Intern - Base Maintenance Strategy (Summer 2024)

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 inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our internships are paid, and course credit hours may be considered depending on university’s guidelines. Internships include a competitive benefits package sought at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From mentorship opportunities to benefits like medical insurance and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind internship experience. Are you ready to travel the world?

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.

Key Responsibilities

As a Technical Operations intern, you’ll work side-by-side with our TO professionals, taking on problems and learning about our industry. Internships are paid and course credit hours may be considered depending on your university’s guidelines. Technical Operations interns will be placed throughout our system, depending on project / field. Potential placements include but are not limited to: Data Analytics, Digital Fleet Management, Strategic and Base Planning, Airframe Maintenance Strategy, Predictive Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain and more. 

Base Maintenance Strategy

The Base Maintenance Strategy team is responsible for operation placement of Base Heavy Maintenance workload at our vendor partner locations.  The team also is responsible for financial forecasting, analysis, and management with our partners. 

Our interns will have the opportunity to interact with the team in many facets and provide meaningful support and feedback. 

Responsibilities could include the following (dependent on placement):

• Support content for Leadership presentations.
• Continuous improvement related to station deployment.
• Collaborating closely with onsite teams and vendor contacts.
• Collaborating closely with internally with Procurement and Finance teams.
• Assist and support vendor negotiations.
• Vendor site visits and station start-up support.
• Projects related to dashboard development and forecasting in collaboration with IKC team. 
• Opportunities to present content and update in corporate environment.
• The team works broadly across many groups at United and with our external partners, the candidate will have an opportunity to network and build relationships across these teams.  

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Must be pursuing a degree in Finance, Business Management, Engineering, IT Development or another related field
• Must have a minimum of 12 semester hours in core degree course work
• Individual should be a rising junior (at minimum) when internship begins
• Must be available for 10-12 weeks during Summer 2024
• Work related travel may be required, individuals must be able to travel without any restrictions, including internationally
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US for any employer without sponsorship now or at any point in the future

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.