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About The Position

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.