Planner, Production

AAR Corp • Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

The Production Planner develops and maintains short-, medium-, and long-range aircraft maintenance plans that align customer requirements with available labor, materials, tooling, and facility capacity. The role serves as a primary planning liaison among customers, Production, Maintenance, Materials, Engineering, Quality, and other support functions to ensure work is accurately scoped, packaged, scheduled, communicated, and completed in accordance with customer commitments and applicable requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least five years of related maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) or military aircraft maintenance experience, with an understanding of aircraft maintenance project flow.
• Advanced working proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including creating, auditing, and troubleshooting formulas in complex spreadsheets.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply technical maintenance documentation, including service bulletins and airworthiness directives.
• Strong planning, organization, analytical, problem-solving, customer service, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail, and work effectively across Production and support functions.

Nice To Haves

• Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate preferred, or must possess or have the ability and willingness to obtain an Airframe license within one year.
• ERJ-175 or other regional airline maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a planning liaison for customer aircraft maintenance projects, clarifying requirements, priorities, schedule expectations, and changes throughout the maintenance visit.
• Review and interpret customer work scopes, maintenance documents, service bulletins, airworthiness directives, engineering instructions, and other technical data to identify planning requirements.
• Evaluate customer work requirements and support preparation of labor, material, and schedule estimates for bids, proposals, and change requests.
• Develop and maintain integrated maintenance schedules based on aircraft availability, production capacity, staffing, material availability, tooling, technical dependencies, and work priority.
• Prepare, organize, issue, and revise maintenance work packages so Production and support teams have clear, current, and executable instructions.
• Monitor project progress, constraints, and schedule performance; communicate risks, changes, recovery actions, and planning status to appropriate stakeholders.
• Forecast material and planning needs to support appropriate inventory levels, inventory mix, and program efficiency; escalate shortages or constraints that may affect delivery.
• Maintain accurate planning records and reports, support continuous-improvement efforts, and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities.
• Benefits program designed to promote well-being and financial security; eligibility and offerings may vary by position and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED