P-8a - Fleet Planner

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- Location:

- RAAF Base Edinburgh
- Category:

- Business Support
- Position Type:

- Permanent
- Job Reference:

- BOE/1814684
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**The opportunity**

As the P-8A Fleet Planner, you will play a vital role in ensuring the long-term optimization of fleet availability through effective planning of strategic aircraft maintenance and upgrade programs for the RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft fleet. You will be responsible for coordinating with key program, maintenance, engineering, and customer stakeholders to understand future maintenance/upgrade requirements, and workforce and facility constraints in order to develop high level maintenance and upgrade plans. This role requires a critical thinker who enjoys problem solving in a complex environment and is able to manipulate data to present options for decision makers.

**Responsibilities**
- Represent the P-8A Program for the proactive development of both strategic and tactical aircraft maintenance and upgrade fleet plans.
- Conduct fleet planning modelling and analysis to develop recommendations which use data to optimize workforce and facilities constraints to achieve fleet availability requirements.
- Conduct capability optimized “What if?” analysis for future maintenance and upgrade program scenarios.
- Prepare impact statements and respond to short notice changes impacting aircraft maintenance and or support system planning.
- Analyze maintenance program data and performance metrics to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities to improve fleet availability.
- Prepare reports and presentations to communicate Fleet plans, performance, and value-based recommendations to senior management.
- Build positive relationships where required to enable Fleet Planning integration across the P-8A enterprise.

**Experience/Qualifications**
- Previous experience in aircraft maintenance scheduling or a similar role.
- Familiarity with maintenance planning software and tools.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to manage, interpret and present data for informed decision making.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams to build positive relationships based on trust.
- Ability to obtain NV1 security clearance.

**Eligibility**

Applicants must be Australian Citizens to meet defence security requirements.

**About us**

Boeing Defence Australia is shaping the future of aerospace and delivering some of the nation's most important programs for the Australian Defence Force.

As a BDA employee, you will join other innovative, ethical people who have the critical skills required to develop and deliver world class capabilities and systems to protect Australia and its national interests. Joining us is a chance to make your mark, working with a diverse team that is united in pushing the boundaries of imagination and excellence.

We currently employ more than 2,500 people across 14 sites in Australia and three international locations and have a range of opportunities available as we plan for future growth.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. Female applicants, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel are encouraged to apply.

**Benefits**
- Flexible working options
- Study assistance
- Salary packaging
- Employee Incentive Program
- Global opportunities

Find out more about Boeing Defence Australia here.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.