Aviation Maintenance Planning Coordinator

Ascent Aviation Services Corp.; Marana (AZ); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Paid time off 3 weeks + 7 holidays

Disability & life insurance

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Ascent Aviation Services in Marana, AZ is seeking a Planning Coordinator to drive end-to-end readiness for maintenance events. You will coordinate with Planning, Purchasing, Contracts, Finance, Sales, Tooling and Inventory to ensure materials, rotables and tooling are pre-positioned before aircraft induction.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years in aviation MRO planning, knowledge of maintenance programs, tooling nomenclature, and strong cross‑functional communication.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in an aviation MRO environment.
• Working knowledge of maintenance planning systems.
• Understanding of aircraft maintenance programs, work scoping, and aviation parts and tooling nomenclature.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively across departments and with external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end readiness for maintenance checks, ensuring all work packages are set up and materials, consumables, rotables, and tooling are procured, received, and staged before aircraft induction.
• Support work package setup with finance details, review and support contracts with documentation and clarification.
• Work closely with purchasing teams to monitor part orders, expedite critical components, and manage vendor follow-ups for shortages or delays.
• Collaborate with inventory and stores personnel to track parts availability, confirm part locations, and identify substitutions for backordered items.
• Partner with tooling teams to verify required GSE and calibrated tools are available, compliant, and allocated to upcoming checks.
• Maintain and update planning dashboards and systems with real-time material and tooling readiness status.
• Participate in daily readiness meetings and pre-induction reviews to provide updates on material/tooling gaps and action items.
• Review aircraft work packages to verify that task cards have associated parts and tooling assigned and elevated discrepancies to planning or engineering.
• Support post-check reviews by documenting shortages, delays, or planning issues and assisting in root cause analysis and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Aviation MRO experience

Maintenance planning systems

Aircraft maintenance programs

Organizational skills

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aviation maintenance, Supply Chain, Aerospace Management, or related field

Job description

Ascent Aviation Services in Marana, AZ is seeking a Planning Coordinator to drive end-to-end readiness for maintenance events. You will coordinate with Planning, Purchasing, Contracts, Finance, Sales, Tooling and Inventory to ensure materials, rotables and tooling are pre-positioned before aircraft induction.

The ideal candidate has 2–4 years in aviation MRO planning, knowledge of maintenance programs, tooling nomenclature, and strong cross‑functional communication.