Senior Manager, Fleet Operations

Full time at AbuDhabi in UAE

Posted on March 6, 2024

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Reporting directly to our VP Fleet Planning, the Senior Manager Fleet Operations is accountable to lead several company-wide activities to ensure seamless service entry project management for new fleet types or new header versions, and provide technical fleet planning expertise to the Department. The remit of this function spans from conclusion of the initial Design Phase until Aircraft Delivery and requires managing the implementation of time-sensitive, commercially critical, fleet related initiatives which effectively control costs whilst improving performance and profitability.

Lead cross-departmental project groups to identify new aircraft requirements (incl LOPA, Head of Version) ensuring optimization of profitability and satisfaction of multiple complex requirements (e.g. passenger and cargo capacity, network requirements, aircraft performance, operations, finance, marketing and technical).
Analyse Fleet, Technical, Operational, Product, IT and Financial requirements along with divisional stakeholders to define an agreed EIS roadmap to ensure a smooth entry into service of new aircraft deliveries, and manage implementation of this whilst providing full advanced transparency over Programme deadlines and risks
Align external third-party deliverables with internal expectations of what is reasonable, and ensure items requiring escalation are handled accordingly
Integrate global industry best practises utilising experience from recent airline new fleet EIS projects
Ensure business plan objectives established upon commencement of project, and committed to relevant Executives, are achieved
Develop and deliver a robust transition plan to transfer aircraft arrival EIS tasks to Flight Operations as relevant
Ensure that projects are managed in line with Standard Operating Policy and Procedures which have been created in line with Etihad’s Corporate Governance, Mandate of Authority and Internal Audit requirements.
Develop relationships and attend meetings with aircraft manufacturers to keep abreast of aircraft developments that impact aircraft performance and operating costs.
Lead the implementation of Cabin Reconfiguration including extra legroom and densification projects
Provide Fleet Planning input into Strategic Lifecycle projects including economic life studies and cabin refresh considerations
Gather relevant data from a Fleet Planning perspective required to perform Business Cases for Major Cabin Work projects including cabin retrofit
Monitor and evaluate technical inputs and motivate change where required to ensure the project objectives are delivered. Review all proposals made to the Change Management Board and provide input from a Fleet Planning perspective.
The role takes accountability for planning, structuring, negotiating, leading several cross departmental teams and executing large high risk, complex projects. It requires strong management and negotiation skills and commercial focus to bring together a diverse array of skill sets from across all divisions of the airline to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget

Qualification & Education:

Educated to a minimum of degree level, preferably with a technical focus

Experience:

Post holder must have a minimum of 10 years experience with a reputable airline or aviation body of which at least 5 years is in a fleet planning, project management, and/or technical capacity. Proven experience in managing large and complex programmes spanning entire organisations.

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