Mgr Maintenance Planning - Melbourne, Australia - Qantas Airways Limited

Qantas Airways Limited

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

beBee Recruiter

Description

Fantastic leadership opportunity due to internal promotion

Wonderful opportunity for an experienced leader
Collingwood Head Office location
Immediate access to world class Staff Travel benefits

If you've ever thought about a career in aviation — now is the perfect time to take off with Jetstar We are undertaking one of the biggest recruitment campaigns in our 19-year-history.

Join us during an exciting period as we welcome more state-of-the-art aircraft, launch new international routes and continue our mission to help more people take off through low fares.

About our Engineering Team

The Jetstar Engineering Team are at the forefront of delivering our superior safety standards.

They are responsible for ensuring the airworthiness of our fleet of aircraft, including completing all required maintenance that must be carried out on time and to approved standards to ensure they take to the skies safely.

At every stage, all maintenance needs to be documented, detailed records maintained, with aircraft parts ordered and available at all times.

As part of our investment in our future, we have launched the Melbourne Engineering Precinct, which is the main maintenance hub of our network.

Our team has the opportunity to work not only on Jetstar fleet, but customer aircraft - A320/21, B717 and A321 Freighter.

The Role

We now have a wonderful opportunity to join our Maintenance Operations Team in the role of Manager Maintenance Planning following a recent internal promotion.

Reporting to our Manager Maintenance Operations, you will deliver critical leadership in across the team that deliver tactical planning across several airlines.

You will deliver oversight of procedures and systems to ensure the Planning team are managing and acquitting work in a compliant and efficient manner.

As Manager Maintenance Planning, your accountabilities will include:

Oversight of Lead Line Planners who manage all supervisory and administrative functions related to the Line Maintenance Planning team members, including training, rostering and facilitating process improvement
Oversight of Aircraft Optimisation & Allocation Coordinators (AOAC) who manage aircraft maintenance slots with the JOCC operations team, maximising maintenance opportunities whilst minimising Engineering induced disruption to the Jetstar operation
Acting as the primary interface with customer airlines and thirdparty providers
Promote a safety culture, including investigating and reviewing incidents and participating in OHS meeting, inspections and other appropriate activities
Shortterm planning oversight, including monitoring overdue and near due tasks and taking appropriate action to ensure aircraft safety and compliance at all times, in addition to reviewing deferrals requests and trends, managing the deferral database and providing periodic reports of fleet deferral performance
Lead regular updates with the Jetstar Operations team to ensure they are across ongoing AOG's or risks that might impact the operation, in addition to ensuring that the AOAC role is supporting both the Engineering and Jetstar operation to continually improve maintenance and operational outcomes.

About You

We are searching for a confident communicator, able to lead and manage change and problem solving effectively. You will be an experienced aircraft planner with experience in, and genuine passion for, leading teams.

You will bring:

Tertiary qualification or Aircraft Trade Certificate in an aviation, engineering or management
Demonstrated experience in tactical planning or management of a tactical or operational team
Demonstrated leadership capability and passion for leading and developing others
Knowledge of PART 145 / 42 regulatory framework

Applications close:
Sunday 10 September

Our Benefits

Team members have access to heavily discounted fares to destinations all over the world - not only for team members, but for their favourite travel companions too.

Our staff travel benefit includes discounts on airfares, accommodation, car hire and travel insurance for both domestic and international travel.

Discounts can be used within the Jetstar Group airlines, Qantas and other partner airlines.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our Culture

Jetstar is alive with a sense of adventure.

Day in and day out, our teams search for new places to fly, new ways to add value and new ideas to improve performance.

If you love the road less travelled, you'll love working here because ours is a team who innovate every day, thrive on delivery, support each other and celebrate our successes.

You'll be supported to challenge, anticipate and explore while you work will connect people and enrich lives. We encourage diversity and aim to create an environment where our employees feel valued, respected and enabled.