Labor Contract Administrator

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 Labor Contract Administrator 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

Labor Contract Administrator Overview:

Sun Country Airlines is seeking a Labor Contract Administrator to support the administration and interpretation of Sun Country's Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) with its five (5) unions, which include ALPA (pilots), IBT (flight attendants), AMFA (technicians), TWU (dispatchers), and IBT (Below the Wing Fleet Service employees).

The Contract Administrator creates efficiencies in grievance and document management through intaking, investigating, managing, tracking, and reporting of grievances, and assisting with interpretation of Sun Country's CBAs, all which serve to improve reporting reliability, leading to timely identification of systemic issues. The Contract Administrator also supports the development and maintenance of a strong working relationship with labor organizations representing the various workgroups focused on working collaboratively to achieve our shared interests.

Essential roles and responsibilities of a Labor Contract Administrator:

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

• Intake, investigate, and evaluate union grievances
• Draft responses to grievances
• Schedule or coordinate the details of grievance hearings or other meetings
• Prepare evidence and witnesses for arbitrations
• Interpret collective bargaining agreement contractual language
• Maintain, track, and manage reporting of grievance documentation
• Travel as needed to build and maintain relationships with the operational teams and unions, as well as to investigate and adjudicate grievances
• Develop and maintain positive and functional relationships with labor organizations representing the various work groups
• Any other duties assigned by management

The required qualifications we are looking for in a Labor Contract Administrator include:

• At least 3-5 years in Labor Relations or operational management of unionized employees, preferably under the U.S. Railway Labor Act
• Experience with the grievance/arbitration process in the U.S. Airline or railway industry
• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills, with demonstrated ability to listen
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training as determined by the hiring manager
• Generally proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Skills

• At least 5 years experience in Labor Relations or operational management of unionized employees in an airline

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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