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The Structures Engineer is responsible for establishing technical programs and managing all day-to-day technical issues related to aircraft structures. This position has primary job responsibility for the technical aspects of Maintenance Engineering activity based upon Safety, FAA Regulations, Reliability, and cost of ownership issues.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Identify and assign all Engineering Task Cards/Authorizations to address structural repairs and alterations.
• Review and disposition structural Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins, Service Letters, etc.
• Serve as a point of contact for vendors on technical issues relating aircraft structures, and the establishment of procedures for coordinating and resolving technical issues with vendors.
• Provide remote and on-site structures engineering assistance to support airline maintenance personnel with maintenance activity.
• Provide after-hours engineering support for problems encountered during airline maintenance activities and line operations.
• Conduct Structural Repair Record reviews for corrosion reporting.
• Develop and maintain aircraft fuselage repair/alteration process and procedures to include fatigue critical baseline structure.
• Develop and maintain a tail number specific repair and alteration file.
• Conduct all tasks in a safe and efficient manner complying with all local, state, and federal safety and health regulatory requirements, programmatic standards, and with any internal policies and procedures identified by Sun Country Airlines.
• Any other duties assigned by management

Required Skills

• Excellent at articulating complex information to various audiences
• Exceptional mathematical skills
• Ability to apply principles of logic and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience plus two years of related experience
• Previous airline experience
• Proven engineering, computer, and technical knowledge experience
• FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) designation
• Previous structures engineering experience with 737 aircraft
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a 121 or 135 airline engineering environment

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Sun Country Airlines is an E-Verify Employer. We participate in the web-based system that allows the company to verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees by electronically matching information provided by employees on the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against records available to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Sun Country Airlines is a Zero Tolerance Drug-Free Workplace for all Safety-Sensitive functions. [1] A safety-sensitive function, as described in 14 CFR part 120, §§ 120.105 and 120.215, includes a flight crewmember, flight attendant, flight instructor, aircraft dispatcher, aircraft maintenance or preventive maintenance, ground security coordinator, aviation screener, air traffic controller, and operations control specialist. I understand and acknowledge that I will be required to undergo a DOT/FAA pre-employment drug test for the following prohibited drug (as defined in 49 CFR § 40.85) prior to being hired or transferred into a Department of Transportation (DOT) safety-sensitive position as defined in 14 CFR part 120[1]: All prospective employees are subject to pre-employment testing for the following drugs and their metabolites: Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opioids and Phencyclidine (PCP).

• Excellent at articulating complex information to various audiences
• Exceptional mathematical skills
• Ability to apply principles of logic and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems