Fleet Transitions Technical Records Lead

Finnair Plc; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Finnair Technical Operations seeks a Fleet Transitions Technical Records Lead to own end-to-end aircraft records during fleet transitions, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and compliance at key milestones. Role involves coordinating external providers, managing gaps, and ensuring readiness for deliveries and redeliveries.

The ideal candidate has engineering education, fluent English, and strong aviation records knowledge, with proven experience in regulated environments and AMOS/FlyDocs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Experience with aircraft technical records in airline, MRO, leasing, or consultancy environment.
• Experience supporting aircraft deliveries, redeliveries, or fleet transitions.
• Hands-on experience in records reconciliation, correction, and reconstruction.
• Experience working in a regulated aviation environment.
• Familiarity with AMOS and FlyDocs is considered an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of aircraft technical records and airworthiness (e.g. LLP, AD/SB, AMP, configuration control).
• High analytical and problem‑solving capability.
• Strong attention to detail and data integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under schedule pressure.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder communication skills.
• Structured and solution‑oriented working approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage aircraft technical records for fleet transition projects, ensuring regulatory, contractual, and internal compliance.
• Coordinate and manage outsourced technical records service providers, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Identify, analyse, and resolve records gaps, discrepancies, and inconsistencies.
• Perform and coordinate records correction, reconciliation, and reconstruction activities.
• Prepare and validate technical records deliverables such as status and compliance statements.
• Ensure readiness of technical records to support aircraft delivery and redelivery.
• Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, fleet transition programs, lessors, and external partners.
• Identify risks early and support mitigation to prevent delays or exposure.
• Maintain oversight of records quality, traceability, and configuration consistency.
• Support continuous improvement of technical records processes and ways of working.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of records under tight transition schedules.
• Resolve historical documentation gaps and legacy issues.
• Coordinate corrective actions across multiple stakeholders and external providers.
• Balance regulatory airworthiness requirements with contractual needs.
• Maintain high data quality in outsourced records environments.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Tools

AMOS

FlyDocs

Job description

Finnair is a diverse community of professionals who work ambitiously with a big heart and commitment. A strong safety culture is our priority and at the core of our everyday work, never taking it for granted. We are committed to doing our share in solving the climate challenge by determinedly following our science-based pathway to decarbonise our operations. We find meaning in our purpose: With our heart in Finland, we make every journey better, today and tomorrow. Our values – Always Safe, Customer at Heart and Stronger Together – guide us in everything we do. Finnair Technical Operations is looking for a Fleet Transitions Technical Records Lead to join our Technical Fleet Transitions team. In this role, you will take end-to-end responsibility for managing aircraft technical records during fleet transition activities, including phase-in, phase-out, and entry-into-service programs. You will ensure that all aircraft documentation is accurate, complete, traceable, and fully compliant at key delivery and redelivery milestones.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage aircraft technical records for fleet transition projects, ensuring regulatory, contractual, and internal compliance
• Coordinate and manage outsourced technical records service providers, ensuring quality and timely delivery
• Identify, analyse, and resolve records gaps, discrepancies, and inconsistencies
• Perform and coordinate records correction, reconciliation, and reconstruction activities
• Prepare and validate technical records deliverables such as status and compliance statements
• Ensure readiness of technical records to support aircraft delivery and redelivery
• Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, fleet transition programs, lessors, and external partners
• Identify risks early and support mitigation to prevent delays or exposure
• Maintain oversight of records quality, traceability, and configuration consistency
• Support continuous improvement of technical records processes and ways of working
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of records under tight transition schedules
• Resolve historical documentation gaps and legacy issues
• Coordinate corrective actions across multiple stakeholders and external providers
• Balance regulatory airworthiness requirements with contractual needs
• Maintain high data quality in outsourced records environments

Our expectations:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Experience with aircraft technical records in airline, MRO, leasing, or consultancy environment
• Experience supporting aircraft deliveries, redeliveries, or fleet transitions
• Hands‑on experience in records reconciliation, correction, and reconstruction
• Experience working in a regulated aviation environment
• Experience coordinating external service providers is an advantage
• Familiarity with AMOS and FlyDocs is considered an advantage
• Strong knowledge of aircraft technical records and airworthiness (e.g. LLP, AD/SB, AMP, configuration control)
• High analytical and problem‑solving capability
• Strong attention to detail and data integrity
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under schedule pressure
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder communication skills
• Structured and solution‑oriented working approach

Working at Finnair: We offer you an exciting opportunity to work in the fast‑changing aviation and international travel industry in a culture that drives and enables professional development and continuous improvement. You will be supported by internally highly rated supervisory work with modern leadership practices that we constantly develop. We are happy to enable our employees to enrich their lives and fulfil their travel dreams by offering a wide leisure travel benefit. We also support the health and wellbeing of our employees through our own Sickness Fund insurance benefit, Epassi sport (culture, health & wellbeing or commuting benefit), gyms around the Finnair campus and activities organised by our hobby clubs.

We are committed to creating a safe work environment where all our people can thrive and succeed. We cherish diversity and strive to employ people with different backgrounds and experiences, to bring together multiple views to foster our business success. According to our employee survey, respecting diversity is at a high level in our work community. You are welcome to join Finnair as your authentic self.

Finnair is a network airline that specialises in passenger and cargo traffic between Europe, North America and Asia. It also offers package tours under its Aurinkomatkat‑Suntours brand. Finnair offers direct flights to approximately 40 countries and over 100 destinations.

Please note that we do not process applications submitted via email.

Please note that the hiring process may include a pre‑employment security clearance and a drug test.