Manager Engineering Structures

Company:
Alaska Airlines The Team:
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day.

If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role

Summary:

The Manager Engineering - Structures is responsible for executing the strategy for preventative aircraft maintenance procedures, reliability improvements, aircraft structural retrofit and compliance at Alaska Airlines (AS). As a people leader, the manager leads and establishes priorities for the team to drive safety, compliance, cost reduction, and fleet maintenance improvements, while delivering best-in-class operations.

Key Duties:

• Leads a team of engineers tasked with managing aircraft ATA 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 by mandating specific maintenance actions, modification, and procedures.
• Execute on strategy with a 12 month horizon.
• Authorizes engineering controls (ECs) efficiently and maintains the highest level of safety and compliance.
• Maintains and ensures compliance to the damage tolerance, aging aircraft, removable structural components, corrosion prevention and other programs and processes.
• Analyzes maintenance visits, in-service and industry data, and manufacturer recommendation to justify and implement changes to aircraft configuration and maintenance programs that optimize aircraft reliability.
• Ensures compliance with all Airworthiness directives (ADs) and Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). Reviews Service Bulletins (SBs), Service Letters, OEM bulletins, SRMs and other commodity related maintenance information.
• Partners with reliability, line maintenance, and base maintenance to ensure on time resolutions are incorporated.
• Supports the Safety Management System using the policies and procedures as outlined in the Alaska Air Group SMS manual.
• Submits service requests as needed to OEM and obtains DER approvals when needed support repair proposals and modifications.
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure optimal decision and timely implementation and works towards solutions with an ownership cost-mentality.
• Utilizes high level of technical expertise and practical experience to disposition highly complex technical concerns.
• Participates and fully engages in technical conferences to ensure the most current engineering data is utilized in managing Alaska Airlines' aircraft fleet.
• Promotes a high-performance culture by developing people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on delegation for stretch assignments, growing and developing the team for capacity and growth, looking at performance across the team, and time management.
• Drive effective practices to build a culture of belonging.
• Shape culture of team through action, presence, and reinforcement of behaviors.
• Interface and maintain effective relationships with division leaders, cross-functional departments, and employees in a team-oriented environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned. Provide examples of other duties assigned

Job-Specific Experience, Education &

Skills:

Required

• 5 years of experience in aircraft engineering (e.g., airline, shop, OEM, etc.); or related area.
• 2 years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (aerospace, aeronautical or mechanical), or related field; or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree
• Knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and oversight functions for both aircraft and engine operating airworthiness certificates.
• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Capable of performing in a fast-paced environment while simultaneously meeting assigned deadlines with self-directed decision-making confidence.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations:

• Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
• Create a culture where all employees feel safe and they belong.

Salary Range: $146,400 - $219,600 / year Salary Details:
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don't typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards: Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

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