Engine MRO Specialist (Onsite)

RTX • Bridgeport, WV

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future. At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Bridgeport, WV as an Engine Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Specialist. We are seeking someone that wants to make a direct impact on the company’s financial performance. If you are experienced with engine maintenance and know how to guide a team to optimize costs at the fleet and component level, we have the ideal role for you. While working in the MRO shop environment, you will seek out and drive cost savings during shop visits leveraging your technical expertise and relationships with inspectors, engineers, and line technicians. You will collect data and examples related to trends of hardware condition and work with your network to improve work scopes, extend inspection limits, develop repairs, and optimize decisions that will result in improvements to profitability for our maintenance contracts. You will also work closely with customer managers and operations cost managers to optimize the fleet lifecycle cost for their customer’s fleets, investigate and report on hardware cost trends, review cost estimates, and influence engine costs during shop visit. You will also work in collaboration with technical and commercial specialists to define and refine work scopes that improve Time on Wing (TOW) and optimize repair costs.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree and 8+ years’ experience in Aerospace, Operations, Turbine engine maintenance and repair, or an MRO/manufacturing environment, OR a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field and 10+ years’ prior relevant experience
• Active US Passport at the time of hire to accommodate international travel

Nice To Haves

• An MBA or other advanced degree in Business is preferred
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Prior experience in a Program Management role highly preferred
• Working knowledge of engine inspection methods, engine and component repairs and procedures, and quality/airworthiness requirements

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a consultant for new programs, campaigns, quality escapes, and special projects.
• Utilizing your technical expertise of shop processes, procedures, and technical manuals, monitor each engine event for opportunities to reduce scrap, salvage parts, and identify waste. This includes reviewing cost estimates, work scopes, and reviewing hardware and dispositions and other related and relevant documentation.
• Perform technical reviews and assessments of engine hardware in the repair and overhaul facilities to identify and act on cost savings opportunities.
• As you identify trends that may require a project, you will support a hand-off to the project manager with all relevant data, photos, etc. to build the business case. You will document your recommendations and share as needed.
• This role is vital to provide early insights on emerging issues and monitoring effectiveness of Gross Margin Expansion (GME) initiatives.
• Knowledge sharing and providing training where there are learning opportunities to improve product knowledge or support other teams or business areas. You will also advise stakeholders in key business decisions.
• You will be expected to travel up to 25% to visit other MRO facilities and our head office in Montreal, Canada.
• Physically capable of safely handling engine parts using appropriate equipment
• Must be proficient in English, French is an asset

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level