Company Description:
Crestone Air Partners (CAP) specializes in investing in commercial jet aircraft and engines, offering comprehensive aviation asset management solutions. With a diverse portfolio of leased aircraft and engines operated by airlines globally, CAP focuses on transactions in the secondary market during the later stages of asset lifecycles. Leveraging expertise from its affiliated aviation specialists within the Air T family, CAP provides tailored and flexible solutions to meet client needs. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, CAP is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Air T, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRT), enabling unique, value‑driven strategies in aviation.
Role Description:
The Asset Management role spearheads the technical and commercial oversight of Crestone’s aircraft and engine leasing portfolio, ensuring lease compliance, protecting asset value, and optimizing portfolio performance across the full asset lifecycle. The position partners closely with commercial, finance, legal, and technical stakeholders to support remarketing, sales, acquisitions, and asset transitions, while coordinating inspections, maintenance events, forecasting, and technical records integrity.
Responsibilities:
Own the technical management of aircraft and engine leases, including monitoring compliance with lease technical provisions and preserving asset value.
Serve as key technical support for remarketing, sales transactions, and portfolio projects, including due diligence and specification reviews.
Coordinate and oversee on‑lease inspections, transitions, and major maintenance events, ensuring all required reports, records, and data are received, reviewed, and properly filed.
Develop and maintain aircraft technical specifications and technical reports, including updates as configurations and status change.
Build and maintain engineering, maintenance, and modification schedules, including forecasting of maintenance events for portfolio assets and acquisition targets.
Review aircraft modifications, repair records, and certification basis, translating technical findings into commercial impact and risk assessment.
Manage maintenance reserves, including reserve billing support, claim processing, and coordination with internal teams and lessees.
Support acquisition underwriting and modeling by providing technical input, maintenance forecasting, and risk analysis.
Support development of project budgets and long‑term forecasts tied to asset planning and portfolio risk management.
Maintain analytical reporting for portfolio status, maintenance condition, and forward‑looking exposure, including fly‑forward style condition assessments when applicable.
Manage relationships with lessee technical teams, external consultants, MROs, and inspection providers, driving responsiveness and accountability.
Provide technical support to commercial and marketing teams, including positioning of assets and transition planning.
For more senior leveling, lead and support negotiations and execution of high‑value technical agreements and outcomes tied to lease, sale, transition, and disposition strategies.
Travel as required to meet operational needs.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in aviation asset management or adjacent technical services, ideally 7 plus years, with 10 plus years preferred for Director or VP leveling, including substantial technical asset management exposure.
Strong technical foundation in aircraft and engine maintenance, records, and regulatory requirements, with the ability to assess commercial impact, trends, and risk.
Demonstrated ability to interpret lease language, legal documentation, and technical financial documentation, and to manage compliance against contractual obligations.
Strong commercial acumen, including experience supporting remarketing, sales, acquisitions, and lifecycle decision making such as transition and disposition options.
Excellent project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills across internal teams and external vendors.
High attention to detail with the ability to perform accurately under pressure in a deadline‑driven environment.
Strong MS Office skills, including Excel, plus comfort with electronic records systems and document management tools. Asset management systems familiarity preferred, for example LeaseWorks.
Willingness to take on tasks outside stated responsibilities when needed and to travel as required.
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