Lead Maintenance and Engineering Systems Transformation Engineer (Fixed-term contract until 30 [...]

Cathay Pacific; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathay Pacific is seeking an experienced Engineering professional to shape future M&E IT processes, lead data migration efforts and drive adoption across business units in a complex airline environment. You will manage cross-functional teams, oversee change management actions, validate tests and ensure 100% data accuracy in the new M&E IT system, delivering benefits within project budgets and timelines.

Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills are essential to align OEMs and

Qualifications

• Typically, 8 years of related experience in implementation of large scale Engineering, IT change management projects.
• Degree in Engineering / Aerospace discipline or Aircraft Maintenance or other comparable qualification.
• Proven experience in supervising and managing projects and cross functional teams.
• Proven experience in managing diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong leadership skills. Proven ability to manage across departments and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
• Strong in communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Drive for excellence.
• Adaptable and responsive to change. Demonstrate ability to drive change.
• Proven ability to drive and manage multi-skilled teams

Responsibilities

• Be knowledgeable and a functional SME of the future M&E IT system.
• Lead and define the optimum Engineering ‘to-be’ processes in the future state M&E IT system.
• Manage and deliver necessary change management actions to ensure smooth transition of to-be processes.
• Facilitate discussions and agreements on optimum RACI changes introduced by the new system.
• Lead the data migration activity, including scope, data mapping, transformation, testing, validation to ensure 100% data accuracy in the new M&E IT system.
• Lead software functional test activities, test scripts, perform tests, acceptance criteria’s, prioritise and manage errors and overall BU sign-off.
• Lead and define any software customization requirements, testing and sign off.
• Lead and conduct system training to wider users including ENG, MRO, other business partners.
• Support cut over and Go-live activities, ensure a smooth transition to the new M&E IT system

Skills

Engineering leadership

Change management

Data migration

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Education

Engineering degree

Aerospace discipline degree

Aircraft maintenance qualification

Job description

Role Introduction

This role is part of our Engineering Department who are focused on reassurance, keeping our people and our customer’s safe, ensuring that in every aspect of our operation. we have industry leading performance and that our various fleet programmes are delivering to plan, budget and specification.

Role Introduction

This role is part of our Engineering Department who are focused on reassurance, keeping our people and our customer’s safe, ensuring that in every aspect of our operation. we have industry leading performance and that our various fleet programmes are delivering to plan, budget and specification.

In this role, you are responsible for shaping the future Engineering processes, testing the software and validating data migration results. Also responsible for communicating, collaborating and driving the business units to the new process adoption, delivering benefits to engineering and the whole airline within the project budget and timelin

Key Responsibilities

• Be knowledgeable and a functional SME of the future M&E IT system
• Lead and define the optimum Engineering ‘to-be’ processes in the future state M&E IT system
• Manage and deliver necessary change management actions to ensure smooth transition of to-be processes
• Facilitate discussions and agreements on optimum RACI changes introduced by the new system.
• Lead the data migration activity, including scope, data mapping, transformation, testing, validation to ensure 100% data accuracy in the new M&E IT system
• Lead software functional test activities, test scripts, perform tests, acceptance criteria’s, prioritise and manage errors and overall BU sign-off
• Lead and define any software customization requirements, testing and sign off
• Lead and conduct system training to wider users including ENG, MRO, other business partners
• Support cut over and Go-live activities, ensure a smooth transition to the new M&E IT system
  
  

Requirements

• Typically, 8 years of related experience in implementation of large scale Engineering, IT change management projects
• Degree in Engineering / Aerospace discipline or Aircraft Maintenance or other comparable qualification
• Proven experience in supervising and managing projects and cross functional teams
• Proven experience in managing diverse stakeholder groups
• Strong leadership skills. Proven ability to manage across departments and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs),
• Strong in communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Drive for excellence
• Adaptable and responsive to change. Demonstrate ability to drive change
• Proven ability to drive and manage multi-skilled teams
  
  

Personal & Application Information

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