Planning & Allocations Officer

Qantas Airways; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Flexible leave options

Wellbeing and partnerships discounts

Job summary

Qantas Airways in Adelaide is seeking a Planning & Allocations Officer to coordinate aircraft maintenance schedules and allocate fleet resources. You will build maintenance work packages that support both operational requirements and airworthiness obligations in a CAMO/AMO environment.

The role requires strong analytical, planning, and stakeholder-management skills, with a tertiary qualification in a related discipline. This is a full-time, on-site position based in Adelaide.

Qualifications

• Experience in aircraft maintenance planning, CAMO or AMO environments.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI experience.
• Understanding Trax Maintenance system.
• Excellent stakeholder management across operational and engineering teams.
• Tertiary qualification in aircraft trade, engineering or related discipline.
• Strong communication and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate aircraft maintenance schedules.
• Allocate fleet resources.
• Build maintenance work packages supporting operations and airworthiness.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Planning under pressure

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in aircraft trade/engineering/technical discipline

Tools

Trax Maintenance

Power BI

Excel

Job description

• Play a key role in keeping the QantasLink fleet compliant, available and operational.
• Join a collaborative Engineering Planning team supporting regional airline operations.
• Full-time permanent opportunity based in Adelaide.

At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our diverse country is known for its unique spirit, mateship and can-do attitude. Together we are resilient, determined and committed to delivering exceptional experiences for our customers.

QantasLink Engineering plays a critical role in maintaining the safety, reliability and performance of our regional fleet. As part of CAMO, you will work closely with operational, engineering and planning teams to ensure aircraft maintenance is strategically planned, compliance requirements are met and fleet availability is maximised.

The Planning & Allocations Officer is responsible for coordinating aircraft maintenance schedules, allocating fleet resources and building maintenance work packages that support both operational requirements and airworthiness obligations.

You'll have:

• Experience in aircraft maintenance planning, CAMO or AMO environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret operational and maintenance data.
• A detailed understanding of the Trax Maintenance system.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with planning databases or reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across operational and engineering teams.
• Experience coordinating multiple priorities in a dynamic operational environment.
• A tertiary qualification in an aircraft trade, engineering, technical, science, finance or related discipline.
• Strong communication, negotiation and planning skills with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel:Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options:Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards:Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing:Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

Applications close onWednesday 4thNovember 2026.