Maintenance Planner

Overview

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

The Maintenance Planner role is responsible for developing solutions to performing aircraft systematic maintenance planning at Alaska Airlines (AS). As an individual contributor, this role is responsible for recommending improvements to daily planning and supporting the performance of day-to-day operations in response to mechanical issues, crew availability, weather disruptions, flight delays, cancellations, and other special considerations. This role works to ensure the flight and maintenance operations are coordinated with Maintenance & Engineering, and other divisions within the company.

Key Duties

• Holds responsibility, authority, and decision-rights to stop the operation or ground aircraft for any safety or compliance-related issue and escalate concerns to senior planners or leadership.
• With limited direction from the supervisor, plans, schedules, and communicates work priorities across line aircraft maintenance stations.
• Closely monitor all aspects of aircraft maintenance and takes initiative to develop solutions to expeditiously facilitate the urgent completion of:
• Airworthiness Directives
• Service Bulletins
• Fleet Campaign Directives
• Engineering Orders
• Analyzes aircraft change requests and documents planning recommendations.
• Partners with internal teams to gather data for planning ground time and extended maintenance actions.
• Contributes to workload planning by compiling labor hour estimates and facility capacity data.
• Supports line maintenance operations by directly assisting in:
• Monitoring station workload and reporting imbalances
• Assisting in hangar capacity tracking
• Helping develop contingency plans for aircraft towing/remote operation
• Minimizes aircraft downtime and maximizes schedule reliability by planning system-wide aircraft maintenance in response to changes in the operation.
• Supports in planning of ground time for extended maintenance actions.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• 2 years of experience in maintenance planning, aircraft routing, operations, business analytics, aircraft and engine maintenance or related area.
• Bachelor’s degree, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Strong computer skills—advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook).
• Effective written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to make sound analytical decisions in a real-time, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and achieve results with limited oversight or guidance.
• Able and willing to work weekends, holidays, and non-standard shifts.
• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Airline industry experience.
• Maintenance planning experience.
• Computer applications experience with TRAX, AirtrAK, Vismaint, Aerostrat, Tableau, Microsoft SQL.
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

Salary Range

$78,300 -- $117,450 / 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. 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

• 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.

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:

• 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;
• Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and
• 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.

Application Information

Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 10/22/2026

Employment Type

Full-Time

Location

Seattle - Hub