Aircraft Maintenance Shift Manager (MSP)

Sun Country Airlines

Minneapolis (MN)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 135,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Dental and Vision
401(k) match
Paid Time Off
Paid holidays
Life and AD&D Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Fitness incentive
Discounted travel privileges

Job summary

Sun Country Airlines is seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Shift Manager to assist the Manager Aircraft Maintenance in leading maintenance production for both in-house and vendor activities. The role focuses on supervising MSP maintenance personnel, scheduling work, and ensuring regulatory compliance while controlling costs.

The position requires an A&P license, leadership experience, and strong communication skills, with duties spanning planning, budget handling, and safety adherence in MSP and

Qualifications

  • Two or more years of Technical Operations experience.
  • A&P License is required.
  • Previous Lead experience is required.
  • Experience with TRAX and AIMS preferred.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, problem solving skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office.
  • Strong management/people skills and leadership ability.
  • Ability to multitask in high stress situations.
  • Must be able to obtain MSP SIDA Badge and customs seal.
  • Must have valid driver's license and passport.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and supervise MSP maintenance personnel.
  • Monitor daily maintenance operations; identify problems and implement corrective actions.
  • Participate in hiring and training decisions for line maintenance staff.
  • Schedule short-term, routine, and non-routine work to ensure timely completion.
  • Assist in preparing the line maintenance budget (staffing, facilities, equipment).
  • Monitor cost performance of maintenance activities and implement corrective actions.
  • Track flight schedule performance and address maintenance issues accordingly.
  • Ensure maintenance activities comply with manuals, procedures, and regulations.
  • Assist mechanics daily and coordinate with Maintenance Planning for MSP workload.
  • Ensure safety and regulatory compliance in all tasks.

Skills

A&P License
Lead experience
TRAX
AIMS
MSOffice
Management/people skills
Leadership ability
Multitasking under pressure
US work authorization
Passport and driver's license

Tools

TRAX
AIMS

Job description

About Sun Country Airlines

We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we’re making travel more attainable. With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we’re a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you’ll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a exciting and growing company, as an Aircraft Maintenance Shift Manager you’ll enjoy these benefits and more:

  • Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
  • PPO and high deductible health plans
  • Health savings account and Flexible Spending Account
  • Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid holidays
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
  • Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support
Aircraft Maintenance Shift Manager Overview

The Aircraft Maintenance Shift Manager will assist the Manager Aircraft Maintenance in the management, conduct, monitoring, and control of the Sun Country Airlines' maintenance production activities for in-house and vendor maintenance of aircraft, components, and powerplants.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Assist in the direction and supervision of the activities of all MSP maintenance personnel
  • Monitoring of the daily maintenance operation. Identification and analysis of maintenance problems and implementation of appropriate corrective actions
  • Assist in the hiring and determination of training and qualification requirements of line maintenance personnel and assuring that these requirements are satisfied
  • Scheduling of short-term, routine, and non-routine work requirements. Assuring that such work is accomplished in a timely, effective, and efficient manner
  • Assist in the preparation of line maintenance budget - including staffing, facility, and equipment
  • Monitoring the cost performance of in-house and vendor production maintenance activities, identification of deviations from budget, and establishment of corrective actions
  • Monitoring of flight schedule performance of Sun Country Airlines. Identification of problems involving the aircraft maintenance operation. Establishment and implementation of appropriate corrective actions
  • Direction and monitoring of maintenance production systems and activities to assure that all aspects of the operation are conducted in accordance with Sun Country Airlines' manuals and procedures and are in compliance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations
  • Assist mechanics as required in the daily maintenance operation
  • Work closely with Maintenance Planning to schedule the nightly workload in MSP
  • Conduct all tasks in a safe and efficient manner complying with all local, state, Federal safety and health regulatory requirements, programmatic standards, and with any internal policies and procedures identified by Sun Country Airlines
  • Any other duties assigned by management
Required Qualifications
  • Two or more years of Technical Operations experience
  • A&P License
  • Previous Lead experience
  • Previous experience working in TRAX and AIMS
  • Excellent communication, organizational, problem solving skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Strong Management/people skills
  • Proven leadership ability
  • Ability to multitask in high stress situations
  • Work effectively with minimal supervision under stressful situations
  • Strong sense of urgency
  • Must be able to obtain MSP SIDA Badge and customs seal
  • Must have valid driver's license and passport
Preferred Qualifications
  • Previous Line Maintenance supervisor experience
  • 737 FAM Course completion
  • A&P experience on Boeing 737NG
Compensation

$115,000.00-135,000.00. This is the base compensation for this role.

Classification

Full-time, Exempt

Working Location

This position is open in Minneapolis, MN.

Supervisory Responsibility

Aircraft Maintenance Technicians & Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technicians.

Work environment

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones photocopiers, filing cabinets. This job will also operate in the maintenance hangar and ramp area. This role is routinely exposed to all weather elements.

Physical Demands

Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking. Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing. Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching. Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 75 pounds. Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes, and gases.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, and responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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