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C-17 Flight Line Coordinator

Kuwait City, Al Asimah Job ID JR2025451760 Category Manufacturing, Repair and Maintenance Post Date Apr. 23, 2025
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C-17 Flight Line Coordinator

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the sea bed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Job Description:

- Serves as the Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) shift leader and is responsible for coordination of all aircraft organizational maintenance activities in a fast-paced, dynamic flight line environment and during recurring Home Station Checks.

- Directs, trains, and mentors a group of multi-level mechanics/technicians in the execution of daily aircraft launch, recovery, pre/post-flight, maintenance activities, and servicing tasks.

- Maintains a continuous communication link between touch labor, Field Operations management, Boeing support functions, and KAF flight crews.

- Works with Logistics Data Management function to develop maintenance plans, including prioritizing, scheduling, and reporting of aircraft/maintenance status and accomplishment unscheduled maintenance activities.

- Understands the critical relationship between the flying schedule and airworthiness requirements/availability of parts when allocating manpower resources.

- Utilizes sound judgment and critical thinking to evaluate acceptable quality standards before authorizing exceptional release of the aircraft.

- Liaisons with internal/external customers as the subject matter expert for KAF aircraft condition and operational capability.

- Utilizes knowledge/experience to evaluate issues, perform root cause analysis, and develop corrective action plans that enhance the overall mission capable rate.

- Participates with organizational leaders in the development and implementation of plans and objectives (e.g., long-range strategies, organizational goals, objectives and initiatives).

- Manages, develops, and updates CLS processes/procedures.

- Tracks quality metrics and reports on the health of the organization.

- Works independently with very little direction and must be resilient to a fluid environment with changing customer requirements.

Additional Job Description:

- Experience managing C-17 flight line operational maintenance activities in an Air Force environment highly desired.

- Experience supporting Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in a multi-national environment preferred.

- Knowledge of import/export regulations is required. Extensive knowledge of Air Force procedures, processes, technical orders, and maintenance information systems (e.g. G081) is a must.

- Wide-ranging and specialized knowledge of the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and subsystems, including its associated technical network, is required.

Basic Qualifications

- Candidate must demonstrate a well-developed ability to communicate verbally and in written form, be a self-starter, an excellent team player, and results oriented.

- Must have the ability to multi-task, be flexible in daily work activities, and shift priorities without compromising work assigned.

- Candidate must be a responsible leader capable of sustaining performance with a typical high work load, and deliver high quality products on time and within budget.

- Must obtain and maintain a flight line vehicle operator’s license.

- Must possess excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Candidate must be able to work under pressure while solving complex technical problems.

Typical Educational Background:

- Bachelor's degree and typically 8 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Working hours:

40 hours/5 days per week with two days of rest. The days of weekend rest may vary and will be established and communicated by management in accordance with business schedule.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility

This requisition is for completing work on a Boeing contract in Kuwait. Management, day-to-day supervision at the workplace and administration of compensation and benefits will be arranged by Boeing Kuwait, Inc..

Employment is subject to the candidate’s ability to satisfy all Kuwait labor and immigration formalities.


Applications for this position will be accepted until May. 11, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer willing to sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (Kuwait)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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