Experience

Lufthansa LEOS

• Germany
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Fleet and Engineering

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Ground Support



Lufthansa

• Germany
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technische Betriebsleitung (CAMO DLH) - Fleet Manager Maintenance Program Airbus A319/A320/A321

  • Jan 2020 - Oct 2022

  Frankfurt am Main und Umgebung, Deutschland



Lufthansa Technik

• Germany
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager Aircraft Maintenance Programs Aircraft Engineering

  • Nov 2008 - Oct 2022

  Frankfurt am Main Developing / Revisions / Improvements of Maintenance Programs based on OEM Documents, National requirements, experience, etc. Adaptation to customer requirements (flight profile, ground times, man-power...) taking into account reliability data and continous watch of effectiveness of the maintenance program. Primarily for Airbus aircraft (A320, A340, A330). Participation on Industry Steering Committee (ISC) Meetings for A320 family Maintenance Review Board Reports and acting as ISC Advisor on… Show more Developing / Revisions / Improvements of Maintenance Programs based on OEM Documents, National requirements, experience, etc. Adaptation to customer requirements (flight profile, ground times, man-power...) taking into account reliability data and continous watch of effectiveness of the maintenance program. Primarily for Airbus aircraft (A320, A340, A330). Participation on Industry Steering Committee (ISC) Meetings for A320 family Maintenance Review Board Reports and acting as ISC Advisor on A320 Systems Maintenance Working Group meetings. Elected as ISC Chair by the airline members of the ISC Meeting held in May 2019. Lead of IT-project “Automatic phase-in and phase-out of aircraft to/ of MP” for LHT software.

• Project Manager Customer Support Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering

  • Nov 2000 - Oct 2008

  Frankfurt am Main and several parts of the world Offering and negotiation of all kind of aircraft maintenance & engineering up to C-Check level for A320, A340, B737. Initial set up of line maintenance stations up to A-Check for several start up Airlines (in Spain, Nigeria, Ukraine, Germany, USA, Middle East). Supporting the customers by managing of all kind of emergency (AOG) requests like birds strike damages, engine changes, structural repairs, spare part shipment, including deployment of specialist to return the aircraft back to… Show more Offering and negotiation of all kind of aircraft maintenance & engineering up to C-Check level for A320, A340, B737. Initial set up of line maintenance stations up to A-Check for several start up Airlines (in Spain, Nigeria, Ukraine, Germany, USA, Middle East). Supporting the customers by managing of all kind of emergency (AOG) requests like birds strike damages, engine changes, structural repairs, spare part shipment, including deployment of specialist to return the aircraft back to service at a remote station. Also part of the customer support was, invoicing, controlling of contracts, developing training programs for technicians and transfer from one provider to an other. Part of IT development team for maintenance control & production planning, job card editing.

• Job Card Engineer

  • Sep 1996 - Oct 2000

  Frankfurt am Main Setup of maintenance job card sets , initial and continuous setup of scheduling data for customers (airline and VIP) based on individual maintenance programs. This includes also set up of job orders for modifications based on SB/ AD /EO /DDI. Planning and preparation of C-check layovers for A320, B737, A340 including man-hour planing and calculation. From plain C1 checks with in 36 hours hangar time up to complex C-check layovers with modification packages up to 10.000 man-hours in total and 6… Show more Setup of maintenance job card sets , initial and continuous setup of scheduling data for customers (airline and VIP) based on individual maintenance programs. This includes also set up of job orders for modifications based on SB/ AD /EO /DDI. Planning and preparation of C-check layovers for A320, B737, A340 including man-hour planing and calculation. From plain C1 checks with in 36 hours hangar time up to complex C-check layovers with modification packages up to 10.000 man-hours in total and 6 week layovers. However, IL- or D-Check related tasks were not part of this job. Part of the IT-team to develop a support tool for routine and rectification work calculation based on maintenance program tasks. Development and build-up of a A320 MPD data base of support of customers with job cards.

• Certifying Staff Cat B1.1 and Cat C

  • Sep 1987 - Aug 1996

  After an 3 year apprenticeship as aircraft mechanic I started at LHT 1987 as aircraft mechanic for B737-200 & -300, B727, DC10 and later A320, A340, B747-200. After several type trainings I passed the examination and got the approval as certifying staff in 1993 for Airbus A320. After additional trainings I got approval for B737CL, A340-300 one year later. The work included major component changes like flight controls and engines and certification of C-Checks. Part of the job was also being… Show more After an 3 year apprenticeship as aircraft mechanic I started at LHT 1987 as aircraft mechanic for B737-200 & -300, B727, DC10 and later A320, A340, B747-200. After several type trainings I passed the examination and got the approval as certifying staff in 1993 for Airbus A320. After additional trainings I got approval for B737CL, A340-300 one year later. The work included major component changes like flight controls and engines and certification of C-Checks. Part of the job was also being the responsible maintenance person for C-check layovers for airline and VIP customer aircraft including modification packages. In 2004 I converted the LHT license to an EASA CAT B1.1 and CAT C license. However due to grandfather rights this license is limited to C-Check level.



German Air Force

• Armed Forces
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Basic military service at the German Air Force

  • Apr 1986 - Jun 1987

  Rheine / Westfalen, Germany Basic military service at the German Air Force serving Phantom F4-F - Deployment to Goose Bay / Labrador (Canada) - Deployment to Cagliari / Sardinia (Italy)