Senior Manager - Costing and Contracts

About the role

The Senior Manager – Costing and Contracts role sits within the Engineering function in Gurugram, reporting to the Head of Planning. The position leads budgeting, cost control, risk management, forecasting, and contract management for aviation engineering projects, heavy and line maintenance programs, and fleet reliability modifications. Day-to-day work includes building MRO cost models, tracking actual vs. budgeted costs, negotiating MRO, PBH, component repair, tool lease, and consultancy agreements, and coordinating with internal teams and external OEMs, MRO providers, regulators, and leasing companies.

What you’ll do

• Prepare and maintain budgets for engineering projects, heavy checks, base maintenance, line maintenance programs, and fleet reliability modifications
• Build cost models incorporating labor, parts, MRO events, downtime, and heavy checks aligned with international MRO cost-analysis standards
• Track actual vs budgeted costs, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions
• Use benchmarking techniques comparable to airline operational cost benchmarking methods to compare internal vs. industry performance
• Conduct risk assessments to identify uncertainties affecting engineering costs, schedule, or contractual deliverables
• Evaluate in-house vs outsourced maintenance tasks using recognized MRO cost comparison criteria
• Lead contract drafting, review, and negotiation for MRO agreements, PBH contracts, component repair contracts, tool lease contracts, and engineering consultancy agreements
• Assist in vendor evaluation, contract renewal, amendment analysis, and cost impacts of contract changes

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Aero/Mech/Electrical) or an AME license
• 10–12 years of experience in aviation engineering costing, maintenance planning, or MRO contract management
• Mastery of DGCA/CAME/AD/SB regulatory knowledge
• Strong detail orientation and time management
• Planning and coordination with task sequencing and packaging skills
• Technical writing for task cards and compliance documentation
• Leadership and cross-functional governance capability

Nice to have

• MBA or certification in Contract Management / Supply Chain
• Experience with PBH/MRO agreements, FAA/DGCA compliance, benchmarking, and advanced contract negotiation

Skills