Specialist Facilities

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

The Facilities Specialist plays an important role in providing quality support to our Airport Operations in the region. The Facilities Specialist performs maintenance and repairs on station equipment to include upkeep of facilities ensuring safety and operational standards are met to include coordination with other internal and external stakeholders.

This position could be based in Pohnpei, Palau, Chuuk, Majuro.

Job overview and responsibilities

• Successfully completes facility projects, preventative maintenance, diagnosis, and repairs at all outer island locations
• Conducts outer island facility inventory surveys and evaluations.
• Audits and investigates work ensuring maintenance & repairs completed to United standards
• Troubleshoots issues or problems with station equipment as necessary to make repairs
• Inspects station equipment to determine whether repairs are needed
• Schedules periodic maintenance for station equipment
• Maintains repair log (fleet focus), inventory of needed parts, and a clean and safe shop
• Provides daily status updates and completes required documentation for accomplished tasks. Performs maintenance and repairs adhering to all federal, local, corporate environmental and safety policies

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.

Unless subject to a collective bargaining agreement in the country to which an employee is being transferred; the employee retains their original date of employment and company seniority in the new country. Upon transfer, the employee is removed from payroll and benefits in former country and appropriately placed in the salary range and payroll / benefits systems of the new country.

Human Resources will assist with the terms and conditions of employment in light of labor agreements, collective agreements, country work rules and labor laws. In the new country, the employee is reinstated using the same employee id, date of employment and company seniority dates.

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1 year in related facilities maintenance
• Ability to travel to outer islands to perform job duties.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the Federated States of Micronesia for any employer without sponsorship
• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position