Oversee base maintenance activities ensuring adherence to Qantas' core values of safety, quality, and complianceServe as the key contact for offshore maintenance, utilizing your technical expertise and relationship-building skills to ensure timely and budget-compliant aircraft turnaround2x Full-time Permanent opportunities which can be based from any major city in Australia Today, we're busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an always evolving industry.
Our Engineering teams are world class and play a critical role in the next exciting chapter - whether it's the introduction of new aircraft, compliance and safety or maintaining Qantas Group aircraft. In addition, our Engineers perform maintenance on our customer aircraft.Working with state-of-the-art equipment and resources, our shared commitment to professional excellence continues to keep the safety of our people and passengers as paramount.
As External Maintenance Project Manager will be accountable to the External Maintenance Manager Oversight, to ensure that the Group base maintenance activities, are executed by approved external Part 145 providers, and will without exception meet the Qantas core values of Safety, Quality, and Compliance to ensure airworthiness for safe operations, with best commercial outcomes for the Group. It is a unique, matrixed and challenging role the supports offshore maintenance.
You will lead and execute key strategic maintenance plans across the Group (incl QLink, Freight and Jetstar), to provide a full suite services as the point of contact for contracted Base Maintenance activity at our global locations in the Middle East and South East Asia. As the focal you will be responsible for the end to management, your strong technical background and ability to foster relationships both internal and external across all levels of management and cultures will help you to ensure the delivery of the aircraft as per contracted agreement for turnaround time and budget.
You'll have: 10+ years of airline experience, with a strong understanding of airline operations, maintenance / compliance and commercial frameworkPrevious experience in aviation base maintenance.Tertiary qualifications Business Degree or an Aircraft Trade is advantageousExperience in managing offshore base maintenance checks both large body and Wide body.Be customer centric and have a commercial focused approachExceptional stakeholder management and communications skills (both written and verbal)Technical knowledge of aircraft systems.Understanding of commercial aspects of project management and ability to negotiate commercial terms for best outcomes.Strong project management managing projects starting at $5 millionStrong team player with the ability to fit in and work with varying backgrounds and cultures to complete tasks and best outcomes.Ability to travel and work offshore for extended periods of time.Understanding of safety systems and reporting.Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer on A380, A330 or B787 is desirableAbility to speak French and or Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) is desirableWhy Qantas? You'll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you'll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You'll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we've got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel. We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.We'll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.We'll support your wellbeing: Whether it's learning to better support your own and others' mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.Please note: The Qantas Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you'll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation. If you're up for an engineering challenge with strong motivation to contribute to Qantas's core sustainability objectives, register your interest and we'll be in touch. Applications close: Tuesday 17th of September 2024.
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