Production Planning Manager

Lead a high-performing planning team supporting heavy aircraft maintenance operations
- Drive efficiency, safety, and continuous improvement across planning and execution Work with iconic Qantas aircraft in a dynamic, fast-paced maintenance environment

Join the team that keeps Qantas aircraft safe, reliable, and ready to fly. As the Production Planning Manager at our Brisbane Maintenance Base, you’ll play a key leadership role in managing and coordinating all production planning activities for heavy maintenance operations.

About the role

This role is accountable for delivering on-time, efficient, and high-quality maintenance outcomes through effective planning and coordination. You’ll manage a team of Production and Workshop Planners and work collaboratively with operational teams, supply chain, and commercial planning to support business performance. Your focus will be on aircraft maintenance planning, safety, and continuous improvement while leading the team with a positive and solutions-driven approach.

Key responsibilities
- Lead all production planning for base maintenance day to day activities ensuring safety, efficiency, and compliance.
- Collaborate with Check Coordinators, Operations Managers, and support teams to ensure timely aircraft maintenance delivery.
- Oversee planning schedules, resource allocation, and risk management across multiple maintenance lines.
- Provide regular reporting and insights to the leadership team on work in progress, milestones, and performance.
- Foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Manage staff development, performance, and team engagement.
- Drive lean processes and deliver on cost and operational targets.

What you’ll bring
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in aircraft maintenance or related activity, including leadership of planning or production teams.
- Strong understanding of CASA regulations and heavy maintenance environments.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and lead diverse teams.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills.
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- Passion for safety, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality outcomes.

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 14 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
- We’re constantly evolving, and this means the opportunities for our people are endless. In every role there’s the opportunity to embrace personal development and career growth, ownership of projects, and the ability to make an impact.

Applications close: Friday, 22nd of August, 2025

About us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic and international services.