MANAGER MAINTENANCE PLANNING

Scandinavian Airlines System SAS

SAS Technical Operations is a team of 100 people accountable for the continuing airworthiness of the SAS fleet. It performs a wide variety of tasks including negotiating and managing supplier contracts, engineering, and planning maintenance.
As Manager Maintenance Planning you will be reporting to Head of Maintenance Planning & Control. You will be responsible to ensuring that maintenance is planned in an airworthy, safe, and economical condition for SAS's fleet under restriction of the requirements imposed through European Aviation regulations and according to EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO, Part-145 and Ops.
Your responsibility is to manage maintenance planning activities and technical representation for Base and Line maintenance of the SAS fleet. You will lead a team of experts, that will deliver on all aspects of maintenance planning. From airworthiness control, preparing maintenance work packages including component and engine replacement, timely planning of maintenance tasks and airworthiness directives (AD), collaboration with key stakeholders like Engineering, Network and Operations Control Center.

Main tasks and responsibilities

* Ensure that maintenance is planned in an airworthy, safe, and economical condition and complies with the regulations imposed through EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO, Part-145 and Ops and National Aviation Authority
* Perform process confirmation and development of planning procedures laid down in operation governing manuals CAME and CAME-P
* Participate in the preparation of the department and maintenance budget,
* Participate in the maintenance service provider (AMO) tender processes and ensure the execution according to agreed terms
* Secure maintenance ground time for planned and unplanned maintenance events
* Ensure that all maintenance is performed within approved maintenance data
* Ensure the operational availability of SAS fleet through strategic and tactical planning activities
* Ensure planning of aircraft defects within time limits
* Establish and ensure timely planning criteria agreement between the production units
* Host and participate in governance meetings between stakeholders and sharemen
* Ensure development and timely updates of short and long-term maintenance visit plan
* Ensure maintenance package optimization in view of aircraft lease contract conditions and lifetime cost optimization
* Ensure proper functioning of all planning staff and related issues by assessments and continuing process confirmation.


Qualification & Experience

* University degree within aviation, or other relevant background from the aviation industry Additional education within business administration is desirable.
* Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within aviation industry, whereof minimum 2 years in an appropriate management position
* Experience of practical leadership with a minimum at a tactical level
* Experience in team leadership and development
* Practical experience of managing large contracts with suppliers and internal stake holders, with associated budget processes and cost saving programs
* Practical experience of business transformations and change management
* Practical experience of working with AMOS maintenance management system
* A high proficiency in English, both written and oral


As a person

We need our Manager Maintenance Planning to have relevant experience within the aviation industry related to continuing airworthiness, aircraft maintenance planning activities as well as the personal attributes which we have identified as critical to success.
You will thrive in this role if you perform at your best when you are intellectually and professionally challenged, and when you lead and inspire others to do the same. The collaboration with our people in other organizational units is the key to delivering tangible and lasting results so you will need to believe in and aspire to strengthening these collaborations to deliver tangible and lasting results. A strong desire to improve the competitive position of SAS and to contribute to SAS transformation to a cost-effective airline will be critical and the ability to relate to, manage and analyze complex situations while relating to SAS overall strategic direction will be necessary.
As a person you are dynamic, outgoing, have a high degree of drive, a pedagogic mindset and excellent communication skills.

About Working at SAS

Benefits of working with us in SAS include attractive travel possibilities, free gym access and a good pension scheme as well as a relocation package is available for international recruits. We offer extensive opportunities for professional development in an international fast-paced working environment.

Other of Importance

As this position requires occasional work airside, to be eligible for this position you must be able to pass a security test including a background check.
Applications will be processed continuously and the last day for applications is 16th of Aug.
If you have any questions, please contact Ville Koskinen, Head of Maintenance Planning and Control, via e-post ville.koskinen@sas.se.