Sr Engineer, Facilities

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Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

This role is part of a high-impact Facilities Engineering team responsible for improving the reliability, safety, and performance of critical infrastructure across American Airlines’ terminals, base, and line maintenance operations, while acting as a critical engineering support function for facility maintenance within the Tech Ops organization.
You will work on complex, real-world systems including baggage handling systems, jet bridges, power distribution, HVAC, fire suppression, life safety systems, and more, helping drive operational improvements across one of the largest airline networks in the world.
This position is focused on system ownership, problem solving, and execution in a fast-paced operational environment.
You’ll operate with a high level of ownership, working in ambiguous environments where structure doesn’t always exist and help build it as you go.
You’ll influence outcomes across the organization by partnering with vendors and stakeholders, balancing field execution with leadership communication while prioritizing practical, high-impact solutions.

What you'll do

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

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical. Industrial, Systems, Electrical, or similar Engineering disciplines
4 years experience managing, coordinating, and completing projects

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Master's Degree in Engineering
Experience in Microsoft VISIO

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

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
Must work well under deadlines and high volume stress
Ability to prioritize tasks
Must work with minimum supervision
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.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

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

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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