Ramp Department Manager na Sun Country Airlines

About Sun Country Airlines

We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as a Ramp Department Manager you’ll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high-deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
• 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

Ramp Department Manager Overview:

Sun Country Airlines is seeking a Ramp Department Manager to lead all ramp operations at Terminal 2, ensuring safe, efficient, and timely aircraft servicing. This role is responsible for enforcing operational policies, managing team performance, maintaining regulatory compliance and optimizing financial outcomes.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop, review, update, and implement business planning including operational and financial performance
• Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, including coaching, discipline, and recognition
• Mentor employees to build bench strength for promotional opportunities
• Reviews activities, cost operations and forecast data to ensure progression toward station/corporate goals and objectives
• Daily operational tracking of performance, taking immediate action to correct any shortfalls
• Collaborate with the Airport Coordination center and ramp team to ensure process are safe and efficient
• Ensure that personnel adhere to established company and federal safety regulations
• Follow safety regulations, which include the proper use of ground service equipment and wearing proper safety PPE
• Ensure ramp and deice areas are safe and free of Foreign Objects Debris (FOD) and that all ground service equipment is properly maintained
• Prepare incident reports as needed for violations of company policy
• Manage all T2 Ground Service Equipment and track pre-operational inspections
• Work with GSE mechanics to maintain a healthy fleet of ramp equipment
• Any other duties assigned by management

Required Qualifications:

• Two or more years of related experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work efficiently under time constraints
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Available to work varying shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Must be able to obtain an MSP SIDA badge and customs seal

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with managing flexible workforces
• Previous working experience with Deice Operations 
• Understanding of metering and throughput of an active weather event
• Bachelor’s or associate degree

Compensation:

Pay range: $65,000 - $70,000 USD annually. This is the base compensation hiring range for this role.

Classification: 

Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Work Location:

Minneapolis, MN (onsite, hybrid, remote)

Supervisory Responsibility:

Operational Service Managers 

Work Environment:

This job operates outdoors in all kinds of weather, this includes extreme cold and in all type of precipitation. While working on the deice pads this position will be exposed to the extreme noise of aircrafts arriving and departing.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. This position will be required to occasionally push/pull up to 300 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties:

The above statements are intended to provide a summary of key responsibilities and the anticipated work environment of an accountant.  They are not intended to be an all-inclusive listing of job duties. Position expectations may change as the needs, or the requirements of the organization evolve.

AAP/EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Sun Country Airlines respects and values every employee’s contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives.

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