This Maintenance Planning position is part of the Fleet, Aviation Sourcing & Technical (FAST) team and reports directly to Sr. Manager of Airframe Heavy Maintenance and Technical Planning. This role acts as the primary oversight focal point, collaborating with Amazon Air (AIR) carriers, for all planned aircraft maintenance activities within AIR's fleet. The position provides technical guidance and maintenance planning strategies aimed at optimizing fleet utilization while ensuring aircraft reliability performance. This role requires an aviation technical background, preferably in maintenance planning.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead high-level communications with Directors/VPs across internal teams and external carrier partners to drive efficiencies in aircraft utilization, ground time optimization, and system network design
- Work cross-functionally in accepting new fleet types and implementing network schedules for Amazon Air (AIR)
- Demonstrate thorough understanding of technical maintenance program requirements, complex maintenance planning structures, identify system level constraints, and drive actionable solutions
- Support major network schedule changes by providing concise technical recommendations and leading cross-functional efforts to balance short- and long-term network attainment and DEA goals
- Lead the automation and communication efforts for establishing a single source of truth for all scheduling and planning maintenance activities
- Establish and coordinate with carrier partners to ensure availability of facilities, manpower, materials/tooling, and necessary skills for maintenance execution
- Implement process-, fact-, and data-centric approaches to identify improvement opportunities in short- and long-term maintenance planning
- Apply technical judgment to evaluate proposals and test assumptions while driving simplification and efficiencies to unblock innovations and improve speed of delivery (i.e., Aircraft Return to Service)
- Develop and maintain escalation paths for all operational and business-critical impacts related to maintenance planning activities