- Initiate and review a daily budget report. Items with the potential to exceed budget are to be communicated to the Project Manager for resolution.
- Receive the work package from the Project Planner. Verify that package is complete and with the aid of the production plan, and the Project Manager, load the work cards in the work boards in a manner that promotes efficient workflow (transfer from production controller responsibility)
- Ensure all assigned personnel are at work and on the job on time.
- Ensure all Dock personnel go to and from lunch and breaks on time.
- Ensure that all timecards and job cards are properly filled out, accounted for, hours approved and processed in a timely manner
- Maintain an up-to-date personnel roster with current telephone listing.
- Evaluate the performance of personnel, to ensure all employees’ performance reviews are completed on time and fairly.
- Report to his/her supervisor any recommend personnel problems that cannot be resolved satisfactorily by Dock personnel.
- Provide on-the-job training of employees.
- Promote teamwork and good communication within the company.
- Perform any work that may be assigned by Management.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Good working knowledge or the ability to acquire skills in the following:
- Good understanding of dock control procedures and scheduling.
- Good understanding of all company policies and procedures.
- Working knowledge of aircraft maintenance and related materials.
- Working knowledge of production documentation requirements.
- Computer literate. SAP, Word, and Excel
- Supervision skills and experience
SUPERVISION:
Under direction of, and reports to the Program Planning Manager. He/She performs assignments after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results.
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS:
A high level of interpersonal skills is required to maintain an effective relationship between subordinates, management, and customer representatives.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:
Essential responsibilities are performed in a climate-controlled office but not limited to the office.
What YOU Need:
- High School diploma or GED required.
- 1 year Dock Controller or 6 to 12 months aircraft lead / supervisory experience
YOU get more than Just compensation with US:
As part of the ST Engineering family, you will be treated like family. We offer a great range of benefits that our employees value and help make ST Engineering the best place to learn and work. Our benefits reflect our commitment to attract, engage and retain the most talented people and offer a diverse selection of benefits to suit you and your family.
Some of the benefits we offer are listed below:
- Medical Benefits
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- 401k with Employer match
- PTO
- Company provided uniforms
- 6 Nationally recognized holidays
- Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Company sponsored events throughout the year
Background and Drug Screening Requirements-
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, successful completion of a background check and drug screening is a mandatory condition for employment. All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results from these screenings.
Equal Opportunity -
It takes diverse talent to solve real-world problems. ST Engineering is committed to building a workplace community where inclusion is valued, and everyone feels welcomed. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s through our differences that innovative changes are made.
Reasonable Accommodations –
ST Engineering is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact our Talent Strategies team at 1-571-771-0101, or by email at stena.careers@stengg.us.
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