Vacancies at Kenya Airways

Brief Description

Job Purpose Statement: The holder of this position will be responsible for managing the data science and engineering team, planning projects, and building analytics models. They should have a strong problem-solving ability and a knack for statistical analysis. The expectation for this role isto have proper understanding of the application of various tools, data mining, methodologies, statistical techniques, algorithms, and machine learning and AI principles toidentify trends, patterns, and insights from raw data. The holder will extractmeaning from data, uncover insights and identify opportunities to inform business decision making.

Detailed Description

• Managing an agile team of data scientists, machine learning engineers and big data specialists.
• Leading in modern, secure, and scalable data mining, collection, and consolidation procedures
• Leading in evaluation of Machine Learning models to ensure to ensure they achieve over 98% performance.
• Delivery of Data Analytics solutions using common data science toolkits, such as Python, SAS, R, SPSS, etc.
• Conducting EDA, data extraction, data cleaning and documentation of created models.
• Delivering projects within the allocated timeline
• Use agile scrum framework in team and projects management.
• Ensuring company-wide data quality and integrity.
• Interpreting and analyzing data problems.
• Conceiving, planning and prioritizing data projects.
• Building analytic systems and predictive models.
• Testing performance of data-driven products
• Communicating insights and discoveries from the data analytics process
• Experiment with new models and techniques
• Align data projects with organizational goals

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science or related degree
• Proven working experience as a Data Scientist, ML Engineer, and skills as in Big Data Analysis
• Machine learning skills: The Senior data scientist must have a deep understanding of machine learning techniques, including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning.
• Programming skills: The person should have strong programming skills in languages such as Python, R, or SQL, which is essential to develop and execute algorithms and models.
• Big Data Experience:  The job holder should have experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or NoSQL
• Data visualization: Senior data scientists should be able to use data visualization tools to communicate insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in working with Big Data Cloud solutions.
• Leadership: Strong leadership skills to manage and mentor a team of data warehouse engineers effectively (at least 2 years leading teams)
• Proper understanding of the Data Life Cycle Management
• Strong analytical skills to identify patterns and insights from large and complex data sets.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• 5 years’ experience and proven performance in design and implementation of Data Science and Analytics projects (including ML and AI projects), 2 of which were in positions managing teams and projects.

Additional Details

• Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle process
• Good understanding of the Data Management Life Cycle
• Good understanding of Data Science methodologies

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Brief Description

The candidate will ensure Heavy maintenance activities/Projects are defined, planned and executed to meet company business, aviation authority and third-party requirements in the assigned area.

Detailed Description

Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

• Develop and implement new planning & programs activities within the section.
• Analyze historical data to improve the processes / products of the section.
• Create and update Heavy maintenance plans (incorporating painting and main components changes like landing gears, APU and engines) and providing the costs of required resources for use in technical department budget preparation.
• Ensure that Manpower capacity planning (Forecasting, Budgeting and Scheduling) requirements are defined to support Maintenance Work program.
• Assess and develop proposals for outsourced and 3rd party maintenance contracts.
• Act as technical representative to MRO when maintenance work is outsourced and act as team leader on behalf of manager technical planning responsible for executing contracts on outsourcing checks/ components/ aircraft leases.
• Ensure that all maintenance checks are planned and executed as per the company approved Aircraft Maintenance Program and any other relevant documentation.
• Prepare reports and charts for heavy maintenance pre-input, progressive closure and resources availability to the Business.
• Ensure the Aircraft Systems and Cabin is maintained to the highest standard as required to achieve Kenya Airways’ goal.
• Participate in investigations for Quality Lapses and support remedies in accordance with company procedures.
• Lead and develop Planning Engineers and other junior staff to ensure that they understand and follow company and legislative requirements, procedures and processes.

Job Requirements

Qualification (Minimum)  

• Graduate engineer from a recognized university (mechanical, aeronautical electrical/electronics).
• Planning courses.
• Knowledge of a database software/MRO system.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience in maintenance/engineering, of which 3 years in technical planning or similar department.
• Experience in maintenance programs and/or production planning & control.
• Proven experience in managing aircraft delivery/redelivery or other relevant projects.

Additional Details

Other Skills

• Demonstrated computer skills.
• Decision making.
• Teamwork.

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Brief Description

The candidate will review maintenance procedures and work instructions, supervise QA Engineers, conduct audits and investigations in order to ensure an airworthy, reliable, quality product/service is provided in a cost-effective manner. To ensure that technical staff work within the framework of the Kenya airways company procedures, and to coordinate and conduct company approval exams through the Quality Assessment Board for the Engineers applying for company authorization and recommend, or otherwise to Head of Quality for issue of authorizations. To satisfy the requirements of KCAA/EASA Part 145 and related requirements.

