Supervisor - Airport Operations

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines! We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and expansive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousand5s of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, balanced and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to extraordinary benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space-available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

Airport Operations

The Airport Operations department keeps operations at our airports running efficiently through planning, organization and supervision

Job overview and responsibilities

• Participate on collateral projects
• Complete all mandated regulatory and Company required documentation of activities
• Identify, address and issue appropriate and timely corrective action in accordance with working together guidelines
• Participate in peer, safety and accident review boards
• Conduct “routine” investigations, as appropriate, into performance, safety (damages and injuries) complaints and other work issues
• Engage front-line co-workers to deliver excellent customer service and a timely quality product – for example, participate in briefings, and develop team communications
• Develop and implement standard work and continuous improvement processes
• Set expectations with co-workers with regard to performance standards including consistent and outstanding delivery of service and product
• Focus on leading and developing the skills of front-line co-workers with the goal of delivering consistent and excellent customer service and delivering a quality product in accordance with Company guidelines
• Set expectations with front-line co-workers and gain their dedication to act in accordance with Company guidelines and union agreements
• Provide technical mentorship and interpret company guidelines and procedures and/or union agreements to assist employees in performing functional tasks and to ensure that safety, security and service are delivered consistently
• Attend division/unit/group meetings
• Conduct trend analyses, review turn compliance index statistics and take actions to address items not on track – lead performance dialogues with front-line co-workers to review metrics, performance boards and issues boards
• Lead all aspects of and support the performance of a team, zone or cell
• Identify issues and engage in structured problem solving to assist front-line co-workers in accomplishing work
• Confront and address inappropriate behavior and performance issues with specific feedback
• Document performance issues into case management system
• Develop skills of front-line co-workers by coaching on performance, as it relates to customer service and products