United Air Lines, Inc

Senior Production Controller - Technical Operations

United Air Lines, Inc$75K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Experience in aviation management or operations management
  • Minimum of 3 years aviation experience
  • FAA Airframe & Powerplant License required
  • Proficient in MS Office applications
  • Strong data analytics skills
  • Excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization

Responsibilities

  • Develop long range plans for upcoming maintenance events
  • Manage daily workflow of aircraft and shop workloads
  • Build task assignments for oncoming shifts
  • Ensure paperwork accountability and regulatory compliance
  • Compile and analyze reports on check performance
  • Coordinate with multiple departments to secure necessary resources
  • Forecast and plan headcount requirements for production levels

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career growth in aviation management
  • Engagement with multiple internal and external partners
  • Critical role in maintaining aircraft production efficiency
  • Exposure to advanced data analytics and reporting
  • Involvement in regulatory compliance processes
Full Job Description
Description

Responsible for overall aircraft flow and paperwork accountability including complete event preplanning, aircraft induction and release process, daily flow and accountability ensuring aircraft is on track, and post check reporting. Liaise with multiple departments both internal and external, including vendor support companies to resolve issues and maintain aircraft flow. Resolve head count requirements to maintain required production levels. Report and analyze aircraft material costs.

Responsible for developing, implementing and managing overall aircraft check flow:

  • Develop long range plans for upcoming maintenance events
  • Daily management and workflow of aircraft or shop workloads to optimize resources
  • Building task assignments for oncoming shifts
  • Paperwork accountability and regulatory compliance
  • Status reporting and issue resolution
  • Forecasting and planning for necessary headcount

    Pre-induction preparation and post check Analysis:
  • Communications with multiple support departments to ensure required resources are available to maintain necessary production
  • Complete preplanning and detailed flow of event staged in manageable and logical sequence
  • Compile, analyze, and report on check performance
  • Cross event reporting and analysis

    Manage support shop resources and workload:
  • Compile, analyze, and report on check performance
  • Maintain regulatory compliance of maintenance documents


Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Aviation, management or operations management
  • At least 3 years aviation experience
  • FAA Airframe & Powerplant License
  • Proficient in MS Office applications
  • Strong data analytics skills
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with ability to effectively interact at all levels (including executive) and team with all internal and external business partners
  • Ability to handle simultaneous projects and adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment

    What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Bachelor degree or 4 years of relevant work experience Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant work experience
  • 5+ years of aircraft maintenance and production control experience
  • Heavy aircraft maintenance planning experience
  • Working Knowledge of SCEPTRE
  • Understanding of industry applicable process improvement and LSS (Lean Six Sigma)

About United Air Lines, Inc

United Airlines is a major American airline that operates a large domestic and international route network. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance. United Airlines operates a fleet of over 800 aircraft and serves more than 350 destinations in over 50 countries.
Learn more about United Air Lines, Inc
Size
87,400 employees
Market Cap
$12.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$7 billion
Founded
1926
5 Year Trend
-7.6%
Revenue
$15.3 billion
NASDAQ

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