Maintenance Operations Planner

PSA Airlines, Inc. – Maintenance Planner, Full‑Time, US‑NC‑Charlotte

Let your career take off with PSA Airlines. PSA, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers growth opportunities and values teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity while prioritizing safety.

PSA Airlines offers growth opportunities. Our culture, known as The PSA Way, focuses on stability, growth, and safety. Join our team for benefits including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network.

• 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 profit‑sharing and bonus opportunities
• Three health plan options with nationwide coverage
• Premium dental coverage
• Vision plan options covering glasses and contacts yearly
• Benefits navigation services, including doctor finding and free second opinion services
• 24‑hour virtual urgent care services
• Family planning and fertility treatment
• LGBTQ+ friendly services, including gender‑affirming care and family planning
• Company‑paid life and disability insurance, including supplemental life for spouses and dependent children
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program with free in‑person health professional sessions

Position Summary

The Maintenance Operations Planner impacts PSA Airlines’ growth by overseeing aircraft maintenance program tasks, ensuring efficient execution. Located in OCC, the planner monitors, plans, routes, and schedules required maintenance on short‑range aircraft.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze scheduling and workload planning for efficiency and compliance with maintenance requirements.
• Monitor and coordinate scheduling of short‑range maintenance requirements on aircraft.
• Utilize company computer systems to identify maintenance aircraft requirements and assigned/capable overnight stations for timely compliance.
• Monitor aircraft status and station operations, coordinate routing/rerouting to maintain integrity of the maintenance plan and company performance objectives.
• Coordinate and communicate day‑of operational changes, resolve conflicts between maintenance and daily operational schedules.
• Provide oversight of the short‑range maintenance plan, advise supervisors, and dispatch coordinators on conflicts affecting the maintenance schedule.
• Balance station nightly workload, coordinate with Base Stations on overnight work plans to optimize station capacity and capabilities.
• Coordinate with internal departments to ensure parts, materials, tooling, and manpower availability for scheduled work.
• Coordinate with OCC personnel for ferry or repositioning of scheduled maintenance aircraft.
• Create, review, and execute daily work orders to required maintenance bases via electronic planning platform.
• Work closely with MOC & Liaison Engineering personnel to track and schedule fault/deferred maintenance items such as MELs and CDLs.
• Provide daily turnover communication of critical tasks and items affecting the operation.
• Ensure all specified policies, practices, and procedures are complied with.
• Responsible for the company’s SMS and associated safety outputs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Strong analytical and computer skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English
• Authorization to work in the US

Preferred

• College degree or equivalent work experience or two years’ experience in aircraft maintenance scheduling/planning/programs or related field
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification

Delegation:
In absence, responsibilities delegated to Supervisor of Maintenance Planning.

Authorities:
None.

Supervisory Responsibility:
This is not a supervisory position.

Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment using standard office equipment.

Physical Demands:
This sedentary role requires standing, walking, climbing stairs, lifting up to 25 lbs, and using hands and arms.

PSA Airlines is an equal opportunity employer.

Security Clearance

All employees are required to pass a fingerprint‑based criminal history records check and pre‑employment drug screen.