Manager Maintenance and Engineering

Company Description

About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

• Challenge yourself in a leadership role where you will provide strategic and expert resolution of issues and monitor the integration of work
• Together, we will ensure a seamless operation across various business units
• Full-time permanent position based at our LAX hangar
• $180,000 - $200,000USD per year (plus bonus)

Qantas Engineering keeps us at the forefront of aviation maintaining both the Qantas fleet, as well as aircraft for our third-party customers, our technical capability underpins the success of Qantas. Built on a long history of pioneering aviation, the Qantas Group continues to push boundaries today. Whether it’s through state-of-the-art aircraft, new routes, or world-class products, we’re creating memorable experiences for our customers whenever they fly with us.

As the Manager Maintenance and Engineering, you will provide management review and control over multiple business units, including engineering/line maintenance, operation controls, planning and supply chain function. This includes developing projects, structures or processes as part of a Qantas engineering team. You will also be responsible for managing operational, safety, leadership, people management, and regulatory outcomes toward best practice principles to achieve operational performance, ensuring that the necessary resources, facilities, and finances are in place to provide the required compliance and safety oversight of areas responsible. This Leadership position manages the continued transformation agenda to deliver transformational benefits. A critical success to the broader change agenda is for the leader to work with the Senior Regional Manager, Engineering and their leadership teams to develop the transformation agenda and deliver its strategic objectives.
 

Responsibilities:

• Manages one discipline over a range of products/processes or maintenance operations, or a diverse range of engineering disciplines within business units.
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation.
• Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors the integration of work.
• Reviews technical concepts of major projects.
• Oversee all BU Transformation Programs/Projects including monitoring of progress, project and change health, resourcing, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Provide strategic advice and support to the broader QE executive leadership team, identify trends, dependencies, and other information that may influence strategy, and utilise as input to strategic decision-making.
• Manage professional engineering duties by providing technical support and detailed engineering analyses to ensure compliance and equivalence procedures meet the business and CASA requirements.

Essential Criteria:

• 10+ years of leadership experience in aviation engineering – line or base maintenance operations.
• Previous experience managing workforce of over 200+ employees under collective agreement
• Deep expertise in CASA, EASA or FAA and international airport regulations
• Professional Engineering - degree qualified or equivalent engineering experience is desirable but not essential.
• Currently holds or ability to hold delegated approvals from the National Airworthiness Authority and/or other regulatory authorities.
• A recognised authority in an engineering field of major importance to the company and respected industry peers internationally including aircraft/engine manufacturers.
• A strategic, big-picture mindset combined with the ability to drive operational detail and performance
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, with a focus on coaching and talent management
• A proactive, innovative thinker with strong analytical skills, adept at solving complex challenges and delivering creative, commercially sound solutions
• Ability to work closely at all levels in the company - including Technical Services, Maintenance Services, Flight Operations, Strategy & Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, Airworthiness Authorities, Manufacturers, vendors, suppliers, and external customers.

Why Qantas?

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