Senior Maintenance Planner

Ascent Aviation Services is one of the world&39;s largest aviation maintenance, repair, overhaul, storage, and reclamation operations. Our strength comes from our talented and professional employees who excel through teamwork and enthusiasm. Ascent Aviation Services continues to grow and are continually looking for motivated and career-minded aviation professionals who will support our vision and goals.

JOB PURPOSE: Accomplishing bidding of potential projects, maintenance planning, scheduling functions, and developing workflows and sequences for maintenance visits.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Demands: Requires sitting and standing for extended periods. Requires frequent walking, bending, and reaching shoulder level. Requires occasional lifting or carrying weights up to 20 pounds. Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Equipment Operated: Telephone, computer, printer, copy machine, reader printer, and calculator.

Work Location: Aircraft maintenance hangars, Technical Library, Planning Office.

Potential Hazards: Exposure to high-intensity noise levels, changes in temperature and materials identified on Material Safety Data Sheets, working around moving machinery.

Protective Equipment Required: Ear and eye protection where applicable.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in bidding tasks for future maintenance projects.
• Responsible for all planning, coordination, and scheduling activities applicable to aircraft scheduled maintenance events.
• Develops, plans, and schedules maintenance workloads in compliance with applicable FAA and Ascent Aviation regulations.
• Translates customers’ work-scope specifications into proper work instructions for accomplishment.
• Prepares work packages for operations, ensuring that pre-draw parts and material requirements and special tooling were identified and communicated to appropriate departments.
• Accurately prepares digital project data and performs uploads in the Ascent ERP System.
• Ensures that all applicable airworthiness directives, service bulletins, engineering orders, and other documentation are referenced in the work package.
• Runs and reviews maintenance due reports; creates and distributes scheduled maintenance work order requirements for completion using Quantum
• Prepares Tactical Chart to define Projects milestones.
• Prepare pre-doc/post-doc meetings with supporting departments to identify/recap maintenance check milestones.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Planning Manager.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to organize and plan work adhering to deadlines; strong attention to detail and mathematical skills; ability to read, write, and understand the English language and to follow verbal and written instruction; ability to interpret and apply technical data relating to the position. Strong Microsoft Office skills

Education/Training: High School diploma or equivalent required. Associate degree, post-secondary education, training in aircraft maintenance, or equivalent education or experience required.

Experience: Two to five years of experience in aircraft maintenance with planning at an MRO preferred. Computer literacy working with Microsoft software.

Certificates/Licenses: A&P License or similar certification preferred. A valid driver’s license is required.

SMS REQUIREMENTS

• Will participate in and support safety initiatives, safe work practices, and SMS compliance.
• Will participate in safety activities, including the following: immediately reporting hazards, unsafe work
• practices, and accidents/injuries.
• Will follow all safety rules, FAA regulations, PPE compliance, and equipment operation requirements.