Position Summary
The Manager, Powerplant Engineering reports to the Senior Manager Fleet Engineering and is responsible for providing leadership, engineering support, administration and oversight of the Powerplant Engineering department, in addition to their engineering duties
Essential Responsibilities
- Responsible for technical standards and reliability for aircraft engines, powerplant, auxiliary power unit (APU) and related components
- Take a significant role in the development of crewmembers to support their engagement, growth, goal achievement
- Ensure required resources are available to meet operational and project requirements.
- Define and assign daily workload to qualified Engineers
- Interact and maintain relationships with all internal functions: Maintenance Programs, Reliability, Planning, Material, Maintenance, Quality, Technical Publications, Flight Operations, System Operations, etc.
- Coordinate engineering functions with regulatory agencies as required for approval for major repairs and alterations
- Evaluate damaged engine parts and provide solutions beyond the applicable manual limitations in accordance with regulation
- Identify new technologies that will improve the operational performance and reliability of powerplant systems
- Provides technical assistance to operational departments and repair providers to support aircraft operations, engine repairs and/or maintenance
- Review aircraft reliability data and implement corrective actions via engineering modification and/or repair documents in support of achieving aircraft technical dispatch reliability (TDR) goals
- Establish build standards and specifications for engines, powerplant, APUs and components
- Develop and issue engineering orders to accomplish major and minor repairs, modifications and alterations to engines, powerplant, components and accessories
- Develop engineering procedures, standards and process specification to comply with Airworthiness Directives and other regulatory requirements
- Review Service Bulletins, Service Letters, and other service documents to determine applicability; perform cost benefit analysis to determine effectiveness of proposed modifications
- Review Engine Health Monitoring (EHM) trend data and implement corrective actions to prevent operational problems
- Ability to work with and understand engine manuals, maintenance manuals, maintenance programs, and reliability programs
- Assist the Senior Manager Fleet Engineering in formulating the annual department budget
- Take a significant role in the development of crewmembers to support their engagement, growth, and goal achievement
- Other duties as assigned