Planning & Production Controller

Aviation Service Partners; Albertville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviation Service Partners in Albertville, Alabama is seeking an experienced Planning & Production Controller to coordinate aircraft maintenance planning, production control, technical documentation, materials, and customer requirements.

This role serves as a central point between Production, Technical Services, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, and Customer Representatives to ensure work packages stay compliant and on schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience in aircraft maintenance planning, production control, work control, technical records, or maintenance coordination.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams to meet aircraft schedules and customer requirements.
• Strong understanding of aviation maintenance documentation practices and recordkeeping.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate aircraft maintenance planning from initial scheduling through final documentation and customer review.
• Monitor schedules, inspections, and storage checks to ensure timely completion.
• Issue paperwork for inspections and storage checks; plan heavier maintenance to minimize delays.
• Maintain and manage routine/non-routine task logs and sequence numbers; track status.
• Review completed maintenance paperwork for CAMO orders and approvals; ensure accuracy.
• Coordinate with Materials/Purchasing to ensure parts and tools availability for scheduled maintenance.
• Generate and distribute daily status reports; communicate updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance planning

Production coordination

Documentation control

Attention to detail

Cross-functional communication

Tools

CAMO Work Orders

AMM/CMM/SRM familiarity

Document management systems

Job description

Planning & Production Controller

Location: Albertville, Alabama

How would you feel about providing high-end, end-to-end aviation services while playing a key role in coordinating aircraft maintenance operations? A career where your organizational skills, aviation knowledge, and attention to detail directly contribute to keeping aircraft maintenance projects organized, compliant, and on schedule.

At Aviation Service Partners (ASP), we believe in empowering our team members and providing opportunities to grow while supporting some of the aviation industry's most demanding maintenance programs.

Aviation Service Partners is seeking an experienced Planning & Production Controller to join our team in Albertville, Alabama. This position will serve as a central coordination point for aircraft maintenance planning, production control, technical documentation, materials, and customer requirements.

The Planning & Production Controller will work closely with Production, Technical Services, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, and Customer Representatives to ensure maintenance requirements are properly planned, documented, tracked, and completed in accordance with applicable technical data and customer requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

The Planning & Production Controller will be responsible for supporting aircraft maintenance projects from initial planning through final documentation and customer review.

Key responsibilities include:

• Monitor and manage aircraft maintenance and storage schedules to ensure required inspections, preservation checks, and maintenance activities are identified, planned, and completed on time.
• Issue paperwork for scheduled inspections and storage checks while proactively planning heavier maintenance requirements to minimize schedule impacts.
• Generate and issue Routine Tasks for CAMO Work Orders.
• Generate Non-Routine Tasks for discrepancies identified during inspections, maintenance activities, or customer audits.
• Maintain and manage Routine and Non-Routine Tally Sheets, including assigning sequence numbers, tracking task status, and ensuring sequence logs remain accurate and current.
• Monitor open discrepancies, deferred items, and outstanding maintenance actions to ensure they are properly tracked, prioritized, and closed in a timely manner.
• Print, control, and distribute applicable Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM), Component Maintenance Manual (CMM), Structural Repair Manual (SRM), Task Card, and other supporting technical documentation required to perform maintenance activities.
• Maintain awareness of technical publication, AMM, and task card revisions to ensure maintenance personnel are working from the latest approved documentation.
• Review completed maintenance paperwork to verify tasks, CAMO Work Orders, inspection sign-offs, and required approvals have been properly completed.
• Identify documentation discrepancies and coordinate corrections prior to submitting completed packages for customer review.
• Scan and electronically archive completed task packages and supporting documentation into the designated file management system.
• Maintain an organized and controlled paperwork system to ensure maintenance documentation can be quickly located, reviewed, and audited.
• Maintain and manage required aircraft records and project logs, including the Humidity Indicator Log, ensuring records remain accurate, current, and available for customer review.
• Coordinate closely with Materials and Purchasing personnel to ensure required parts, consumables, tooling, and support equipment are available for scheduled maintenance activities.
• Identify potential material or tooling shortages that could affect aircraft schedules and communicate those concerns to project leadership.
• Generate and distribute daily aircraft status reports in coordination with Technical Services.
• Provide updates regarding aircraft status, open work packages, non-routine findings, material shortages, schedule impacts, and upcoming maintenance milestones.
• Serve as a central coordination point between Production, Technical Services, Materials, Purchasing, Quality, and Customer Representatives.
• Communicate and coordinate issues affecting aircraft status, maintenance progress, documentation, materials, or project schedules.
• Support customer audits, documentation reviews, and maintenance records requests.
• Assist project leadership in tracking overall aircraft progress and identifying potential schedule or documentation concerns before they impact aircraft delivery.
• Perform additional Planning, Production Control, Work Control, or Technical Records responsibilities as required to support aircraft maintenance operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in aircraft maintenance planning, production control, work control, technical records, or maintenance coordination.
• Experience working with aircraft maintenance work packages, task cards, Routine and Non-Routine maintenance documentation.
• Experience coordinating aircraft maintenance schedules and tracking work through completion.
• Strong understanding of aviation maintenance documentation and recordkeeping requirements.
• Familiarity with AMM, CMM, SRM, Task Cards, Work Orders, and other aircraft technical documentation.
• Experience with CAMO Work Orders or similar maintenance planning systems preferred.
• Experience working in an MRO, airline maintenance, heavy maintenance, aircraft storage, or aircraft modification environment preferred.
• Familiarity with electronic aircraft maintenance and records systems.
• Knowledge of FAA requirements and aviation maintenance documentation practices preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple aircraft, work packages, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across Production, Technical Services, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, and customer organizations.
• Strong computer skills and experience working with electronic records, spreadsheets, maintenance tracking systems, and document management systems.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced aircraft maintenance environment.
• Flexibility to work varying shifts, weekends, and overtime based on aircraft and project requirements.

About ASP

Headquartered in Albertville, Alabama, Aviation Service Partners provides specialized Aviation Maintenance, Aviation Engineering, Quality, Records, Planning, Production Control, and Project Management solutions to commercial and DoD customers.

ASP is a customer-centric, highly skilled team focused on aligning with and adapting to our customers' needs. We work alongside leading organizations throughout the aviation industry to provide end-to-end MRO staffing and maintenance services focused on the highest levels of quality, reliability, safety, and cost efficiency.

ASP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.