Senior Manager - Engineering

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications)\:

• Bachelor's degree or related experience in Engineering degree, aerospace, electrical or mechanical
• 10 years engineering experience in the engine/component maintenance industry with a minimum of 3 years in a technical leadership role
• Broad understanding of engineering technologies including material forming processes, metallurgical analysis, high-temperature coating processes and machining
• 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.

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master's degree or related experience
• Project management and process improvement experience
• Experience with helping facilities adapt to new processes and procedures to optimize aircraft engine and component repairs.

Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.

Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.

Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

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.

Key Responsibilities\:

Technical Operations/Maintenance

Technical Operations includes the maintenance, and overhaul of our aircraft. This includes aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities teams, supply chain teams and more.

Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.

Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.

Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

Job overview and responsibilities

Shop Overhaul Engineering is responsible for wide variety of projects and support work in UA component and rework/remanufacturing shops including component repairs, robotic programming, data analysis and process/policy management. This requires leading a team with extensive multi-functional engineering expertise in material processing, metallurgy, destructive testing of materials, microstructural analysis, chemical product management and component repair processes. Responsible for the ongoing fine tuning of component and equipment Engineering procedures in GMMs, Operation Guides, Standard Operating Procedures, and training information. Responsible for organizing major shop standardization and optimization initiatives for internal component shops throughout the UA system.

• Execution of departmental strategy and business plan through direct leadership of engineering personnel
• Provide leadership and direction to assure compliance with legal and technical requirements in support of the maintenance, repair and overhaul of engines and engine modules, components, and piece parts.
• Lead engineering team in the development and implementation of product improvements for issues related to the operation, performance, modification, and/or repair of engines, engine modules, components, and piece parts.
• Identify key issues needing to be addressed and assign projects sought at developing product and process improvements.
• Provide leadership for failure analysis and investigations through understanding of failure and distress modes, and execution of root cause analysis and report status of operations, highlighting significant events to Managing Director while providing directions to engineering team and product line leaders to ensure divisional objectives are achieved.

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!