Detailed Description

Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

• Come up with planned internal audits plans or programs; surveillance/ inspections/spot checks audit plans/program, in liaison with Principal Quality Assurance Engineer (PQAE) & follow up for execution.
• Carry out audits; surveillance/inspections/spot checks as per audit program/assignment.
• Ensure planned audits; surveillance/inspections/spot checks findings are timely followed up for responses, feedback are verified before effective timely closures are done.
• Monitor the effectiveness of any corrective action(s) based on the feedback.
• Provide independent assessment of findings corrective actions, implementation & completion.
• Ensure feedback from maintenance/technical findings and subsequently feeding these back to the Technical Training to incorporate it into the continuation training programme.
• Coordinating action on SAFA findings, RAMP inspections/airworthiness inspections, customer aircraft surveys/inspections and initiating provision of root causes, corrective actions, review of such feedback, providing such effective feedback on root causes/corrective actions/closures and follow-up to ensure effective closures.
• Handling & follow up on external planned audits including those of CAA, certification bodies, customers to ensure successful execution; timely & effective feedback on any findings/issues raised.
• Coordinate and conduct approval exams for technician, certifying staff, support staff and non-aircraft authorised staff who have applied for various aircraft/component/equipment approval categories for purposes of recommendation of issuance/rejection of Kenya Airways authorizations.
• Ensure review and processing of staff authorisation renewal applications, including accurate and timely update of records of certifying or support or authorised staff.
• Ensure support in AOC aircraft certificates i.e. Certificate of Registration; Certificate of Airworthiness; Radio license etc. timely issuance & renewal.
• Coordinate, process and review applications for aircraft or aircraft components capability Inclusion.
• Supervise initial issue of AMO etcs certificates and their subsequent renewals.
• Review/ensure review of vendor application requests and recommend appropriate actions, prepare vendor authorisation certificates and manage the approved vendor listing.
• Ensure support in applicable aircraft dispensations, concessions, and extensions.
• Ensure all KCAA related requests are handled accordingly.
• Monitor changes in applicable regulatory or certification requirements/standards and review and initiate necessary actions(s).
• Ensure update/update quality database with current regulatory or certification requirements/standards.
• Review AMO manuals to match with regulatory requirements/standards etc.
• Ensure that reported MORs, ASRs, CSRs are handled according to the roster.
• Follow up on reporting to all relevant bodies such as CAA, customers, OEMs and closure of reported MORs, ASRs, CSRs, incidents or occurrences.
• Review and follow up on closure of office hazards, near misses, health & safety issues.
• Supervise & ensure preparation of quality communications and produce reports for dissemination to relevant audience.
• Review & provide related performance during weekly & related sectional & other related meetings.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Mentor and show direction guidance/mentoring, motivation, give guidance for staff under him/her.
• Review & provide related performance during weekly & related sectional & other related meetings.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Mentor and show direction guidance, motivation, give guidance for staff under him/her.

Job Requirements

Qualification (Minimum)  

• Graduate engineer from a recognized university (mechanical, aeronautical electrical/electronics).
• Must have completed Quality Management System (QMS) training.
• Must have completed Audit Techniques training. 
• Is current on human factors and Safety management systems trainings.
• Have at least 1 aircraft type training or 1 component training.
• Knowledge in using standard aircraft manuals and engineering procedures manual.
• Conversant with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Basic Knowledge of audit process and root cause analysis.
• Must have attended team leadership training.
• Must have relevant engineering degree with at least 4 years aviation engineering experience with at least 2 years  in quality OR
• Must have Diploma in relevant Engineering field with at least 6 years aviation maintenance experience with at least 2 years in quality.
• Knowledge in using standard aircraft manuals and engineering procedures manual.
• Fully conversant with relevant technical procedures.
• Fully conversant with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Conversant with relevant IT Tools and Systems.
• Has knowledge in statistical analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in report writing.
• Knowledge of Industrial Safety Standards.
• Has participated in issuance of variations and dispensations/extensions.
• Has participated in aircraft certificate(s) issuance and renewal process.
• Successfully carried out audits as a Lead Auditor.
• Experience in closures of external (regulatory / customers) audit findings.
• Experience in product audits.
• Knowledge of contracts

Additional Details

Other Skills

• Effective communication skills
• Proven supervisory skills
• Basic audit process and root cause analysis skills
• Basic root cause analysis skills
• Proven Management skills.
• Project Management skills
• Procedure writing skills
• Report writing skills

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Brief Description

The candidate will ensure regulatory requirements are upheld and that constant maintenance standards and organization procedures are applied to KQ/Customer aircraft to the end that an airworthy, reliable, quality product is provided and that this is done in a cost-effective manner. Also responsible to maintain an independent Quality System.

