Job Description:

PSA Airlines, Inc.


US-NC-Charlotte
ID 2025-5652
Category Maintenance
Position Type Full-Time

Overview

Let your career take off with PSA Airlines

About PSA

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and professional development. We value teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity and strive to create a safe, respectful, and happy work environment for our more than 4,000 employees. Our company culture, known as The PSA Way, is our foundation for operation and fosters stability, growth and a focus on the future while always placing safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are driven in our goals and achievements, eager to be better. We are reliable to one another and accountable for our actions. And we are caring in our daily interactions, with teammates, colleagues, and customers. Join our team to enjoy comprehensive benefits, including travel privileges on the American Airlines global network, so you can explore new destinations and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Benefits

PSA offers the benefits you expect from a company focused on excellence. All eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Travel privileges on the American Airlines global network
• A generous vacation plan designed to let you enjoy your travel perks
• 401(k) with company match
• American Airlines Group (AAG) profit-sharing and bonus opportunities
• A choice of three health plan options, all with nationwide coverage with the UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus network
• Premium dental coverage
• Vision plan options provided, including a plan that covers both glasses and contacts every year
• Benefits navigation services, including finding a doctor, scheduling an appointment, understanding your medical bills, and free second opinion services
• Access to 24-hour virtual urgent care services
• Family planning and fertility treatment
• LGBTQ+ friendly services including gender affirming care, assistance finding knowledgeable providers, and family planning
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and supplemental life insurance options for spouses and dependent children
• Flexible Spending Accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care services
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program providing a range of services, including 5 free in-person sessions with a health care professional

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Planning Program Manager – Technical Operations is responsible for actively monitoring the fleet’s deferrals, managed programs and cabin conditioning. This role works with the business units to ensure an effective and efficient completion rate for Fleet Minimum Equipment List (MEL), Configuration Deviation List (CDL) and Non-Essential Equipment (NEF). The Planning Program Manager participates in the accusation of new and used aircraft and return to/from lessors/brokers.

Job Responsibilities

• Focus on timely clearing of aircraft deferrals/faults, MEL, CDL and NEF logs.
• Maintain the Cabin Compliance Program and coordinator with American Airlines regarding issues
• Ensures MELs are scheduled accordingly at the proper maintenance base
• Coordinates with Maintenance Operations Control, Maintenance Operation Planners (MOPs), Material Coordinator Desk (AOG Desk) and Maintenance Bases to optimize scheduled Remain Over Night (RON) maintenance visits to clear deferrals
• Researches deferrals and ensures the most current and correct updates are in Maintenix
• Coordinates with the Material Coordinator Desk to ensure required parts are either in the maintenance base where deferral is scheduled or are moved to the scheduled maintenance base.
• Follows-up with maintenance bases to ensure appropriate deferral comments are added to Maintenix.
• Manages the day to day and strategic requirements of managed programs
• Work hand in hand with the CCC facilities to ensure standards of work and best practices are followed
• Point of contact for all managed programs including but not limited to in-seat power and WIFI.
• Represents Maintenance Planning as technical specialist and supports team’s initiatives.
• Develop, maintain and manage the cabin compliance program at PSA airlines
• Be a Point of Contact for all lease returns, and new aircraft acquisitions
• Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Specifics

Qualifications

Required

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
• Minimum of 5 years CRJ technical experience.
• Strong ability in the use of technical data such as Wiring manuals, Structural Repair manuals and Engineering repairs.
• Ability to speak/read/write in English.
• If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Three years’ experience in aircraft maintenance scheduling/planning or a relative field.
• Above average knowledge of FAA regulations.

Additional Information

Delegation: In absence, responsibilities delegated to Manager of Technical Operations and Fleet Administration.

Authorities: None.

Supervisory Responsibility: This is a supervisory position.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, telephones, photocopiers, facsimile machines and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb up and down stairs; lift weight up to 25 lbs; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Security Clearance: All employees are required to pass the fingerprint-based criminal history records check (CHRC) per 49CFR1542.209 as well as a pre-employment drug screen.
AAP/EEO Statement: PSA Airlines is an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PSA Airlines is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer



Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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