Manager of Fleet Planning

PSA Airlines•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

The Manager of Fleet Planning leads maintenance planning analytics, forecasting, decision modeling, reporting, and data management to support PSA’s maintenance requirements, special visits, and long-range fleet plan. The role develops and maintains the Maintenance Planning Playbook using historical performance, forecast modeling, and capacity-demand analysis to define and communicate the heavy, intermediate, and line maintenance footprint. The position directs long-range maintenance planning and aircraft maintenance visit strategies, balancing operational, facility, labor, and fleet requirements to maximize aircraft availability and utilization while controlling costs. It works with Technical Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Network Planning, production leadership, and internal and external facilities to develop maintenance strategies, support fleet growth and capacity planning, and improve planning processes and performance. This is a supervisory position. The position is based in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. Employees must pass a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and pre-employment drug screen. PSA Airlines is an equal opportunity employer and may provide reasonable accommodations for essential job functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an aviation-related, engineering, business, or analytical field.
At least 5 years of experience leading strategy, planning, forecasting, continuous improvement, maintenance planning, aircraft scheduling, or a related function.
Experience using data analysis and quantitative modeling techniques, such as statistical, optimization, simulation, or spreadsheet methods.
Ability to lead several projects and initiatives simultaneously through appropriate prioritization.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
Ability to partner effectively with internal and external business partners.
Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
If hired, ability to demonstrate authorization to work in the United States.
Ability to pass a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and pre-employment drug screen.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Formulate, develop, implement, and evaluate aircraft maintenance plans to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and minimize cost.
Lead weekly and periodic reviews of airframe activity, analyzing historical and forecast data to assess fleet, program, labor, facility, and maintenance opportunity trends.
Maintain the long-range planning system for capacity and demand modeling, including annual, five-year, and ten-year maintenance plans.
Optimize aircraft maintenance visit scenario models to reduce aircraft downtime and cost and maximize fleet utilization.
Prepare and maintain PSA fleet plans for heavy maintenance visits, line maintenance, hangar plans, and scheduled maintenance requirements.
Coordinate airframe heavy-check plans and requirements with internal and external facilities to enable advance planning and preparation.
Meet with production leadership, Engineering, Supply Chain, and support departments to align aircraft project plans, special visits, and maintenance requirements.
Coordinate maintenance allocation requirements with senior Technical Operations, Network Planning, and Finance leadership.
Develop and maintain Technical Operations project-tracking dashboards and business intelligence reports on critical initiatives.
Analyze check-visit performance against plan and communicate results to support continuous improvement.
Develop implementation plans for system-wide maintenance capabilities, including maintenance footprint, manpower, facilities, and short- and long-term aircraft maintenance requirements.
Lead cross-functional integration with Technical Operations leaders and business partners to achieve planning, utilization, and execution goals.
Develop and maintain monthly and annual Maintenance Planning performance reports for leadership review.
Fulfill responsibilities for the Company's Security and Safety Management System, including associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
Perform other duties as assigned.