Manager Maintenance Planning

About the 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.

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.

Required Experience, Education & Skills

• 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 Qualifications

• 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.

Salary

$120,400 - $180,600 / year. 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. Note: We don't typically hire at the top of the range.

Benefits

• 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

Airport SIDA Badge Requirements

Employees working at an airport or maintenance hangar will be required to obtain a SIDA badge provided by the airport authority and maintain good standing in order to keep their SIDA badge. If an employee does not qualify for a SIDA badge or has their SIDA badge pulled from them, the employee will be terminated.

Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 7/24/2026. FLSA Status: Exempt. Employment Type: Full-Time Regular. Location: Seattle - Hangar.