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Component Repair Manager

United Airlines

San Francisco, CAJob$82–107K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$82–107K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Component Repair Manager supports United’s aircraft maintenance operations by managing repair orders for aircraft components and monitoring supplier performance against contractual measures for turn-time, quality, and cost. The role coordinates repair activity, documentation, invoices, warranty claims, and supplier performance, while supporting repair planning and reliability efforts. It also requires maintaining knowledge of regulatory, policy, and industry issues affecting supplier operations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Aircraft Maintenance PracticesRegulatory RequirementsMS OfficeOrganizational SkillsData AnalysisSpreadsheet SkillsCommunicationAviation Supplier ManagementProduction ControlAircraft Component RepairsAdvanced MS OfficeBusiness Relationship ManagementSCEPTRESQLAdvanced AnalyticsStatistical AnalysisROI CalculationGenerative AICritical Thinking

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDThree Years Supplier or Operational Management ExperienceAviation-Related Bachelor's or Master's DegreeLegally Authorized to Work in US Without SponsorshipSuccessful Interview CompletionReliable, Punctual Attendance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

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.

Job overview and responsibilities

  • Responsible for managing repairs orders for aircraft components in support of mainline aircraft maintenance

  • Continuously monitors supplier performance with respect to contractual metrics, including turn-time, quality, and cost

  • Manages repair order release, repair activity, and invoice processing

  • Serves as the primary vendor-facing contact with repair agencies

  • Ensures that component repairs are performed in accordance with appropriate work scope, and all supporting documentation is prepared in accordance with UAL and FAA requirements

  • Serves as subject-matter expert to support warranty and remedy claims, project planning, and repair bid process

  • Maintains current knowledge on regulatory, policy, and industry issues that may impact supplier systems and operations.

  • Perform computer transactions to release and manage repair orders at third-party facilities

  • Perform computer transactions to monitor spare parts ownership and review repair orders and invoices

  • Ensure adherence to contractual pricing through price quote and work scope management

  • Enforce repair supplier performance guarantees, turn times, and quality requirements

  • Find repair sources and set up as required

  • Support warranty and remedy claim for repair orders

  • Coordinate scrap transactions and activities

  • Coordinate component reliability review and corrective action strategies

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • High school diploma or GED

  • Three years supplier management, operational management, or technical- or quality-control experience

  • Aircraft maintenance practices and regulatory requirements

  • Basic MS Office, e.g. Excel

  • Organizational skills

  • Basic data analysis and spreadsheet skills

  • Strong communications skills (written and verbal)

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Aviation-related bachelors or masters degree

  • Aviation supplier management or production control experience

  • Practical experience managing aircraft component repairs

  • Advanced MS Office, e.g. VBA

  • Business Relationship Management

  • SCEPTRE

  • SQL

  • Advanced analytic skills, e.g. statistical analysis, ROI calculation

  • Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them for research, analysis, content creation, and problem-solving. Applies critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to company policies related to responsible AI use, data privacy, and security

The base pay range for this role is $81,795.00 to $106,602.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [email protected]

How this job compares

Set against the 533 open Supplier Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$82–107K/yr
  • California median$143–200K/yr66 salary ranges
  • US median$102–168K/yr402 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $94K, is 45% below the California median midpoint ($171K) — in the lowest quarter of Supplier Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 70 open Supplier Management jobs in California and 533 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Supplier Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 448 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 200 of the 533 open Supplier Management jobs (38%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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