Field Maintenance Planning Manager

United Airlines - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

1,001-5,000 employees

Air Transportation

About the position

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy, and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k, and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world? At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they're well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you're ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional field planning team in reviewing, scheduling, coordinating and effectively communicating aircraft maintenance activities.
• Lead daily workload meetings with station leadership.
• Serve as subject matter expert and designated station trainer on related technology platforms.
• Develop and foster strong cross-divisional relationships while maintaining an open line of communication with various planning teams, maintenance stations, maintenance control, routing and other Tech Ops and NOC teams.
• Manage administrative duties of the assigned field planning team including team scheduling, vacation, holiday, and sick outages.
• Mentor, develop and train field planning team members.
• Monitor goal performance and implement actions to address gaps.
• Ensure team compliance with planning SOPs.
• Coordinate pilot projects involving labor-hour and ground time estimates on new and existing line maintenance tasks to aid in workability.
• Manage station capabilities and qualification data.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 4 years of commercial aircraft or military aircraft maintenance experience.
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant License or equivalent technical education or experience.
• Extensive knowledge of aircraft systems.
• Autonomous proactive self-starter.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to use digital technology tools such as MS Office, Teams, etc.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship.
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, aviation technology or aviation management.
• 2 years in an aircraft maintenance leadership role.
• 2 years of aircraft maintenance planning experience.
• Green or Black Belt in Lean/Six Sigma.
• Project Management certification.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Parental leave