Manager of Fleet Planning 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.

• Performs strategy formulation, development, implementation, and evaluation of aircraft maintenance plans to optimize efficiency, reduce downtime, and minimize cost.
• Leads weekly and periodic reviews of airframe activity, including analysis of historical and forecast data to assess fleet, program, labor, facility, and maintenance opportunity trends.
• Maintains the long-range planning system in support of capacity and demand modeling, including annual, five-year, and ten-year maintenance plans.
• Optimizes aircraft maintenance visit scenario modeling to minimize aircraft downtime, reduce cost, and maximize fleet utilization.
• Prepares and maintains PSA fleet plans to support heavy maintenance visits, line maintenance, hangar plans, and scheduled maintenance requirements in a timely and consistent manner.
• Communicates and coordinates airframe heavy check plans and requirements with internal and external facilities to ensure advance planning and preparation for heavy maintenance visit requirements.
• Meets regularly with production leadership, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other support departments to ensure alignment with aircraft project plans, special visits, and maintenance requirements.
• Communicates and coordinates maintenance allocation requirements with senior Tech Ops, Network Planning, and Finance leadership to support maintenance check activity.
• Develops and maintains Tech Ops project tracking dashboards and business intelligence reports to communicate the status of critical initiatives.
• Provides detailed analysis of check visit performance against plan and communicates results to support continuous improvement.
• Develops implementation plans for system-wide maintenance capabilities, including maintenance footprint, manpower, facilities, and short- and long-term aircraft maintenance requirements.
• Leads cross-functional integration with Tech Ops leaders and business partners to achieve planning, utilization, and execution goals.
• Develops and maintains monthly and annual Maintenance Planning performance reports for leadership review.
• Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in aviation-related, engineering, business, or analytical field.
• 5+ years of experience leading strategy, planning, forecasting, continuous improvement, maintenance planning, aircraft scheduling, or a related function.
• Experience in using data analysis and quantitative modeling techniques (e.g. statistical, optimization, simulation, spreadsheet)
• Adept at leading several projects and initiatives simultaneously through appropriate prioritization
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
• Ability to partner effectively with internal and external business partners.
• 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.

• Project Management, Lean, or Six Sigma certification.
• Airframe and Powerplant certificate.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.