Flexjet is hiring a Reliability Engineer to join our team at our Flexjet facility in Cleveland, Ohio. The selected candidate will primarily focus on evaluation and analysis of maintenance data to drive continuous improvement in aircraft availability, dispatch reliability, operating costs, and owner satisfaction. Flexjet offers a fast paced, leading-edge environment that allows our employees to expand their current skill set and showcase their creativity in a variety of environments.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform analysis of negative maintenance trends for root cause and develop corrective action recommendations
- Analyze engineering and technical data from aircraft maintenance logs, aircraft service records, teardown reports, and shop finding reports to determine cause and failure trends
- Collect data from maintenance and engineering systems and perform statistical analysis to monitor and evaluate technical and operational performance
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for events when a variation to a performance standard has triggered an alert
- Coordinate between internal teams and OEM or 3rd party engineering to implement corrective actions
- Present reliability metrics and findings in Technical Working Group (TWG) and Continuing Analysis Surveillance System (CASS) meetings
- Monitor maintenance delays, cancellations, and in-flight incidents for trends and alerts
- Reliability Engineer reports directly to the Reliability Manager.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data science, or related discipline or 2 years aviation maintenance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Reliability analysis experience preferred
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office programs
- Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Power Bi, Tableau)
- Knowledge of VBA and Python languages a plus
- Must possess strong communication skills, be able to translate technical concepts in lay terms, and be conformable speaking publicly
- Must pay fanatical attention to detail
- Occasional travel (<10%) required
- Ability to monitor trends, identify recurring aircraft discrepancies and drive long-term reliability recommendations
- Must be computer literate with a working knowledge of Windows and MS Office programs.
- Ability to function effectively individually or as a team member.
- Successful candidate will be highly motivated individual and a self-starter who works effectively under pressure and within time constraints.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
- Must be willing to work flexible schedules.
Flexjet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flexjet and has not been reviewed or approved by Flexjet.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 6%, with pilots eligible for added company retirement contributions and a deferred compensation program that begins after year three. Feedback suggests these features lift total retirement value beyond base pay for pilots and certified technicians.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Pilot work rules emphasize home basing across 115+ domiciles, company-paid positioning on scheduled days, no reserve or calls on days off, and the ability to keep hotel and airline points. A high per diem and company-paid training further support day-to-day quality of life.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Pay is considered to have improved for pilots in 2024+, with first-year totals rising and base pay viewed as good relative to some Part 135 operators. Feedback suggests several non-flying roles track at industry standard or slightly above, aligning with local market medians.
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Flexjet first entered the fractional jet ownership market in 1995. Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing. Flexjet’s fractional aircraft program is the first in the world to be recognized as achieving the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Industry Audit Standard, is the first and only company to be honored with 21 FAA Diamond Awards for Excellence, upholds an ARG/US Platinum Safety Rating and is IS-BAO compliant at Level 2. Flexjet’s fractional program fields an exclusive array of business aircraft—some of the youngest in the fractional jet industry, with an average age of approximately six years. In 2015, Flexjet introduced Red Label by Flexjet, which features the youngest fleet in the industry, flight crews dedicated to a single aircraft and the LXi Cabin Collection of interiors. To date there are more than 40 different interior designs across its fleet, which includes the Embraer Phenom 300, Challenger 350, the Embraer Legacy 450 and Praetor 500, Global Express, the Gulfstream G450, G500, G650 and G700, and the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets. Flexjet is a member of the Directional Aviation family of companies. For more details on innovative programs and flexible offerings, visit www.flexjet.com or follow us on Twitter @Flexjet and on Instagram @FlexjetLLC.