Detailed Description

Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

• Conducts planned and ad-hoc audits/inspections/spot checks/surveys individually or under guidance of SQAE of all Technical sections within KQ and provide written reports.
• Assess the data gathered during these audits/inspections/spot checks/surveys and communicate any discrepancies in writing to heads of sections. These will be in the form of a formal report detailing any findings, which must be addressed with corrective action and the time frame in which it must be achieved.
• Follow up and verify audit closure actions. Monitor the effectiveness of any corrective action from the feedback and by direct surveillance.
• Log in reported occurrences into QA database, then review and classify them in order to report as applicable to KCAA/EASA/Customer’s Civil Aviation Authority/Operators.
• Participate in incident investigations under guidance of SQAE.
• Review authorisation applications.
• Participate in approval exams under guidance of SQAE.
• Prepare, monitor and update records of certifying staff with all the necessary required information.
• Prepare applications to the Authority and collect required data for CoA, CoR, radio license certificates issue/renewal.
• Prepare QA Airworthiness statistics as required.
• Provide data to SQAE on safety matters as required.
• Prepare and maintain data base for maintenance approvals issued to KQ by different Civil Aviation Authorities and Airlines, certification bodies such as IOSA, KENAS and follow –up on their validity. Recommend and initiate the renewal process. Also prepare and maintain data base for KCAA approvals given to organisation conducting maintenance of KQ aircraft/parts.
• Process and avail aircraft and related documentation/certificates.
• Carry out any other duties within the Quality Assurance Section so desired by the Quality Manager /PQAE/SQAE.

Job Requirements

Qualification (Minimum)  

• Graduate engineer from a recognized university (mechanical, aeronautical electrical/electronics).
• Knowledge in using standard aircraft manuals and engineering procedures manual.
• Conversant with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Basic knowledge of basic aircraft systems.
• Must have completed graduate trainee program/equivalent OR
• Must have relevant engineering degree with at least 3 years aviation engineering experience; OR
• Must have Diploma in relevant Engineering field with at least 5 years aviation maintenance experience.
• Fully conversant with relevant technical procedures.
• Basic Knowledge of audit process and root cause analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in report writing.
• Basic Knowledge of Industrial Safety Standards.
• Conversant with relevant IT Tools and Systems.

Additional Details

Other Skills

• Computer Literacy.
• Effective communication skills
• Basic audit process and root cause analysis skills.

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Brief Description

The candidate will ensure healthy, safe and secure working environment within the AMO in compliance with the relevant industry, regulatory and legislative requirements, company procedures, industry best practices and requirements of customer airlines. This is incorporated with the responsibility of coordinating occupational safety, health and environment programs throughout the AMO and the coordination of activities relevant in the maintenance of SMS and ISO Integrated Management System.

Detailed Description

Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

• Ensure implementation of the Safety Management System within the AMO in line with regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate activities relevant to the maintenance of the Integrated Management System (ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001).
• Conduct Hazard and Risk analysis to lead to the management of the AMO’s safety risk program
• Review regulatory and industry best practice requirements relevant to the AMO that need to be documented on Safety & Health and on Environment & Sustainability.
• Coordinate the AMO’s Emergency Response activities to cover occupational accidents; injuries, fires, spills, dangerous goods etc.
• Collect, collate and analyze periodic industrial safety reports.
• Coordinate the Safety Action Group/Health & Safety Committee (SAG/HSC) meetings and assume the role of the secretary to the committee as stipulated in the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
• Conduct safety audits/inspections/surveys in line with statutory and company requirements.
• Investigate workplace incidents and accidents within the AMO and make appropriate recommendations for action.
• Follow up on corrective actions from audits, inspections and investigations to ensure closure/implementation within the agreed timeframe.
• Promote safety culture amongst staff within the organization.
• Prepare safety information bulletin and newsletters to raise safety awareness within the AMO.
• Coordinating planned/unplanned safety trainings for the AMO personnel.

Job Requirements

Qualification (Minimum)  

• Graduate engineer from a recognized university (mechanical, aeronautical electrical/electronics).
• Audit Training.
• Knowledge of Industrial Safety Regulations and Standards.
• Accident/Incident investigation training.
• Root Cause Analysis training.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience: 1 year in aviation safety management and 2 years in aircraft maintenance.

