Strategic Aircraft Maintenance Planner

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

American Airlines is seeking an Analyst/Sr Analyst for Base Maintenance Planning at the DFW area. The role focuses on identifying airframe maintenance requirements while balancing downtime, labor, and life-cycle costs. You will evaluate scenarios across in-house and vendored shops, assess hangar capacity, and present findings to senior leadership.

Travel to meet schedules is required. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 3 years in maintenance planning or aviation, and strong data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training.
• Experience in corporate long-range forecasting or planning functions in an industry setting.
• Advanced Degree in related field (Aviation Maintenance, Business, Operations Planning) preferred.
• 3 years’ experience in maintenance planning or maintenance roles in the aviation industry.
• Familiarity with data transformation and data analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops methods to collect, analyze, and manage maintenance planning and production data and provides recommendations.
• Identifies, analyzes, and recommends resolutions for issues related to development, scheduling, and execution of long-range maintenance plans.
• Develops scenarios and sensitivity analyses related to heavy maintenance, modification programs and review of impact to maintenance capacity, labor staffing and vendor maintenance needs.
• Prepare and present findings of scenarios and analyses to upper management and leadership in an effective manner.
• Disseminates maintenance plan data to appropriate related departments and incorporates feedback that optimizes their requirements.
• Develops cost models to compare different scenarios and options.
• Produces manpower projections to determine the labor feasibility of various plans.
• Produces volume forecasts and aircraft retirement schedules.
• Updates and distributes metrics reports.
• Provides ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support upper management requirements.
• Communicates to key stakeholders within the company, including giving presentations with business unit leadership and base maintenance management personnel.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organization & planning

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience

Advanced degree in related field (Aviation Maintenance, Business, Operations Planning)

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Data analytics tools

Job description

American Airlines is seeking an Analyst/Sr Analyst for Base Maintenance Planning at the DFW area. The role focuses on identifying airframe maintenance requirements while balancing downtime, labor, and life-cycle costs. You will evaluate scenarios across in-house and vendored shops, assess hangar capacity, and present findings to senior leadership.

Travel to meet schedules is required. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 3 years in maintenance planning or aviation, and strong data