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Lead Maintenance Planner

PSA Airlines, Inc.
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Mar 2025

About the role

Overview

Let your career take off with PSA Airlines

About PSA

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 4,000 employees. Our company culture, known as The PSA Way, is our foundation for operation and fosters stability, growth and a focus on the future while always placing safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are driven in our goals and achievements, eager to be better. We are reliable to one another and accountable for our actions. And we are caring in our daily interactions, with teammates, colleagues, and customers. Join our team to enjoy comprehensive benefits, including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network, so you can explore new destinations and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Benefits

PSA offers the benefits you expect from a company focused on excellence. All eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Travel privileges on the American Airlines global network
  • A generous vacation plan designed to let you enjoy your travel perks
  • 401(k) with company match
  • American Airlines Group (AAG) profit-sharing and bonus opportunities
  • A choice of three health plan options, all with nationwide coverage with the UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus network
  • Premium dental coverage
  • Vision plan options provided, including a plan that covers both glasses and contacts every year    
  • Benefits navigation services, including finding a doctor, scheduling an appointment, understanding your medical bills, and free second opinion services
  • Access to 24-hour virtual urgent care services
  • Family planning and fertility treatment
  • LGBTQ+ friendly services including gender affirming care, assistance finding knowledgeable providers, and family planning
  • Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and supplemental life insurance options for spouses and dependent children
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care services
  • Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program providing a range of services, including 5 free in-person sessions with a health care professional

Responsibilities

Position SummaryAs a Lead Maintenance Planner you will impact PSA Airlines’ growth by ensuring the aircraft maintenance program tasks are executed, performed, and completed in an effective and efficient manner. You will be responsible for developing relationships with other departments to provide the best operational performance.  Job Responsibilities
  • Develops and monitors schedules for strategic short and long-term plans; arranges priorities, distinguishing urgent, important and unimportant in order to meet goals and deadlines; consults and collaborates with appropriate departments.
  • Present project outcomes and deliverables effectively in oral and written form to the Supervisor of Maintenance Planning and Manager of Maintenance Planning.
  • Identify, develop, create, and enhance working relationships with IOC departments.
  • Identify and develop procedural operational improvements.
  • Support, assist and troubleshoot work of MTX Planners.
  • Performs complex professional planning activities involving advanced planning and special projects and performs related work as assigned in absence of Supervisor of Maintenance Planning.
  • Monitors daily scheduled maintenance requirements ensuring all are complied within accordance with the applicable maintenance program.
  • Monitors short, medium, and long-range programs forecasting of maintenance inspections and parts to create an equalized schedule while meeting all OEM and FAA requirements.
  • Conduct nightly scheduling and workload adjustments to ensure maximum efficiency and compliance with maintenance requirements.
  • Plan and schedule maintenance work requirements based on the availability of manpower and equipment to ensure minimum aircraft down time and maintain a balanced workload.
  • Responsible for leading the adjustment of scheduled workloads based on part, material, tooling, and manpower during IROPs.
  • Coordinate with the IOC, ensuring efficient routing and ground time availability for aircraft in assigned maintenance bases to accomplish the scheduled maintenance requirements.
  • Keeps the Supervisor of Maintenance Planning aware of the status of potential issues in the day-to-day operation.
  • Ensure all specified policies, practices and procedures are complied with.
  • Perform duties of all Aircraft Maintenanc

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