Maintenance Planner, Sr. jobs in Texarkana, AR

Job Summary

Responsible for developing and handling aircraft maintenance planning and job card activities.

Principal Accountabilities

(Typical duties include the following, although specific duties vary by assignment or contract)

• Act as single point of contact for other departments with regards to project related planning activities.
• Provide technical assistance to Skill Leads and aircraft maintenance technicians.
• Prepare additional relevant documentation for planned maintenance work for assigned layovers following receipt of maintenance documents.
• Identify technical issues and/or work scope changes needed, clarify customer requirements, and present work scope to Operations.
• Assess and implement new/changed customer requests arising after the initial planning package has been given to Operations.
• Interpret Customer and OEM technical documentation and accurately transfer this information onto task cards.
• Cancel, modify and add job cards as required during the maintenance visit.
• Work with the Project Manager(s) to develop project plans.
• Transfer incoming aircraft maintenance items to task cards after gaining customer concurrence.
• Prepare regular State reports with the Project Manager(s).
• Support aircraft maintenance by regularly attending project meetings and actively liaising with the customer and relevant (project) team members.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager(s) for prioritization of critical defects.
• Confirm that additions to the work pack have been transferred into project’s work order.
• Work with quality department to ensure compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Review and actively participate in the identification of systems and procedures that imped performance.
• Take an active role in the implementation of solutions for process improvements within the department and production site(s).
• Work with Operations to ensure KPI adherence.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of aircraft regulations and systems, documents and engineering drawings to support company projects.
• Promote company values and ethics; be personally responsible, complete work in a timely manner, and perform tasks accurately; maintain a positive attitude and strong work energy; detail oriented and always come prepared; excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; work harmoniously with others to get a job done, respond positively to instructions/procedures, and work well with others; must be able to gather information and use data to determine cause and effect for complex problem solving; must have confidence and the ability to be persuasive and assertive.

Experience & Education

• Knowledge of FAA regulatory requirements, maintenance programs, and relevant maintenance directives.
• Seven (7) years relevant experience within an Aircraft Maintenance Production Environment.
• Ability to think analytically and solve problems efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to construct short-term and long-term plans for execution.
• Knowledge of Aviation Technical Documentation, together with the ability to interpret the information provided to ensure correct work documents are correct.
• Familiarity with resource and material planning.