Planner

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada (Onsite)
Starting Salary: $33.17/hour
Branch: Maintenance
Category: Unionized (IAM Master)
Job-type: Permanent

Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol. Are you passionate about reaching new heights, teamwork and making a meaningful contribution? Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.

It’s important to know that

• Adaptability is key: Being adaptable and responsive to changing schedules, priorities, and expectations is essential.
• Team building drives success: Your ability to foster trust, encourage collaboration, and create a positive team dynamic is crucial.
• Communication is essential: The role requires clear, timely, and thoughtful communication to ensure alignment, manage expectations, and support effective collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Key duties

• Accurately maintain and update maintenance plans for each aircraft assigned.
• Ensure maintenance requirements meet their regulatory limits.
• Create, maintain, and close work orders for assigned aircraft.
• Research material/tooling requirements for scheduled work and ensure availability.
• Coordinate with the operation’s group to maximize ground time opportunities for maintenance requirements and minimize operational disruptions.
• Effectively coordinate with other departments, ensuring elements of the scheduled work are met.
• Communicate downtime requirements for each aircraft assigned, advise other stakeholders, resolve scheduling issues and develop agreements.
• Escalate unresolved scheduling issues to the Manager.
• Demonstrates an understanding of safety issues and actively support the SMS program.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in Aircraft Maintenance Planning.
• Good working knowledge of airline standards and regulations.
• Knowledge of Line Maintenance and Airframe Maintenance aircraft check procedures and requirements, an asset.
• Previous acting assignments/exposure in above areas an asset.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Excellent knowledge of the airline operational environment.
• Excellent working knowledge with MS Office programs.
• Knowledge of TRAX, Netline, Communicator, AirNav, an asset.
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to work well under pressure, and with changing priorities.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication/negotiation skills.

Benefits

• Financial benefits: Pension program, Employee Share Ownership Program, and Profit Sharing.
• Wellbeing & health benefits: Health, dental, and life insurance for you and your family (if necessary).
• Recognition: Air Canada’s recognition program (Shine) allows you to recognize and be recognized for those outstanding moments.
• Travel privileges: A generous employee travel program for you and other eligible once you have completed twenty-eight (28) weeks of service. This includes, but is not limited to standby travel, hotel & car rental discounts, Air Canada Vacation discounts, and more.

Conditions of Employment

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.

Linguistic Requirements

Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.