Lead Maintenance Planner in Charlotte, North Carolina at PSA Airlines, Inc.

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PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 5,500 team members.

At PSA we are defining the standard in regional aviation by focusing on The PSA Standard - our foundation for operation. Through our six Winning Behaviors - safe and caring, customer-centric and quality-focused, dependable and ethical, fact-based, focused and flexible, on-time, and cost-conscious – our team members are showing up every day for our customers and each other.

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.

• 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 Maintenance Planner roles/types as required.
• Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in aircraft maintenance/scheduling/routing and planning.
• Working knowledge of aircraft inspections and maintenance programs.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office programs.
• Experience with excel reporting to include VLOOKUP, Pivot Table, Complex Formulas, Advanced. formatting, comparing large amounts of data and referencing several data sets.
• Routing knowledge and previous experience working with Dispatch and MOC.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to speak, read and write in English.
• If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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