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Company Alaska Airlines
The Team
Our M&E team has earned the FAA’s prestigious Diamond Award for almost 20 consecutive years — the only major carrier to receive the award for as many years, and the most of any airline. From our parts warehouse to the maintenance hangar, our Ready, SAFE, Go mindset prioritizes safety in all that we do — for our guests and coworkers. If you share our values to safety and excellence, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Director of Maintenance Control, and On Call Maintenance sets the long-term strategy, oversees the financial performance, and ensures safe maintenance operations and compliance with all company, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and governmental safety rules and regulations. As a people leader, this role establishes strategic goals and direction for the team to ensure high standards of performance are maintained in the areas of safety, compliance, quality, and cost.
Key Duties
• Direct the day-to-day operation to ensure safe operations and compliance with all company, FAA and governmental safety rules and regulations, including the airworthiness of all company aircraft released from maintenance.
• Establish strategic and performance goals for the Maintenance Control, Maintenance Planning & On Call Maintenance teams,
• Ensure all strategies and goals support the Company’s unwavering commitment to safety and compliance through process, actions and communication.
• Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on fostering strategic and systems thinking across the team and department.
• Shape culture of the team through action, presence, and reinforcement of behaviors.
• Provide necessary monitoring and oversight for the deferred maintenance items and MEL’s to assure that positive corrective action is promptly taken by coordinating with all required departments.
• Ensure timely troubleshooting of discrepancies and initiation of corrective actions as required to maintain the airworthiness and reliability of company aircraft throughout the operating day.
• Establish and maintain on call and line maintenance provider’s contract with the best interest of the company.
• Establish and maintain effective communications with contracted repair agencies, while continually evaluating their performance with company approved maintenance policies and procedures, to ensure the quality of their work meets company standards.
• Provide necessary monitoring and oversight coordinating with maintenance planning to assure that aircraft inspections are compliant per the maintenance program.
• Ensure all personnel assigned to perform maintenance on company aircraft, engines and components by contracted agencies are properly trained and qualified.
• Serve as a member of the Reliability Analysis Program Control Board and as an advisor to the Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS) working group.
• Analyze and assess safety risks within the Maintenance and Engineering organization using the SMS policies and procedures as outlined in the Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air SMS Manual and the GPM; identify hazards in the operation, promote safety within the division, ensure effective risk controls are implemented and monitor their effectiveness.
• Support the divisional SMS Liaison with development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the SMS in relation to their responsibilities within the organization.
• Support and partner with the NOC leadership to establish and maintain clear, consistent, and timely lines of communication between the maintenance control team and members of the NOC workgroup.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
• 8 years of experience in maintenance operations role
• 5 years of leadership experience, with at least 2 of those years directly leading people.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Aviation Maintenance Management, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Mechanic certificate with A&P ratings for at least 3 years.
• Strong business analysis skills.
• Valid Aircraft Mechanic Technician Certificate with airframe and powerplant ratings.
• Meet the requirements listed in CFR 119.65 (d) to exercise control over operations.
• Working knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and safety regulations.
• Experience working with Safety Management Systems (SMS.)
• Exceptional integrity, with impeccable ethics in safety and compliance.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, and non-standard shifts.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
• 10 years of airline experience.
• 5 years of related maintenance control experience.
• Knowledge of aircraft maintenance procedures and FAA regulations.
• Strong computer applications experience with TRAX, MEL Update, OS (Out of Service), ETOPS Monitor.
Airport SIDA Badge Requirements
Important update for non-crew employees working at an airport or maintenance hangar: Employees will be required to obtain a SIDA badge provided by the airport authority and maintain good standing in order to keep their SIDA badge. Review the SIDA Badge Requirements document for a comprehensive overview.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
• Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.
• Sound, strategic thinker with a track record of demonstrating good judgement, strong business acumen, and executing plans with a sense of urgency and a mind for safety.
• Positive, executive-level presence, along with top-notch written and verbal communication, public speaking, influence, and motivational skills.
• Innovative, apolitical, resilient, fact-based, and a creative, solutions-focused mindset, with the ability to thrive in a rapidly-changing, collaborative environment, and to manage conflict.
Salary Range
$157,700 – $252,300 / year
Total Target Compensation Range (incl. bonus & equity)
$206,810.00 – $329,790
Salary Details
The pay range and total target compensation package listed above is the expected pay offered for this position at the start of employment. Your pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, your relevant experience/level, experience level, and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air with high priority status
• Select number of confirmed travel credits provided annually
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Requisition Type Management
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 8/1/2024
Location Seattle
Equal Employment Opportunity We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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Job Locations USA-WA-Seattle
Requisition ID 2024-12637
Category Corporate & Operations
Workplace Type Onsite
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 8/1/2024
Employment Type Full-Time
FLSA Status Exempt
Regular/Temporary Regular
Requisition ID 2024-12637
Equal Employment Opportunity We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. If you’d like to view a copy of our affirmative action plans, please fill out an AAP Inspection Request Form. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
