Senior Production Controller - Technical Operations

United Airlines•Houston, TX

1d•$89,965 - $117,212

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

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

Nice To Haves

Bachelor 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)

Responsibilities

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.
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.
Maintain regulatory compliance of maintenance documents.