Line Engineer

United Airlines • Chicago, IL

305d • $81,700 - $111,320

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• B.S Degree in Engineering, related technical field, or equivalent experience in Engineering.
• Entry level to 5 years of experience.
• Ability to analyze complex technical issues and manage projects for regulatory compliance modifications.
• Excellent verbal and technical writing skills.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Previous internship or work experience in aviation or related industry.
• Structural knowledge or classes in stress analysis and repair.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 engineering technical support for United Airlines Worldwide fleet of operational aircraft to ensure the timely return to service.
• Provide engineering support for a wide range of aircraft systems, maintenance programs, engines as well as operational engineering functions.
• Understand, analyze and seek solutions to the design, operation, maintenance, performance or repair of aircraft and their components.
• Logically approach problem solving, define an aircraft maintenance program or configurations and ensure a safe and legal operation.
• Work with both internal and external customers on technical issues, work scope recommendations and failure investigations.
• Develop engineering solutions and implementation plans, and overall management of project implementation.
• Obtain OEM and/or FAA approvals as required.
• Disposition configuration and part effectivity questions from maintenance which may include review of OEM Manuals, Service Bulletins (SBs), supplemental type certs (STC), etc.
• Organize and manage the workflow and priorities for out of service aircraft recovery.
• Coordinate work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability insurance.
• Parental leave.
• Employee assistance program.
• Commuter benefits.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flight privileges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Air Transportation
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree