HEAD OF MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS

HEAD OF MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS City: Solna Job Function: Other

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Head of Maintenance Operations

We are recruiting a Head of Maintenance Operations to join our Maintenance Operations department - a team of 38 employees including Maintenance Controllers; Duty Planners with respective Team Leads.

Challenges you will work on

Reporting to the Nominated Postholder Continued Airworthiness, Head of Maintenance Operations will be responsible for overall management of the Maintenance Operation Control, to ensure that all maintenance activities are accomplished strictly as per company procedures and industry best standards. The incumbent will ensure that operations are continuously supported within on a 24/7 basis.

As a Head of Maintenance Operations, you will:

• • Maintain overall management and strategic long-term vision of Maintenance Control. Constant focus on process improvement and efficiencies.
  • Provide strong leadership for a team of 38 staff.
  • Strict financial responsibility of department overheads including overtime.
  • Monitor Part 145 organizations and ensure compliance with Company procedures.
  • Ensure comprehensive communication on all delay events through OCC to maximize on time dispatch reliability.
  • Review and analyze delays, AOGs etc. and carry out root cause analysis.
  • Future proof processes to enable development of MOC to support a Single Air Carrier Group.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

To be successful, we believe you should have:

• University degree in Aircraft Engineering mandatory (Master’s degree preferred) or hold an EASA P66 License for minimum 5 years
• Minimum 5 years of relevant management experience
• Business oriented with budget control experience and demonstrated cost control.
• Practical experience from leading complex organizations at a strategic and tactical level. (ability to foster teamwork)
• Knowledge of AMOS MMIS and Skywise an advantage
• Sound Aeronautical and Airline background with detailed knowledge of modern aircraft and engine systems are required
• EASA Part CAMO and Ops regulations
• Experience of CAMO Safety management and quality systems

As a person we believe that you are highly driven, with a strong sense of responsibility. Furthermore you are:
• A strong problem solver and have solid decision making skills (operational and tactical)
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast pace 24/7 operation environment, with a flexible mindset
• A collaborator with strong communication skills, as well as having the ability to drive harmonized approach within diverse stakeholders

This is how we make your journey at SAS matter

Purpose: Be part of a historical transformation on a continuous journey to create a new and seamless way to travel, with opportunities to solve challenges that no one has cracked before
Flexibility: Office, Home, Norway, Copenhagen – wherever you are, Scandinavia is your home and flexibility is at our core
Adventure: We grow by making the world smaller. Discounted airline tickets providing you, your family and friends to travel the world at great prices.
Personal: Opportunity to work on many customer & business challenges and initiatives
Innovation: Building in-house development of products allows for freedom to bring in own ideas
Ownership: Opportunity of bringing initiatives from ideas into end-point delivery

Other of Importance

• Deadline for application is April 25th
• This position is fulltime (100%) and permanent. Your employment will start with a six month probation period.
• Location: Frösundaviks allé 1, SAS HQ.
• Desired start date: As soon as possible

For questions regarding the recruitment please contact hiring manager, Robert Ward, at robert.ward@sas.se

We look forward to hearing from you!

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SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, with main hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, flies to destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainability values, SAS aims to be the global leader in sustainable aviation. We will reduce total carbon emissions 25 percent by 2025, by using more sustainable aviation fuel and our modern fleet with fuel-efficient aircraft. In addition to flight operations, SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services. SAS is a founding member of the Star Alliance™, and together with its partner airlines offers a wide network worldwide.

SAS is Scandinavia's leading airline. For more than 75 years, we have been flying and connecting Scandinavia with the world and the world with Scandinavia. We have always been at the forefront of what is new and scouting the horizon. We have seen the world change, sometimes over a long period of time, and sometimes quite suddenly. Changes that have made us rethink, adapt and build new. We are moving towards a future where change and the need for new thinking is constant. A future of conscious thinking and sustainable innovation.