American Airlines · 10 hours ago
Sr Engineer, Facilities
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline offering travel opportunities and career growth. The Sr Engineer, Facilities role involves providing Facilities Engineering support to the Maintenance organization, interpreting specifications, and improving production methods for efficiency and safety.
AerospaceAutomotiveTransportationTravel
Responsibilities
Interprets specifications, blueprints, manufactures information and distills that into useable documentation that can be used by a repair technician
Works with many different entities including but not limited to Corporate Real Estate, Aircraft Maintenance, Component Maintenance, Ground Support Engineering and Customer Experience
May work with stakeholders to document their needs and analyze the justification based on business needs
Recommends measures to improve production methods, performance, and the quality of the product, and may go so far as to suggest changes in working conditions to increase efficiency or safety
Determines procedures, studies and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of the work
Prepares individual or composite reports
Must be willing to undergo comprehensive background and fingerprint checks to satisfy security requirements
Must be willing to take a pre-employment drug test
Up to 35% travel to other locations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering
4 years experience managing, coordinating, and completing projects
Excellent analytical, organization and planning skills
Familiarity with basic CAD
General knowledge of detailed drawings, bill of materials, standards and processing
Flexible and capable of adapting to constant change
Ability to document projects quickly and clearly
Ability to reference code, legal guidelines, environmental directives and regulatory information as required
Understands and can quickly locate appropriate references across industries like manufacturing and safety standards, construction, or other areas most suitable to the job at hand
Ability to develop and deliver finished, dimensioned prints or electronic models to qualified technicians & revise as needed to document as-built structures
Ability to successfully work multiple projects simultaneously
Knowledgeable in the compliance requirements of the pertinent codes, regulations, and standards
Ability to read and understand letters and numbers to prepare range studies, optimizations of operating procedures studies and special performance studies and perform complex mathematical calculations
Must work well under deadlines and high volume stress
Ability to prioritize tasks
Must work with minimum supervision
Understanding of high voltage power transmission and distribution 13.8 kV to 480 V AC, 60 Hz and 400Hz
Understanding of automated control systems and communication infrastructure
Comfortable working with a wide range of engineering software
Comfortable working with and understanding complex new & legacy machinery
Comfortable working with and understanding Ground Support Equipment for Aircraft Maintenance
Comfortable working with and understanding aircraft power requirements, interpreting aircraft facility planning documents
Systems integration tasks. Understanding of code especially NFPA 70, NFPA 79, NFPA 70 E
A good understanding of Electrical Safety & Hazardous Area Electrical Requirements. Class & Division Concepts
Aircraft Hangar requirements as it pertains to electrical code requirements
Must be willing to undergo comprehensive background and fingerprint checks to satisfy security requirements
Must be willing to take a pre-employment drug test
Up to 35% travel to other locations
Preferred
Master's Degree in Engineering
Experience in Microsoft VISIO
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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