Performance Engineer

At **Vueling**, we love things to happen. We always try to go one step further and do it better. More than a job - it's a way of life.

That's why we work together as a team made up of talented and passionate people, collaborating, supporting, and complementing each other.

We are one of Europe’s leading low-cost airlines, with special relevance in the Spanish domestic market, as well as in France and Italy.

**Job Purpose**

Performance Engineer responsible for the managing and execution of flight operations computations, supervision, auditing, and procedures writing. Main areas of expertise include aircraft performance, weight and balance, operation technical manuals, route studies and flight planning support. As part of the flight ops transformation plan, responsible for managing project deadlines and coordinating tasks (E.g.: technical documentation AESA approvals for aircraft inductions projects, )

You'll account for flight operations computations, supervision, auditing, and procedures writing (aircraft performance, weight&balance, operation technical manuals, route studies, or flight planning support).

**Main Responsibilities - Tasks**

Delivery tasks:

- Lead and manage the following processes assuring safety standards compliance & deliveries deadlines fulfillment to guarantee that the technical data for the flight crew and ground agents is accurate and ready on time for the execution of the flight:

- Aircraft performance computation, runway data, airports characteristics and contingency procedures.
- Weight & Balance computation
- Verification of the necessary information validity for flight plans and computerized load sheets preparation.
- Verification of aircraft operation technical manuals (W&B, FCOM, AFM, QRH and MEL) and associated documents (AD, OEB, OIT, FOT, etc.), guaranteeing updates according to applicable regulations.
- Be responsible for EFB (_Electronic Flight Bag)_ Sub-administrator role.
- Supervision tasks (within his/her engineering unit):

- Plan, coordinate and supervise tasks delegated to the Junior Flight Operations Engineer within the unit assigned.
- Engage and coach the Junior Flight Operations Engineer teaching and supporting with the technical items from his/her area of scope to “build the team” required for delivering the tasks described in 1).
- Drive internal and external (CAA/IOSA) audits, responding to the auditor’s requests being able to provide the right balance of accuracy and guaranteeing the non-compliances resolution ontime.
- Assess and respond to several engineering inquiries received from suppliers and pilots assuring flight processes related with engineering are clear and requests satisfied.
- Transformation tasks:

- Improve engineering tasks and move towards digitally integrated systems being able to remove manual analysis & integrate value and new capabilities into the day-to-day flight ops processes (both for engineers and pilots). E.g.: Be the expert to design, study and integrate FlySmart tool in the EFB for pilots, which completely transform and digitalize specific performance calculations and dramatically increase flight support capabilities.
- In coordination with the rest of flight ops units, build pillars for the establishment of processes to beat efficiency and robustness targets. E.g.: Optimise new route technical feasibility studies to eliminate some internal steps and move forward delivery of results.

**Education**
- Aeronautical Engineering Degree (required)

**Experience**
- Minimum 2 years experience within a flight operations engineering department in an airline (required).
- Minimum 1 year Airbus PEP and/or FSA (required).

**Competencies**
- Aircraft performance (required).
- Airbus Operation technical manuals (required).
- Weight and balance (required).
- CAA formal communication and submissions for approval (required).
- Vba Programming (required).
- Flight Planning (desired).
- Planning and managerial capabilities (required).
- High proactivity & “Hands-on”.

**Languages**
- English (required)

**Other**
- Any Airbus flight operations-related training (desired)

**Location**

Barcelona.

**Level**

Individual Contributor 5 - TEC

**Our benefits**

Every single person who works with us is unique. And we want your experience of working at Vueling to be just as unique. Our employee benefits include staff travel, discounts, flexible working model and much more Want to learn more? click here

We have won the award for the “**Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe 2021**” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, the world’s largest annual airline passenger satisfaction survey. We will continue to work hard to always offer the best customer experience