PSA Airlines

Supervisor of Maintenance Technical Training

Job Locations US-NC-Charlotte
ID
2025-5985
Category
Maintenance
Position Type
Full-Time

Overview

Let your career take off with PSA Airlines

About PSA

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 4,000 employees. Our company culture, known as The PSA Way, is our foundation for operation and fosters stability, growth and a focus on the future while always placing safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are driven in our goals and achievements, eager to be better. We are reliable to one another and accountable for our actions. And we are caring in our daily interactions, with teammates, colleagues, and customers. Join our team to enjoy comprehensive benefits, including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network, so you can explore new destinations and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Benefits

PSA offers the benefits you expect from a company focused on excellence. All eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Travel privileges on the American Airlines global network
  • A generous vacation plan designed to let you enjoy your travel perks
  • 401(k) with company match
  • American Airlines Group (AAG) profit-sharing and bonus opportunities
  • A choice of three health plan options, all with nationwide coverage with the UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus network
  • Premium dental coverage
  • Vision plan options provided, including a plan that covers both glasses and contacts every year    
  • Benefits navigation services, including finding a doctor, scheduling an appointment, understanding your medical bills, and free second opinion services
  • Access to 24-hour virtual urgent care services
  • Family planning and fertility treatment
  • LGBTQ+ friendly services including gender affirming care, assistance finding knowledgeable providers, and family planning
  • Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and supplemental life insurance options for spouses and dependent children
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care services
  • Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program providing a range of services, including 5 free in-person sessions with a health care professional

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Supervisor of Technical Training impacts PSA's growth and the training program by supervising all maintenance training instructor personnel. Ensuring our students are getting all the training necessary to provide high quality maintenance to our aircraft, getting all of our customers to their destination safely and on time to their destination.

Job Responsibilities

  • Provide direct supervision of the Maintenance Technical Trainers at assigned stations and oversee the daily activities of the Maintenance Training Department. 
  • Ensuring strategic alignment of the training department with organizational goals. 
  • Optimizing training process for efficiency. 
  • Manage the development and implementation of formal technical training courses, training aids, devices, and material to provide high quality and relevant training to Maintenance Organization. 
  • Manage the scheduling of all technical training courses (both internal and external) to ensure that Maintenance Organization meet all initial and recurrent training requirements. 
  • Provide leadership to assigned technical training staff members to ensure their competency and fitness to conduct required training. 
  • Manage technical training staff to ensure effective and efficient resource utilization and deployment. 
  • Partner with maintenance leadership to ensure training needs are being met. 
  • Coordinate the application of training with external service providers, vendors and manufacturers. 
  • Manage and oversee all required training records and files to ensure proper and accurate completion, retention, disposition, and security. 
  • Assist and support the Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering and other senior management in projecting a strong commitment to the uncompromising promotion of safety and regulatory compliance. 
  • Act positively, cooperatively, efficiently, and expediently in carrying out all orders, directives, and requests from senior management. 
  • Ensure that decisions made, and actions taken are in the best interest of PSA in all matters relating to aircraft Maintenance Reliability and Training. 
  • Ensure compliance with all policies, practices, procedures, processes, and methods required by the PSA GMM and other PSA technical data, directives, and instructions. 
  • Keep senior management apprised of all actual or potentially negative conditions that may affect the aircraft Maintenance Training Programs. 
  • Compile and provide various reports and data packages as required or requested. 
  • Provide recommendations for improvements to policies, practices, procedures, processes, and methods utilized by the Maintenance and Engineering Department. 
  • Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs 
  • Performs other duties as assigned. 

Position Specifics

Qualifications

Required

  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Aircraft Maintenance or Management, or equivalent certification in Management and Leadership skills. 
  • Current FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification or previous aircraft experience in lieu of A&P Certification. 
  • At least four years previous aircraft maintenance experience. 
  • Previous experience teaching or conducting classroom training. 
  • Previous Project Management Experience.
  • Previous strategic planning experience and problem-solving skills.
  • At least three years of experience in a relevant aviation field. 
  • Computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Windows, and various LMS platforms. 
  • Ability to speak/read/write in English.   
  • If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S.   

Additional Information

Delegation: In absence, responsibilities delegated to Assistant Director/Manager of Maintenance Training. 

Authorities: None 

Supervisory Responsibility: This is a supervisory position. 

Work Environment: This job operates primarily in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, telephones, photocopiers, facsimile machines and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb up and down stairs; lift weight up to 25 lbs; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Security Clearance: All employees are required to pass the fingerprint-based criminal history records check (CHRC) per 49CFR1542.209 as well as a pre-employment drug screen.
AAP/EEO Statement: PSA Airlines is an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

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