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Manager - Aircraft Inspection, Outside Vendor

United Airlines
United Airlines Salary
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 2/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2025

Description

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.

Key Responsibilities :

The Manager of Aircraft Inspection will have full responsibilities of ensuring that suppliers adhere to United's inspection policies & procedures. Manager will have supervisory responsibility over maintenance, inspection and OSV staff and be responsible to fill in as needed for Senior Manager. Provide required inspection oversight and support of all inspection activities as required by United GMM. In addition, this position will conduct supplier base maintenance manual training to suppliers as needs. May support other air operators in the performance of maintenance and is responsible to ensure the work performed complies with the customers regulatory and maintenance program requirements.

  • Perform site visits at Outside Vendor Stations to work on eliminating potential non-compliance & coordinate work QA to prevent quality escapes
  • Accomplish and coordinate cross departmentally aging aircraft inspections, more than 100 inspections a year
  • Execute daily operation plan and follow-up
  • Monitor and control compliance to FAA approved required inspections and other inspection tasks performed
  • Short term guidance and direction to subordinates
  • Apply continuous process improvement and implement process, tooling and systems improvement initiatives as appropriate
  • Assume upgrade duties for Senior Manager for vacation coverage as needed

Qualifications

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications) :

  • High School and post High School Aviation Maintenance Technical Training or equivalent Associate Certificate or Military Aviation Training
  • Five years experience in the OSV representative role with inspection experience of large transport aircraft
  • Experience supervising maintenance or inspection personnel
  • FAA Airframe and Power plant Certificate
  • Understanding of engine systems and structure, Federal Air Regulations, Operator Maintenance and Inspection Program, including Maintenance Procedures and Repair
  • Knowledge of Non-Destructive Testing methods and principles
  • 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
  • What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications) :

  • Bachelor's degree
  • The base pay range for this role is $109, to $149,

    The base salary range / hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and / or long-term incentive compensation awards.

    You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits : medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

    Salary : $109 - $149

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