Engineer - Maintenance Programs

United Airlines; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 84.000 - 109.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical benefits

Flight privileges

Paid holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Descripción de la vacante

United Airlines is seeking a Maintenance Programs Engineer to deliver maintenance programs and support to ensure safety, compliance, and efficiency. You will work with fleet engineering to mitigate technical failures while balancing cost and asset utilization.

The role emphasizes reliability and aircraft availability, with opportunities to influence fleet decisions and implement program improvements across the operation.

Formación

• Ability to analyze complex technical issues and manage regulatory modifications.
• Excellent verbal and technical writing skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Successful completion of interview to meet job qualifications.
• Reliable, punctual attendance is essential.

Responsabilidades

• Develops maintenance program solutions, cost/benefit analysis, and project implementation.
• Organizes and manages priorities to meet aircraft project deliverables.
• Coordinates with other groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, and reliability.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Technical writing

Verbal communication

AI tool literacy

Educación

Engineering or technical field

Bachelor's degree or related experience

Descripción del empleo

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Job overview and responsibilities

As a Maintenance Programs Engineer, this role provides engineering and problem‑solving support to deliver routine maintenance programs that promote safety, compliance and efficiency. In partnership with fleet engineering teams, the Engineer identifies and creates plans to mitigate technical failures. A focus on reliability, aircraft availability and cost control drives measurable value to the airline’s operation. The Engineer must be able to understand, analyze and seek solutions to the design, operation, maintenance, performance or repair of aircraft and their components. They will also evaluate the benefits of the cost impact of a fleet decision to ensure a balance of cost and asset utilization.

• Develops maintenance programs solutions and implementation plans, project justification, cost/benefit analysis, and overall management of project implementation
• Organizes and manages the priorities for assigned responsibilities and accomplishes the work process to meet all deliverable for aircraft projects
• Coordinates work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and operational efficiency

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or related experience
• Engineering, or technical field
• Engineer I: Entry (0) - 3 years' experience
• Engineer II: 3-5 years' experience
• Ability to analyze complex technical issues, detailed level of project management for regulatory compliance modifications
• Excellent verbal and technical writing skills needed
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree
• Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them for research, analysis, content creation, and problem‑solving. Applies critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to company policies related to responsible AI us, data privacy, and security

The base pay range for this role is $83,695.00 to $109,004.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [e-mail]