AMO Production Planner

Jetstar Airways; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jetstar Airways is seeking an AMO Production Planner to support planning of all scheduled maintenance requests from our Customer, Part 42 organisations. You will ensure maintenance aligns with AMO procedures and available labour, while coordinating logistics and resources to keep work on schedule.

You will join a united team, bring a proactive approach to improving efficiencies, and contribute to a culture of safety and on-time performance.

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of Aircraft Line and overnight Maintenance Operations.
• Aircraft trade certificate or tertiary qualification in an aviation stream.
• Experience in an aircraft maintenance environment in a maintenance planning capacity.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving abilities, and ability to assess options and develop solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to effectively communicate across all levels within a team.
• Proven people management skills.
• Experience with TRAX and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work rotating shift patterns.
• Valid AUS ASIC.

Responsibilities

• Managing the Production Planning process to ensure seamless maintenance event execution—identify turn times, resource requirements, stakeholder constraints.
• Drive continual excellence in safety, compliance, on-time performance and AMO brand values.
• Liaise with key stakeholders from Part 145 and Part 42 organisations.
• Seek new ways to meet customer needs and support business goals.
• Implement new processes within AMO Production Planning, driving long-term change in Pre-Planning & Execution phases.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

TRAX

Education

Aircraft trade certificate

Aviation degree/qualification

Tools

TRAX

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we've flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.

Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.

Our people are the real jet stars!

Company Description

We're Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we've flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.

Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.

Our people are the real jet stars!

Job Description

• Play a critical role in ensuring scheduled maintenance is planned and executed seamlessly
• Enjoy work/life balance with a 4 on 4 off shift work rotation
• Take off with exclusive employee perks, including our world-class staff travel program

Our Engineering Team

We rely on our Jetstar Engineering Team to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They're the trouble-shooter, glitch-fixers, and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely. Solving problems. Trying new things. Getting hands-on. Fixing and double checking. It's all part of the day job as a Jetstar Engineer - whether you're on the frontline as a Maintenance Engineer or in our Engineering Corporate & Support Team ensuring that we land deadlines, keep projects on track and work as a team to help us transform our fleet for the better.

Your opportunity

As the AMO Production Planner your focus will be to support planning of all scheduled maintenance requests from our Customer, Part 42 organisations. This involves ensuring that maintenance is completed as required per AMO Procedures/Policy, ensuring planned work matches labour capacity, and that all logistical elements are planned for. You will be part of a united team to plan and ensure the requested maintenance is completed on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Managing the Production Planning process to ensure seamless maintenance event execution - identify turn times, resource requirements (Manpower, Materials, Facility, GSE & Tooling), identify stakeholder requirements and constraints
• Through successful Production Planning initiatives drive continual excellence in safety, compliance, on time performance and AMO brand values
• Liaise and build relationships with key stakeholders from both the Part 145 and various Part 42 organisations
• Relentlessly seeking 'new ways' to meet customer needs and support the business to achieve critical business goals
• Implement new processes and procedures within the AMO Production Planning business, using identified critical business tools to drive, significant and sustainable long-term change, both in the Pre-Planning & Execution phases of maintenance

We're on the hunt for someone with a Maintenance Planning background who demonstrates a strong work ethic, communicates effectively, and brings a proactive approach to improving efficiencies. In addition to these core qualities, the ideal candidate will have experience with continuous improvement practices, hold project management qualifications, and possess exposure to a Maintenance Operations Centre environment. Familiarity with regulatory bodies is also highly regarded.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Detailed understanding of Aircraft Line and overnight Maintenance Operations
• Aircraft trade certificate or tertiary qualification in an aviation stream
• Experience in an aircraft maintenance environment in a maintenance planning capacity
• Have excellent troubleshooting and problem solving abilities, and be capable to assess and interpret options and develop solutions
• Have excellent communication skills with ability to effectively communicate across all levels within a team
• Have proven people management skills
• Experience with TRAX and Microsoft Office
• The ability to work rotating shift patterns
• Be able to hold a valid AUS ASIC

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other

Put the craft in aircraft:There's a new fleet of A321LR NEO's waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our Engineering Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group's A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.

Make work feel like a holiday:Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There's a place for everyone at Jetstar:For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.

We're Jetstar. Let's takeoff together. We can't wait to hear from you.

Applications close: Sunday 15th November 2026.