Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This job is a member of the Maintenance Planning Team within the Technical Operations Division.
• Responsible for leading a team of planners with significant bottom line impact to production performance within Technical Operations.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Supervises a team of intermediate maintenance planners that are responsible for developing, executing, maintaining and monitoring long range planning schedules, line maintenance check bill of works and established departmental metrics
• Ensures that all aspects of planned work are properly resourced from a labor, material, tooling and facility perspective
• Identifies new opportunities to leverage available tools, processes and best practices
• Develops and identifies project execution timelines and goals
• Works with department managers to identify business challenges and create solutions to address challenges
• Uses various data sources to identify areas of optimization and performance improvement for department
• Seeks out action plans and identifies corrective action for department
• Improves communication with both internal and external customers
• Provides guidance/coaching/mentorship to analysts/planners & empowers them to make effective, timely decisions and prepares them for future roles with increased responsibility

All you'll need for success

• Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • High School diploma or GED equivalency
  • 4 years of job related experience, with 2 years of experience within Airline Operations
• Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, Accounting or other business related field or equivalent experience/training
  • 3 years of work experience in a Maintenance, Materials Planning, or Airline Operations
  • Knowledge of Company policies and procedures and functional automation applications
• Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
  • Ability to modify existing processes by correcting problems, resolving issues and updating existing work methods
  • Employee First - Customer first attitude
  • Takes ownership and promotes collaboration and teamwork
  • Effectively and professionally manage under pressure with limited time constraints
  • Ability to correct and resolve issues/problems in processes with the help

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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