Additional Details

Other Skills

• Computer Literacy.
• Ability to analyze data.
• People Management.
• Report writing skills.
• Presentation skills.

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Brief Description

Job Purpose Statement: To ensure that the Flight Operations quality assurance is soundly developed, properly executed and systematically monitored to meet the objectives of the Corporate Quality System and regulatory requirements.

Detailed Description

• Ensure the sound implementation of Flight Operations Quality System to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policy;
• Prepare reports for senior management evaluations and ensure that appropriate corrective actions are carried out and follow-ups done;
• Appraise the Quality Assurance Manager AOC Operations of audit results and issues relating to the quality system;
• Conduct periodic Flight Operations (Cabin, Dispatch, Flight & FLOE) audits for compliance with company policy and industry /regulatory requirements.
• Review and compile documentation before and after audits;
• To maintain all the Flight Operations quality records and documentation in line with the corporate quality requirements;
• Conduct Periodic Audits on the control and coordination of Flight Operations training requirements
• Coordinate Regulatory and Industry audits. (AOC, TCO, IOSA, ISAGO) as per company requirements

Job Requirements

• Diploma in Related field
• Flight Operations/Dispatcher License
• Technically qualified person in the field of aircraft maintenance, flight or ground operations;
• Management/Audit Techniques recognized by the Authority;
• Thorough working knowledge of airline operations, ramp, passenger, cargo operations, Quality Management System principles, Kenya Civil Aviation Regulations and IATA standards;
• At least three (3) years’ work experience in the field of aircraft maintenance or flight operations or ground operations;
• At least one (1) year experience in aviation safety or internal evaluation/auditing;
• Experience in maintaining and enhancing corporate safety standards and safe operational practices, preferred
• Experience in writing reports and manuals;
• IT Literate;

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Brief Description

The candidate will develop and promote KQ regional freighter sales and operations, to deliver freighter profitability while ensuring customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention.

Detailed Description

Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

Strategy

• Deliver the annual regional freighters network to support the cargo department strategy.
• Forecast and build freighter schedule integrity to deliver set financial and operational targets.
• Establish and enforce customer service levels for customer satisfaction, retention and business growth.

New Market Development

• Support new regional freighter business by studying and aligning to evolving market dynamics and tactical re-orientation.
• Analyze new markets operating data to advise on prospects for new markets.
• Actualize freighter operations on new markets while aligning with existing schedules.

Revenue Generation

• Maximize the profitability of scheduled and ad-hoc regional freighter services.
• Enforce continuous internal improvement of freighter processes, schedules deployment and financial performance for efficiency and profitability.

Budget

• Deliver the annual budget of the regional freighters.
• Generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, half year and annual freighter management reports and analysis for regional freighter performance evaluation.

Operational

• Undertake weekly booking forecasts to ensure optimal freighter schedule build-up.
• Liaise with the IOCC Teams (DMO, Crew Scheduling, Technical Resource Planning, etc.) to ensure freighter operations as per schedule.
• Monitor the flight revenue and capacity optimization of the freighters.
• Liaise with the warehouse teams for cargo build-up.
• Liaise with the ramp teams for optimal cargo loading/uplift.
• Liaise with the out-station and GHA teams for optimal cargo load uplift, handling and aircraft turn-around.
• Monitor and drive corrective action to recover disrupted regional freighter services.

Job Requirements

Qualification (Minimum)  

• University graduate in business related area of study.
• DGR CAT 6.
• IATA AVI and Perishables Course.
• Cargo Skills and Procedures Course.
• Working knowledge of Cargo Enterprise Systems – n-Gen, Altea-Inventory, Altea-Freight Management, AIMS, etc.
• Well versed with cargo market intelligence data-mines – World-ACD, CASS, etc.
• 5 years of work experience in aviation, of which3 years in cargo sales or revenue management (or equivalent) and a minimum 2years in supervisory /management level.
• Working knowledge of cargo operations and commercial analytical tools.
• Working experience using scheduling and planning tools.
• Working knowledge of financial reports.

Additional Details

Other Skills

• Team player
• Good interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented
• Positive attitude
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to influence
• Strong business focus
• Creative and innovative
• Excellent communicator
• Entrepreneurial orientation
• Analytical and self-motivated
• Ability to respond quickly to changes
• Willingness to learn and go the extra mile
• Ability to respond quickly to disruptive changes
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task, organize and prioritize workload.