- Salary
- $120k – $181k
- Location
- WA-SeaTac, USA
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- High School
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Company
Alaska AirlinesThe Team
Our M&E team has earned the FAA’s prestigious Diamond Award for almost 20 consecutive years -- the only major carrier to receive the award for as many years, and the most of any airline. From our parts warehouse to the maintenance hangar, our Ready, SAFE, Go mindset prioritizes safety in all that we do -- for our guests and coworkers. If you share our values to safety and excellence, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Manager of Maintenance Planning is responsible for creating and executing the operational plan for the Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) Division at Alaska Airlines (AS). This role leads and establishes priorities for the team and partners with Network, Finance, and M&E stakeholders to develop a cogent strategy that consistently delivers safety and compliance while optimizing M&E resources to achieve corporate objectives.
Key Duties
- Leads a team of individual contributors with varying skillsets and responsibilities to produce the Line Maintenance workload in a rolling 7-day window, accounting for resource constraints and driving operational reliability.
- Participates in the collection and evaluation of planning workload metrics, utilizing the information to implement strategic process improvements that support operational, planning, and reliability goals.
- Builds and maintains relationships across M&E to coordinate efforts and ensure successful planning and execution of routine program workload and special projects, including reliability initiatives, commercial and marketing efforts, and aircraft modifications.
- Establishes regular communications and touchpoints that ensure M&E leadership and relevant stakeholders have visibility into overall strategy and can coordinate actions required to achieve plan objectives.
- Develops people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, fostering strategic and systems thinking, talent development, and succession planning.
- Leverages technology to enhance department performance and productivity.
- Provides input on the long-term forecast for M&E that balances demand and capacity and supports coordination with key stakeholders, including Network Operations Control (NOC) and Network Planning, to develop a strategic roadmap that ensures M&E has the appropriate mix of personnel, qualifications, tooling, parts, and workspace to achieve organizational objectives.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
- 5 years of experience in maintenance planning, material planning, maintenance, engineering, or related technical operations experience.
- 2 years of leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, aviation management, economics, engineering, business intelligence, or finance, or an additional two years of training/experience in lieu of this degree.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Ability to alternate between strategic, tactical, and operational priorities while working on projects and to quickly determine long, medium and short term impact of proposed solutions and goals.
- Detail oriented and highly organized, with the ability to execute on multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines and work independently with limited guidance in a fast-paced environment where flexibility is key.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster collaborative relationships with key stakeholders (both internal and external to Alaska) that drive mutually beneficial outcomes.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum age of 18.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
- Airframe and Powerplant Certificate
- Proficiency in Trax and data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Smartsheet)
- Experience working with union-represented work groups
- 3 years of project management and/or continuous improvement experience.
- Excellent communication skills: verbal (both informal working teams and formal executive presentations), and in clear/concise written documents.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
- Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
- Exceptional integrity, with impeccable ethics in safety and compliance.
Starting Rate
Salary Range
$120,400 - $180,600 / yearBonus
Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
- Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
- Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
- Generous 401k match program
- Annual bonus plans
- Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Airport SIDA Badge Requirements
Important notification for employees working at an airport or maintenance hangar: Employees will be required to obtain a SIDA badge provided by the airport authority and maintain good standing in order to keep their SIDA badge. Review the SIDA Badge Requirements document for a comprehensive overview. If an employee does not qualify for a SIDA badge or has their SIDA badge pulled from them, the employee will be terminated.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories; (2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and (3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
