Director, Strategic Maintenance Planning at American Airlines

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

The Director of Strategic Maintenance Planning will lead a team focused on the planning of all mandatory, routine, reliability, and project work on American Airlines aircraft throughout the system in the Base Maintenance environment.  This role requires vision, accountability, and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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.

• Leads the planning of base maintenance and aircraft modification workload requirements for the entire fleet to ensure optimization of available manpower and resources and to maximize aircraft available for revenue service
• Validates that AA remains in compliance with all mandatory company and FAA requirements to ensure the safe operation of the fleet
• Ensures time-tracked items are scheduled to prevent unnecessary grounding of aircraft; ensures all reliability and project-driven aircraft work is scheduled and completed within the prescribed timeframes, thus increasing reliability
• Facilitates effective communication between Planning and its principal customers and vendors (e.g., Flight Ops, Supply Chain, Maintenance Control, Line Planning, Base Maintenance, etc.)
• Interfaces with Finance on budget including both current and long-range forecasts
• Works closely with Network Planning and Operations Performance and Planning to ensure alignment with corporate aircraft availability targets
• Oversees development and execution of recovery programs and plans that ensure all critical maintenance tasks are assigned and properly provisioned, in order to recover quickly from off-schedule operations
• Serves as a critical link between Engineering and Maintenance to ensure all aircraft are in compliance with AA and FAA mandated maintenance requirements and recommended reliability enhancements
• Manages a diverse workforce of managers, supervisors, and planners

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Planning, Aeronautics, related field, or equivalent experience
• 7 years of leadership experience managing cross-departmental teams, at or above the manager level
• 10 years of overall experience with progressive responsibility in operations, planning, scheduling, or equivalent role
• In-depth knowledge of the airline industry and technical operations, American Airlines (AA) business strategy, company policies and procedures, and collective bargaining agreements

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 7 years of leadership experience in an area related to base maintenance/tech ops planning
• 10 years of overall experience in technical operations, preferably within the airline industry

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Demonstrates the highest standards of ethics and integrity
• Ability to influence others through outstanding interpersonal skills, collaboration, and negotiation skills
• Ability to advocate and manage change
• Ability to be an action-oriented and results-driven leader, with a natural aptitude for engaging employees across multiple workgroups
• Ability to think strategically, negotiate skillfully, digest complex details, and use sound judgment and initiative in making decisions; ability to advocate and manage change
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement, as well as proven success implementing strategic initiatives under time constraints 
• Ability to build and facilitate relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to handle complex topics comfortably and to interact effectively with all levels, both verbally and written
• Excellent project planning and organizational skills, with ability to effectively and simultaneously manage multiple large projects within tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
• Ability to productively and proactively adjust to dynamic situations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software

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.