Aviation Technical Planner — Heavy Maintenance

United Airlines; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flight privileges

Paid time off

401(k)

Parental leave

Commuter

Job summary

United Airlines in Chicago is seeking a Technical Planner for Heavy Maintenance Planning to manage base maintenance visits, build work packages, and coordinate with Materials, Tooling and Engineering to set up visits for success.

You will analyze data, identify optimization opportunities, and implement improvements while partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time releases and cost efficiency; prior maintenance planning experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in aircraft maintenance or maintenance planning.
• Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Supply Chain/ Logistics, Business or related field.
• 1+ years technical experience.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with ability to interact at all levels.
• Data analysis and quantitative modeling techniques (statistical, optimization, simulation).
• Able to juggle several projects with appropriate prioritization.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated work ethic through previous employment or team projects.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver on-time work maintenance packages for stations/fleet within scope and budgeted labor hours, span and cost.
• Provide support to the maintenance station and work with Maintenance Programs, Engineering, Records, and other Planning groups to resolve issues.
• Coordinate with airframe vendor management, materials, QC and tooling to prepare for aircraft induction.
• Review post-visit information and analyze historical data to identify improvement opportunities to the maintenance program, scheduling, or visit workflow.
• Propose and implement solutions.
• Modify work packages as necessary to account for hangar plan changes or work added/deleted.
• Coordinate changes with the station and other affected groups.
• Work with Airframe Contracts, Engineering, Reliability and Project Planning to capture key reliability projects in visit scope while considering impact of visit cost and span time.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Prioritization

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in aircraft maintenance or maintenance planning

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

United Airlines in Chicago is seeking a Technical Planner for Heavy Maintenance Planning to manage base maintenance visits, build work packages, and coordinate with Materials, Tooling and Engineering to set up visits for success.

You will analyze data, identify optimization opportunities, and implement improvements while partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time releases and cost efficiency; prior maintenance planning experience preferred.