AMO Production Planner

Job Description

• Play a critical role in ensuring scheduled maintenance is planned and executed seamlessly
• Enjoy work/life balance with a 4 on 4 off shift work rotation 
• Take off with exclusive employee perks, including our world-class staff travel program

Our Engineering Team
We rely on our Jetstar Engineering Team to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They’re the trouble-shooters, glitch-fixers and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely. Solving problems. Trying new things. Getting hands-on. Fixing and double checking. It’s all part of the day job as a Jetstar Engineer – whether you’re on the frontline as a Maintenance Engineer or in our Engineering Corporate & Support Team ensuring that we land deadlines, keep projects on track and work as a team to help us transform our fleet for the better.

Your opportunity

As the AMO Production Planner your focus will be to support planning of all scheduled maintenance requests from our Customer, Part 42 organisations. This involves ensuring that maintenance is completed as required per AMO Procedures/Policy, ensuring planned work matches labour capacity, and that all logistical elements are planned for. You will be part of a united team to plan and ensure the requested maintenance is completed on schedule.

As the AMO Production Planner, you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing the Production Planning process to ensure seamless maintenance event execution – identify turn times, resource requirements (Manpower, Materials, Facility, GSE & Tooling), identify stakeholder requirements and constraints
• Through successful Production Planning initiatives drive continual excellence in safety, compliance, on time performance and AMO brand values
• Liaise and build relationships with key stakeholders from both the Part 145 and various Part 42 organisations
• Relentlessly seeking ‘new ways’ to meet customer needs and support the business to achieve critical business goals
• Implement new processes and procedures within the AMO Production Planning business, using identified critical business tools to drive, significant and sustainable long-term change, both in the Pre-Planning & Execution phases of maintenance

We’re on the hunt for someone with a Maintenance Planning background who demonstrates a strong work ethic, communicates effectively, and brings a proactive approach to improving efficiencies. In addition to these core qualities, the ideal candidate will have experience with continuous improvement practices, hold project management qualifications, and possess exposure to a Maintenance Operations Centre environment. Familiarity with regulatory bodies is also highly regarded.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Detailed understanding of Aircraft Line and overnight Maintenance Operations
• Aircraft trade certificate or tertiary qualification in an aviation stream
• Experience in an aircraft maintenance environment in a maintenance planning capacity
• Have excellent troubleshooting and problem solving abilities, and be capable to assess and interpret options and develop solutions
• Have excellent communication skills with ability to effectively communicate across all levels within a team
• Have proven people management skills
• Experience with TRAX and Microsoft Office
• The ability to work rotating shift patterns
• Be able to hold a valid AUS ASIC

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other

Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our Engineering Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.

We’re Jetstar. Let’s takeoff together. We can’t wait to hear from you. 

Applications close: Sunday 15th November 2026. 

Qualifications

Additional Information