Supervisor - Maintenance Planning

Ultipro; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k)

Paid holidays & vacation

Travel privileges

Job summary

Frontier Airlines is seeking a Supervisor of Maintenance Planning in Denver to guide and optimize RON, line and special maintenance visits, ensuring safety and efficiency across teams. You will forecast schedules, allocate staff, and coordinate with Engineering, Materials and Purchasing to secure tools and parts.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to FAA standards, with a hybrid schedule for eligible Denver headquarters roles and a focus on operational

Qualifications

• FAA A&P license or equivalent aviation experience.
• Two years of supervisory experience required.
• Demonstrate safety, respect, trust, collaboration, value and passion in work interactions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and optimize maintenance events for RON, line and special maintenance.
• Coordinate with Line, Heavy Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, Materials and Purchasing.
• Review MEL items and ensure parts/tooling availability for maintenance.
• Manage manpower, parts, tooling, and scheduling across daily workload.
• Train and supervise maintenance planners; maintain rosters and vacation schedules.
• Support budget preparations for the Line Planning department.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Aviation planning

Scheduling

Communication

Education

FAA A&P license or 5 years aviation experience

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $62,000 USD to $86,366 USD

Description

At Frontier, our mission is to Make Every Flight Count. That mission guides how we support our customers, our people and the operation every day.

As a Frontier employee, your work connects to more than a single role. Whether you’re supporting flights, helping customers, maintaining aircraft, leading teams or working behind the scenes, you help create a travel experience that is safe, reliable and built around value.

Our work is guided by our core values: customer first, safety always, operational excellence and one team. These values shape how we make decisions, support each other and deliver for the people who count on us.

Support for work, life and travel

Frontier offers benefits, programs and travel privileges designed to support eligible employees at work and beyond. Availability may vary by role, employment status, eligibility, location, schedule, applicable policies and current plan details.

Depending on role and eligibility, available benefits and programs may include:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings options
• Paid holidays, vacation time and sick time
• Travel privileges on Frontier Airlines and participating partner airlines, based on current program rules and availability
• Buddy passes, based on eligibility and program rules
• Travel-related discounts and employee discounts on select products, services and vendors
• A hybrid schedule for eligible headquarters roles based in Denver, Colorado
• Business casual dress options for eligible corporate and support roles
• Employee support programs and resources, including the HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ nonprofit organization

Frontier Airlines is a Denver-based airline serving destinations across the United States and select international markets. Our people support every part of the travel journey, from airport operations and flight crews to aircraft maintenance, customer support, corporate teams and more.

We’re focused on delivering meaningful value by making travel more accessible, practical and easy to personalize for our customers. Across the airline, our teams help support a safe, reliable and efficient operation while continuing to strengthen the experience for the people who choose Frontier.

What Will You Be Doing?

The Supervisor of Maintenance Planning is responsible for the efficient planning of RON Maintenance, Line Maintenance, and Special Maintenance Visits (SMV) to include Engine Changes, Modifications, and any other maintenance event as directed by Maintenance Planning Leadership. The Supervisor Maintenance Planning reviews, develops, and modifies, as required, both long-term and short-term forecasted aircraft planning and maintenance schedules using a sliding window basis considering the following: availability of staffing, required tooling, equipment, parts and materials, skill set, and hours necessary to complete the assigned task. Must clearly and efficiently communicate and coordinate as required with the following groups: Line Maintenance, Heavy Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, Materials, and Purchasing regarding the planning and assigning of maintenance events. Effectively communicate with the Manager SOC (System Operations Control) regarding the timely routing of aircraft to facilitate the accomplishment of planned/assigned maintenance events.

Essential Functions

Consistently evaluate and modify, as required, all existing planned maintenance events to be accomplished by both Frontier Airlines’ maintenance personnel and/or Approved Maintenance Providers. This includes 60 day, 30 day, 10 day, 3 day, and current planning requirements for all routine and non-routine tasks using the Maintenance Due Report

• Coordinate and implement through a daily call with all F9 maintenance facilities, schedule RON workload, including all special maintenance visits information
• Complete review of all MEL items for required parts and communicate the need to requisition any parts or tooling needed to work MEL items to MCC for follow-up
• Complete reviews of all ODM's for required manpower, parts, and tooling
• Coordinate with Material Services and AOG (Purchasing) to ensure that required parts arrive in time to complete scheduled or unscheduled maintenance
• Coordinate with Material Services Tool Room to ensure required tooling is available on-station to comply with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance
• Plan and coordinate the sequencing and allocation of daily workload for efficient use of staff, skill level, and facilities
• Evaluate and update A-Check calendars
• Assist with Budget preparations for Line Planning department
• Help set up, audit, and maintain the online Maintenance Planning System in FMIS to include training, technical knowledge, and practical instruction for Maintenance Planning
• Plan and schedule work compliance on all EOs, EAs and FCDs issued by Engineering
• Effectively supervises department Planners, and maintains rosters and vacation schedules
• Vol.D Ensure that department personnel, including this position, are properly trained, qualified, and current to perform assigned tasks
• Participate in continuous briefings of daily fleet-wide mechanical status to members of management
• Perform other duties as assigned by Maintenance Planning Leadership

Other Functions

• Create statistical forecasts:
  • Gather, analyze and validate data
  • Execute statistical modeling
  • Review resulting statistical forecast model
  • Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting
  • Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts
• All other duties as reasonably requested

Qualifications

• Required — FAA A&P license and/or 5 years of relatable aviation experience
• Two (2) years of supervisory experience - required
• Must demonstrate behavior that portrays the company core values of Safety, Respect, Trust,
• Collaboration, Value, and Passion while communicating with personnel and acting on behalf of the company

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

List all mental and physical abilities required or preferred.

Equipment Operated

Standard office equipment: PC Laptop, Printer

Typical office environment, adequately heated and cooled

Physical Effort

Light physical effort required by handling objects up to 20 pounds occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently.

Supervision Received

General Supervision: The incumbent performs a variety of routine work within established policies and procedures and receives detailed instructions on new projects and assignments.

Salary Range: $62,000 - $86,366

Please note: this role will close on or before 12/31/26.

Positions Supervised

None

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature and level of work required of the referenced position; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Please be advised that duties and expectations of this position may be subject to change.

Frontier Airlines, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Frontier Airlines is a Zero Tolerance Drug-Free Workplace. All prospective DOT safety-sensitive employees are subject to pre-employment testing for the following drugs and their metabolites: Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opioids and Phencyclidine (PCP). Further, any DOT safety-sensitive job applicant who is found to have tested positive on any required drug or alcohol test at a former employer will be considered ineligible for employment with Frontier.

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