Component Engineer

Component Engineer

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 great and growing company, as a Component Engineer you'll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• 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

Component Engineer Overview:

The Components Engineer is responsible for establishing technical programs and managing all day-to-day technical issues for aircraft components. This position has primary responsibility for technical aspects of component maintenance activity based upon Safety, FAA Regulations, Reliability, and cost of ownership issues. The Components Engineer drives commercial aircraft component repair projects and works very closely with aircraft engineering, reliability, and external vendors.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Write concise technical documents (Engineering Specifications) for the testing, repair and overhaul of components to follow manufacturer documents or legal requirements
• Gather relevant data, report shop findings and initiate corrective action in support of root cause determination on in-service problems or operational issues
• Ability to lead and decipher large amounts of component data (removal records, shop findings, etc.) to determine root cause and possible corrective actions
• Develops solutions and implementation plans, project justification, cost/benefit analysis and overall management of project implementation which can include acquiring FAA approvals and coordinate warranty recovery on SBs that are applicable
• Evaluate the cost benefit impact of a fleet decision to ensure a balance of cost and assets utilization
• Study, analyze, and seek solutions to production issues related to design, operation, performance, modification, or repair of components
• Investigate, develop & implement repair processes, procedures for assigned components. Efficiently collaborate with various internal and external resources for developing effective repair schemes for boosting component reliability within acceptable cost parameters
• Capable of interpreting various OEM technical manuals such as, but not limited to: component maintenance manuals (CMM), aircraft maintenance manuals (AMM), fault isolation manuals (FIM), component and airframe service bulletins (SB), etc.
• Coordinate work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability and operational efficiency.
• Any other duties assigned by management

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferred Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical), related technical field or equivalent experience
• 2 to 5 years of engineering experience, preferably with an airline or commercial aircraft related manufacturer or repair facility
• Engineering skill sets which can be applied to a range of aircraft systems, components, maintenance programs and engines
• Excellent at articulating complex information to various audiences
• Ability to apply principles of logic and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Must have strong customer service orientation and relationship management skills, strong project management skills; written and verbal communication skills; multi-tasking abilities; proven results-orientation; and strong analytical, organizational and time management skills
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong skills in MS office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Work is performed without appreciable direction. Considerable latitude is provided in determining technical objectives of assignment. High impact work requires minor review
• Knowledge of FARS (especially 145, 25 and 121)
• Background in engineering component maintenance support preferred

Compensation: $85,000-100,000.00. This is the base compensation for this role.

Classification: Full-time, Exempt

Working Location: This position is open in Minneapolis, MN.

Supervisory Responsibility: None

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.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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.