PSA Airlines

Strategic Long-Range Planner

Job Locations US-NC-Charlotte
ID
2025-6053
Category
Maintenance
Position Type
Full-Time

Overview

Let your career take off with PSA Airlines

About PSA

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 4,000 employees. Our company culture, known as The PSA Way, is our foundation for operation and fosters stability, growth and a focus on the future while always placing safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are driven in our goals and achievements, eager to be better. We are reliable to one another and accountable for our actions. And we are caring in our daily interactions, with teammates, colleagues, and customers. Join our team to enjoy comprehensive benefits, including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network, so you can explore new destinations and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Benefits

PSA offers the benefits you expect from a company focused on excellence. All eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • 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 (AAG) profit-sharing and bonus opportunities
  • A choice of three health plan options, all with nationwide coverage with the UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus network
  • Premium dental coverage
  • Vision plan options provided, including a plan that covers both glasses and contacts every year    
  • Benefits navigation services, including finding a doctor, scheduling an appointment, understanding your medical bills, and free second opinion services
  • Access to 24-hour virtual urgent care services
  • Family planning and fertility treatment
  • LGBTQ+ friendly services including gender affirming care, assistance finding knowledgeable providers, and family planning
  • Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and supplemental life insurance options for spouses and dependent children
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care services
  • Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program providing a range of services, including 5 free in-person sessions with a health care professional

Responsibilities

Position Summary

As a Strategic Long-Range Planner you will impact PSA Airlines’ growth by decision modeling, analytical reporting, data management and Maintenance forecasting to support successful implementation of PSA’s maintenance requirements.  The Strategic Long-Range Planner will utilize historical and predictive modeling in creating the Maintenance Planning Playbook to define and optimize the Heavy, Intermediate, and Line Maintenance Footprint.

Job Responsibilities

  • Performs strategy formulation, development, implementation, and evaluation of aircraft maintenance plans to optimize efficiency and minimize cost.
  • Leads weekly and other periodic reviews of Airframe activity including detailed analysis of past and future data to assess fleet, program, labor, and facility trends and efforts to improve event opportunity and asset management.
  • Capacity and Demand modeling to include Annual, 5-Year, and 10-Year Maintenance Plan.
  • Develop Long-Range Material Forecasting model to smooth out demand over a rolling 24-month period.
  • Optimize aircraft maintenance visit scenario modeling to minimize aircraft downtime, reduce costs, and maximize fleet utilization.
  • Provides detailed analysis of check visit performance to plan.
  • Communicates and reviews performance with Tech Ops Support Teams to support continuous improvement.
  • Communicates and coordinates maintenance allocation requirements vital to support maintenance check activity with senior Tech Ops, Network Planning, and Finance Leadership.
  • Communicates and coordinates Heavy & Intermediate Check plans and requirements with Supply Chain Leaders and internal and external facilities to ensure advance planning and preparation to support requirements.
  • Meets regularly with Planning and Production leadership and associated support departments to ensure alignment of activities with Check plans and requirements.
  • Develop implementation plans for system-wide maintenance capabilities embracing the Maintenance Footprint, Manpower, and facilities around long and short-term aircraft maintenance requirements.
  • Preparation of fleet plans, HMV, Line Maintenance, and Hangar scheduled plans in a timely and consistent manner to allow efficient execution of plans by production.
  • Cross-functional integration with all Tech Ops Leaders to achieve desired goals.
  • Develop and maintain Monthly and Annual Maintenance Planning performance reports. 

Position Specifics

Qualifications

Required
  • Associate degree or equivalent amount of work experience.
  • 2 years Aviation Maintenance Planning experience to include LINE Maintenance Planning, and Maintenance Operations Planning.
  • Working knowledge of aircraft inspections and maintenance programs.
  • Experience with Programs Planning, and Inventory Planning Methodology.
  • Advanced forecasting and modeling skills.
  • Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Office programs, specifically Excel.
  • Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Excel: Vlookup, Pivot Table, Complex Formulas, Advanced formatting.
  • Ability to speak/read/write in English.
  • If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S.  
Preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office programs, specifically Excel.
  • Advanced skill level with Microsoft Excel: Vlookup, Pivot Table, Complex Formulas, Advanced formatting, comparing large amounts of data and referencing several data sets.
  • Long Range Planning Methodology experience.
  • Three years of A&P experience and currently compliant with CRF 65 or equivalent military experience 

Additional Information

Supervisory Responsibility: This is not a supervisory position.

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

Authorities: None.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, telephones, photocopiers, facsimile machines and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb up and down stairs; lift weight up to 25 lbs; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
AAP/EEO Statement: PSA Airlines is an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Security Clearance: All employees are required to pass the fingerprint-based criminal history records check (CHRC) per 49CFR1542.209 as well as a pre-employment drug screen.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

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