Company Alaska Airlines

The Team

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, spaneting, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

The Sr Line Maintenance Freighter Partner is the subject matter expert in Line Maintenance and is responsible for maintenance activities performed at the assigned station(s) at Alaska Airlines (AS) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA). As an individual contributor, this role defines short term strategy for vendor oversight on aircraft maintenance activities performed to ensure safe and reliable aircraft and provide support to continuously improve the freighter operations. This role exercises considerable latitude and initiative to direct routine and non-routine work, directing the line and logistics to ensure aircraft reliability for scheduled maintenance activities.

Key Duties

• As a subject matter expert manages and evaluates the performance of Station staff against measurable performance goals and regulatory compliance.

• Define short-term strategy for daily and long-range Line Maintenance operational requirements and ensures compliance with all governing International, Federal, local, and AS regulations affecting operations at assigned station and outstations.

• Provides technical direction and assumes technical responsibility for maintenance work accomplished by technicians or by outside agencies/vendors.

• Responsible for establishing regular communications and touchpoints that ensure Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) leadership and relevant stakeholders have visibility to overall strategy, and to coordinate actions required to meet plan objectives.

• Ensures a safe working environment and compliance with safe work practices and policies to include the proper wear of PPE. Conduct routine safety audits of assigned personnel and work areas.

• Ensures all work performed is in accordance with AS Policies and Procedures and Federal regulatory requirements.

• Ensure that personnel are trained, and that tools and materials are available to support the operations.

• Coordinates closely with Manager - Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to monitor GSE condition, repair intervals, and usage to ensure availability to support operations.

• Ensures responsible management of the annual Line Maintenance budgets for assigned line stations.

• Provides timely reporting to Maintenance Operations Control and Maintenance department leadership of status of in-service aircraft, resource constraints, and other impediments to maximum availability of in-service aircraft.

• Ensures all required training for AS and vendor technicians are complying with AS and Regulatory regulations.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• 4 years of experience in aircraft line maintenance; or related area.

• Bachelor’s degree, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.

• Requires FAA Airframe and Powerplant License.

• Must be able to obtain a SIDA/AOA badge.

• Strong analytical and operational business skills.

• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong computer skills with Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat etc.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Minimum age of 18.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Airline operations experience.

• Technical knowledge of maintaining Boeing 717, 737, 787 and Airbus A321, A330 aircraft.

• Full understanding of AS maintenance program requirements.

• Trax Experience.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

Salary Range

$151,300 - $173,050 / year

Salary Details

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Total Rewards

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air

• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits

• Generous 401k match program

• Quarterly and annual bonus plans

• Generous holiday and paid time off

For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 1/30/2026
Location Cincinnati
Regulatory Information Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories;
(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and
(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
L: LI-B
Job Locations USA-KY-Hebron
Requisition ID 2026-18066
Category Corporate & Operations