Manager, Aircraft Base Maintenance

American Airlines Group - Tulsa, OK

Full-time - Manager

Tulsa, OK

Air Transportation

About the position

As a Manager of Aircraft Base Maintenance at American Airlines, you will play a pivotal role in leading a team within the Base Maintenance Team of the Integrated Operations Division. This position is designed for individuals who are ready to embrace a dynamic and fast-paced environment, ensuring that safety, quality, production, and budgetary commitments are consistently met. You will be responsible for managing daily production requirements through your subordinates, providing both short and long-term strategic direction for the department. Your leadership will be crucial in ensuring that team members adhere to procedures that maximize efficiency, compliance, and safety in all operations. In this role, you will lead a diverse team that includes supervisors, crew chiefs, aircraft maintenance technicians, and administrative staff. You will conduct regular meetings to facilitate effective communication and to identify and resolve action items. Your responsibilities will also include monitoring maintenance manpower requirements, ensuring that they align with program scheduling and priorities. You will maintain effective communication between various departments, including Maintenance, Engineering, and Facilities Maintenance, to ensure seamless operations. Additionally, you will oversee the development, review, and validation of maintenance requirements, ensuring that appropriate training and leadership development opportunities are provided to your team. You will be tasked with ensuring that all mandatory requirements are scheduled and completed to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of aircraft operations. Your role will also involve developing a LEAN Improvement Strategy and managing engine shop overhaul production flow, as well as executing manpower deployment and shift production requirements. This position is not just about managing tasks; it’s about inspiring your team to achieve critical metrics and key performance indicators, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Manages the daily Production requirements through subordinates
• Provides short and long term strategic direction for department
• Ensures team members are following procedures to ensure maximum efficiency, compliance and safety
• Leads staff to ensure team members' skills are utilized to the highest degree possible
• 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
• Ensures team members know, understand and are engaged in achieving critical Metrics and key performance indicators
• Develops LEAN Improvement Strategy
• Manages engine shop overhaul production flow
• Executes manpower deployment and shift production requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Aeronautics or related field or equivalent experience/training
• 3 years experience leading other 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

Nice-to-haves

• 4 years leadership experience
• Lean, Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma experience

Benefits

• Travel Perks: Access to 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights
• Health Benefits: Access to health, dental, prescription and vision benefits from day one
• Wellness Programs: Tools, resources, and support for personal wellness
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire with employer contributions after one year
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet insurance
• Discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more