Specialist/Senior Specialist, Industrial Engineer

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 position will be responsible for supporting company leadership in reducing workplace safety hazards, reducing occupational injuries and aircraft damages, and process standardization. This position resides in the Regulatory and Environmental Compliance organization.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Proactively identify and mitigate hazards in new and existing systems, procedures, and processes.
• Lead the efforts and the initiatives that focus on reducing occupational injuries and aircraft damages.
• Conduct extensive research on industry standards and innovative solutions to safety.
• Develop a project timeline and oversee it from beginning to implementation.
• Collaborate across many work groups within safety organization to ensure all changes are sustainable.
• Develop and support the implementation of the company’s environmental and employee safety policies and procedures.
• Work closely with all levels of airport personnel to explain models, provide support, evaluate changes, and achieve buy in to processes and practices.
• Use qualitative and quantitative observations/data to develop information, evaluate key performance indicators to drive solutions to root causes, and model requirements to be used to make operational decisions.
• Assist local management in investigating accidents and incidents.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written communication skills required.
• Strong aptitude for problem solving.
• Proficient computer skills are required with knowledge of information systems and database management (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook).

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Certified Safety Professional preferred.
• Experience with SQL, Python, and simulation software.
• Experience working with union or frontline level employees.
• Data analytics skills and experience.
• Understanding of ergonomics.
• Knowledge of Tableau is preferred.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex requirements to large audiences who possess a wide variety of subject matter expertise.
• Ability to follow through and complete projects as individual contributor or collaborate as a team member with effective drive for results.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task workload.
• Experience in working with vendors and industry organizations.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization.
• Work independently with multiple work groups within and outside of the company.
• Strong organizational skills required with the ability to manage numerous projects and responsibilities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills needed to effectively inform and persuade.
• Critical thinker with a growth mindset, who is organized, self-motivated and has a natural ability to prioritize requests from stakeholders.
• Independent judgement and decision-making capabilities are essential.

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.