How youll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

As a Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician, you are responsible for overseeing the maintenance, repair and inspection of aircrafts to ensure they meet regulatory and safety standards. This role involves coordinating with maintenance teams, ensuring adherence to timelines, and managing the workflow of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks. The technician serves as the primary point of contact between the maintenance team and other departments, ensuring efficient communication and compliance with aviation regulations.

Summary of responsibilities (not comprehensive of all tasks):

Lead and manage the CDG maintenance operation by evaluating the inbound and existing workload, assigning AMTs to maximize manpower utilization
Manage all Aircraft Out of Service (AOS) events, using all available resources to achieve Return to Service within established Minimum Repair Time (MRT). Ensure progress is tracked and updates are made in the AOS application
Coordinate with the CDG Hub Control Center and keep them informed about ongoing maintenance activities that may affect scheduled departure times, passenger experience, or below-wing teams
Report compliance issues, quality issues, safety hazards, near misses, injuries, or damages through the Safety Management System (SMS)
Compile the Daily TechOps operational brief and communicate the status of all maintenance activities to TechOps stations and departments, ensuring efficiency and on-time completion
Support and assist the maintenance team by performing and certifying maintenance as needed, in accordance with FAA and Delta TechOps procedures
Maintain proper documentation of all maintenance actions, ensuring that completed tasks or work in progress are entered in the aircraft logbook
Manage manpower assignments to ensure ongoing work progresses smoothly and is handed over with adequate turnover comments in the aircraft work log
Ensure all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance at CDG is completed on time and in line with FAA and Delta TechOps standards
Keep the CDG Hub Control Center and other business partners updated on any changes to the established ready time during AOS events
Accurately code and enter all CDG aircraft delays into DBMS, ensuring they are properly reported to EMEA leadership
Analyze station delays and create action plans to reduce delays and cancellations, enhancing overall reliability
Monitor the safety of the work environment at CDG, ensuring adherence to AERO principles and the reporting of safety violations for corrective action
Respond to all FOA damage reports, ensuring proper documentation and corrective measures
Build strong relationships with domestic line maintenance leaders to drive continuous improvement and support outstation AOS and temporary duty assignments. Collaborate with other Lead AMTs and Duty Managers in the EMEA region to provide seamless support
Coach, Mentor, and develop AMTs, addressing performance shortfalls and fostering teamwork
Maintain knowledge of current procedures and methods related to aircraft maintenance and ensure CDG maintenance personnel adhere to local working regulations, acceptable appearance, and conduct standards

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:  

Competitive salary, industry-leading proﬁt sharing program, and performance incentives 
Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health 
Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members 
World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint 
Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together 
Business Resource Groups were created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Delta perks

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

Must be authorized to live / work in France / EU
Must have an Airframe and Powerplant license
Must have a valid EU drivers license
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule including rotating or fixed shifts, weekends and holidays
Must be able to act as the working leader of a group of AMTs, plan and lay out work, instruct and supervise the work of the group, as well as be a leader in the areas of continuous improvement and safety
Must be able to comprehend and apply information contained in technical manuals.
Must be able to work and operate in a safe and compliant manner without close supervision
Must be able to respond to changing or multiple work demands
Candidate should be able to work well under pressure, act in a timely manner, and handle multiple tasks with continually changing priorities
Familiarity with various computer software programs such as Outlook, Word, Excel, SAP and other relevant software programs is preferred
Experience in running or being part of International and/or cross divisional projects.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician - CDG

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