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 Summary

As a Strategic Long-Range Planner you will impact PSA Airlines’ growth by decision modeling, analytical reporting, data management and Maintenance forecasting to support successful implementation of PSA’s maintenance requirements.  The Strategic Long-Range Planner will utilize historical and predictive modeling in creating the Maintenance Planning Playbook to define and optimize the Heavy, Intermediate, and Line Maintenance Footprint.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs strategy formulation, development, implementation, and evaluation of aircraft maintenance plans to optimize efficiency and minimize cost.
• Leads weekly and other periodic reviews of Airframe activity including detailed analysis of past and future data to assess fleet, program, labor, and facility trends and efforts to improve event opportunity and asset management.
• Capacity and Demand modeling to include Annual, 5-Year, and 10-Year Maintenance Plan.
• Develop Long-Range Material Forecasting model to smooth out demand over a rolling 24-month period.
• Optimize aircraft maintenance visit scenario modeling to minimize aircraft downtime, reduce costs, and maximize fleet utilization.
• Provides detailed analysis of check visit performance to plan.
• Communicates and reviews performance with Tech Ops Support Teams to support continuous improvement.
• Communicates and coordinates maintenance allocation requirements vital to support maintenance check activity with senior Tech Ops, Network Planning, and Finance Leadership.
• Communicates and coordinates Heavy & Intermediate Check plans and requirements with Supply Chain Leaders and internal and external facilities to ensure advance planning and preparation to support requirements.
• Meets regularly with Planning and Production leadership and associated support departments to ensure alignment of activities with Check plans and requirements.
• Develop implementation plans for system-wide maintenance capabilities embracing the Maintenance Footprint, Manpower, and facilities around long and short-term aircraft maintenance requirements.
• Preparation of fleet plans, HMV, Line Maintenance, and Hangar scheduled plans in a timely and consistent manner to allow efficient execution of plans by production.
• Cross-functional integration