Manager - Predictive Maintenance Engineering (Engines and APUs)

United Airlines•Chicago, IL

8d•$129,675 - $168,794•Hybrid

About The Position

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

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or 4 years of relevant work experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in a business, engineering or data driven role
2 years’ experience in a leadership/supervisory role or leading a matrixed project team
Working knowledge on both Boeing and Airbus aircraft and engines
Familiarity with predictive maintenance and reliability concepts and implementation
Proven project management, organization, and thought leadership skills with the ability to build, lead and maintain strong, productive teams and working relationships with internal and external customers
Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact at all levels (including executive) and team with all internal and external business partners
Must be willing and able to travel 10-20%
Must be wiling and able to work at the CSC-Willis Tower in Chicago, IL as a hybrid work schedule
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

Master's degree
Airline experience or operations experience in a similar industry
Experience working with aircraft engine, ground equipment or other asset sensors and fault data
Familiarity with modern data analytic concepts including Machine Learning, statistical programming, data visualization, etc

Responsibilities

Leading a team of engineers focused on developing and implementing innovative predictive alerting and health monitoring solutions to improve operational reliability specifically focused on United’s engines and APUs.
Guiding and facilitating a team of engineers throughout the alert evaluation and development process which will include but be not limited to developing an understanding of aircraft engine operation, evaluation of data availability, and coordination with other stakeholders to ensure robust solutions are crafted with the intent to turn unexpected system failures into scheduled maintenance.
Serving as a liaison for predictive maintenance engineering across the Tech Ops organization and actively participating in aircraft and engine reliability discussions to ensure robust reliability solutions are developed for the fleet.
Managing the team’s delivery of health monitoring and predictive maintenance use cases and alerts for their fleet area of focus (aircraft, engines or other assets) and facilitating the development of solutions to address key reliability and operational issues using asset data.
Collaborating with Data Science and Digital Technology teams to deploy use cases and incorporate new features in predictive maintenance and health monitoring products as required to operationalize alerts.
Developing, evaluating and maintaining a queue of predictive use case opportunities in-line with Tech Ops strategic direction.
Providing ongoing reporting of predictive alert performance and effectiveness, incorporating alert performance reporting into United’s reliability program and recommending alert retraining or logic updates as required for their fleet area of focus (aircraft, engines or other assets).
Effectively coordinating and communicating with other stakeholders within United to drive meaningful operational integration of alerting.