Engine Manager
About the role
Kalitta Charters II specializes in scheduled and on-demand narrow-body freighter operations. In 2003, aviator and NHRA World Champion, Doug Kalitta, set out to provide a safe and reliable solution to a complex logistics problem. This problem entailed moving freight across the Americas for our customers… overnight!
Job Summary: Kalitta Charters II is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Engine Manager to oversee the technical, operational, compliance, and financial performance of the CFM56-3 engine fleet. This role is responsible for engine health monitoring, performance analysis, maintenance planning, shop visit coordination, life-limited parts management, and materials support. The ideal candidate will bring strong aviation maintenance expertise, sound judgment, and a proactive approach to improving engine reliability, operational readiness, and cost performance.
Responsibilities
- Engine Health Monitoring and Performance: Monitor engine performance trends, evaluate reliability data, and identify abnormal operating conditions.
- Diagnose engine conditions requiring maintenance action and coordinate timely corrective measures.
- Maintain reliability metrics and partner with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams to support safe and dependable fleet performance.
- Fleet Management: Maintain engine technical status, EGT margins, configuration records, and compliance tracking.
- Develop short- and long-term engine allocation, rotation, and removal strategies to optimize fleet availability and life-cycle value.
- Engine Shop Visit Management: Define shop visit work scopes based on engine condition, reliability data, maintenance history, and operational requirements.
- Manage vendor communication, teardown reviews, cost estimates, turn-time performance, and return-to-service planning.
- Life-Limited Parts Management: Track life-limited parts cycles, forecast replacement requirements, and optimize parts utilization and stacking strategies.
- Generate and monitor engine removal forecasts to support maintenance planning, budget accuracy, and fleet optimization.
- Materials and Asset Management: Manage spare engine parts, QEC kits, and related material forecasting to support operational readiness.
- Coordinate sourcing, pricing, repair options, and availability with procurement and approved vendors.
- Develop and maintain budgets for materials allocation, maintenance events, and shop visit planning.
- Compliance and Documentation: Maintain accurate engine records and tracking systems in accordance with applicable FAA requirements, company policies, and regulatory standards.
- Prepare reporting packets, performance summaries, budget updates, and technical recommendations for leadership review.
- Key Performance Indicators: Time-on-wing improvement and reduction of unscheduled removals; Engine EGT margin retention across fleet; Shop visit cost control vs. forecast; LLP usage optimization and cycle waste reduction; Engine availability and dispatch reliability metrics.
Requirements
- Five or more years of experience working with CFM56-3 or comparable turbofan engines.
- Strong understanding of engine performance analysis, reliability engineering, and maintenance planning principles.
- Experience coordinating engine shop visits, vendor communication, teardown reviews, and return-to-service planning.
- Experience with life-limited parts tracking, cycle forecasting, and engine records management.
- Working knowledge of applicable FAA requirements, including Part 121 and/or Part 145 maintenance environments.
Skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Qualifications
- Airframe and Powerplant certificate, engineering degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Experience in cargo aviation, airline maintenance, engine programs, or similar high-reliability aviation operations.
- Familiarity with maintenance tracking systems, trend monitoring tools, and technical records platforms.
- Valid, unrestricted driver’s license.
- Airframe and Powerplant certificate, if required for the role or assigned duties.
- Valid U.S. passport, if required for business travel.
Benefits
- Short Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Basic Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismember