Planning & Production Controller

Aviation Service Partners; Albertville (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviation Service Partners in Albertville, Alabama seeks an experienced Planning & Production Controller to lead aircraft maintenance planning, production control, and documentation coordination. This role collaborates with Production, Technical Services, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, and Customer Representatives to ensure compliant, on-time maintenance packages.

Responsibilities include planning inspections, producing CAMO/Work Orders, maintaining logs, managing records, and supporting

Qualifications

• Experience in aircraft maintenance planning and production control.
• Familiarity with aviation maintenance documentation and recordkeeping requirements.
• Knowledge of AMM, CMM, SRM, Task Cards, Work Orders.

Responsibilities

• Support aircraft maintenance projects from initial planning through final documentation and customer review.
• Monitor and manage maintenance schedules to ensure inspections and maintenance activities are on time.
• Issue paperwork for inspections and storage checks; plan heavier maintenance to minimize schedule impacts.
• Generate Routine Tasks for CAMO Work Orders and Non-Routine Tasks for discrepancies.
• Maintain Routine and Non-Routine Tally Sheets; track status and ensure logs are current.
• Track open discrepancies, deferred items, and maintenance actions; prioritize and close timely.
• Distribute AMM/CMM/SRM and other technical docs; ensure latest revisions are used.
• Review completed paperwork; verify CAMO work orders, inspections, and approvals.
• Identify documentation discrepancies and coordinate corrections before customer review.
• Scan and archive task packages; maintain organized file management systems.
• Maintain aircraft records and project logs, including humidity indicators; keep records current for audits.
• Coordinate with Materials and Purchasing to ensure parts and tooling availability.
• Identify potential shortages and communicate with leadership.
• Distribute daily aircraft status reports; update on status, open work packages, and milestones.
• Serve as central point between Production, Technical Services, Materials, Purchasing, Quality, and Customer Representatives.
• Communicate issues affecting status, progress, or schedules; support customer audits and records requests.
• Assist leadership in tracking progress and preventing schedule impacts.
• Perform additional Planning, Production Control, or Technical Records tasks as required.

Skills

Planning

Production control

Documentation control

CAMO Work Orders

Task cards

AMM/CMM/SRM

FAA knowledge

Organizational skills

Communication

Multi-tasking

Tools

MRO software

Excel

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.

Aviation Service Partners 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.