American Airlines · 5 days ago
Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance
Tulsa, OK
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline offering travel opportunities and career growth. The Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance is responsible for leading a team in ensuring safety, quality, production, and budgetary commitments are met within the maintenance organization.
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Responsibilities
Manages the daily Production requirements through subordinates
Provides short and long term strategic direction for department
Ensures team members are following procedures in order to ensure maximum efficiency, compliance and safety
Leads staff to ensure team members skills are utilized to the highest degree possible; leads coordination with Maintenance Training to ensure on-going enhancement of staff and skill set
Conducts regular meetings with Business Reviews and Boardwalks to ensure best possible communication, identification, and resolution of action items
Monitors the coordination of maintenance manpower requirements overtime and consistency with program scheduling and priorities
Maintains effective communication between Maintenance, Engineering, Facilities Maintenance and other Supply Chain groups
Ensures development, review and validation of maintenance requirements to ensure appropriate training for maintenance as well as leadership development
Ensures all mandatory requirements are scheduled/completed to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the applicable aircraft, component, or engine flow plan as well as the safe operation of the fleet
Ensures team members know, understand and are engaged in achieving critical Metrics and key performance indicators
Develops LEAN Improvement Strategy
Manages hangar-wide flow of maintenance aircraft such as scheduled maintenance, mods and drop-ins by shift
Executes manpower deployment and shift production requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Aeronautics or related field or equivalent experience/training
4 years experience leading other supervisory management personnel
Experience in positions requiring budget understanding, resource forecasting and management and workload planning in maintenance environments
3 years Aircraft Maintenance Operations or compliance equivalent experience
A&P License
Knowledge of audit requirements
Knowledge of labor reporting and crew utilization
Strong interpersonal and PC skills
Knowledge of the GPM and SPPM
Ability to concurrently manage multiple areas of responsibility
Excellent analytical, organization and planning skills
Must pass a background reference check and criminal fingerprint check
Ability to work effectively with all levels of team members
Some travel may be required
Preferred
5 years leadership experience
Lean, Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma experience
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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