Maintenance Shift Manager (MSP)

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.

About the role

The 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the direction and supervision of the activities of all MSP maintenance personnel
• Monitor the daily maintenance operation, identify and analyze maintenance problems, and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Assist in the hiring and determination of training and qualification requirements of line maintenance personnel and ensure these requirements are satisfied
• Schedule short-term, routine, and non-routine work requirements and ensure such work is accomplished in a timely, effective, and efficient manner
• Assist in the preparation of the line maintenance budget, including staffing, facility, and equipment
• Monitor the cost performance of in-house and vendor production maintenance activities, identify deviations from budget, and establish corrective actions
• Monitor flight schedule performance, identify problems involving aircraft maintenance, and establish and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Direct and monitor maintenance production systems and activities to ensure compliance with Sun Country Airlines’ manuals, procedures, and 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 internal policies and procedures
• Perform any other duties assigned by management

Requirements

• Two or more years of Technical Operations experience
• A&P License
• Previous Lead experience
• Previous experience working in TRAX and AIMS
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Strong management and 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 a valid driver’s license and passport

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous Line Maintenance supervisor experience
• 737 FAM Course completion
• A&P experience on Boeing 737NG

Benefits

• 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, and 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

Pay

$115,000.00–135,000.00 (base compensation)

Schedule

Full-time, Exempt

Working Location

This position is located in Minneapolis, MN.

Work Environment

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. This role also operates in the maintenance hangar and ramp area and 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, and reaching
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 75 pounds
• Involves being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes, and gases

Supervisory Responsibility

Aircraft Maintenance Technicians & Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technicians.