FLEET MAINTENANCE PLANNER

Short Description

The Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Continued Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) comprises over 130 professionals responsible for ensuring the continued airworthiness of our aircraft fleet. It performs a wide variety of tasks including engineering, planning and managing operations and supplier contracts.

We are expanding our team and seeking a qualified individual for the role of Fleet Maintenance Planner.

This role offers the opportunity to work with one of Europe's most modern fleets—including Airbus A320-NEO, A330, and A350—alongside a skilled team dedicated to maintaining high standards of airworthiness.

The role is based at SAS headquarters in Frösundavik, Solna, in the Greater Stockholm area.

As a Fleet Maintenance Planner, you will report to the Line Maintenance Planning Manager and be responsible for planning maintenance in compliance with EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO, Part-145, and operational requirements to ensure the airworthiness, safety, and efficiency of SAS's fleet.

Key responsibilities include monitoring airworthiness, reviewing maintenance forecasts, scheduling work packages, assigning tasks (including change management), and coordinating ground time reservations and aircraft positioning for maintenance.

In this role, you will be expected to demonstrate the ability to work effectively under pressure, maintaining focus and delivering results even in challenging situations. Strong collaborative skills are essential, as you will be working closely with colleagues across different departments to ensure smooth operations and achieve common goals. We value individuals who can communicate openly, contribute to a supportive team environment, and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in the aviation industry, preferably in continued airworthiness management. However, we also welcome applications from individuals aspiring to enter the aviation sector.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Plan maintenance in an airworthy, safe, and economical condition in compliance with the regulations imposed through EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO, Part-145 and Ops and National Aviation Authority
• Monitoring, analyzing and planning of tasks from the task due list, including maintenance program tasks, airworthiness directives, service bulletins, MEL items and replacement of components of an aircraft
• Scheduling work packages and assignment of individual maintenance tasks
• Reservation of maintenance ground time and allocation of aircraft tails to the stops
• Modification preparation and planning.

Our ideal candidate would have the following qualifications and experience:

• Good knowledge and experience from commercial air transport (CAT) industry
• Good knowledge and experience from continued airworthiness management tasks / organization
• Good knowledge and experience from working with one or more of the aircraft types operated by SAS
• An educational background in a technical field or relevant work experience
• Knowledge of EASA aviation regulations (EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO, Part-145)
• Knowledge of planning, controlling and managing Maintenance Program tasks, including ETOPS, Critical Task, CDCCL, and other relevant requirements and standards related to maintenance planning
• Experience from Swiss AS Amos MRO Software
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Problem solving skills
• Self-motivated
• A high proficiency in English, both written and oral, a knowledge of a Scandinavian language is a benefit, but not required.

The person

We need our Fleet Maintenance Planner to have relevant experience from data analytics as well as the personal attributes which we have identified as critical to success.

You will thrive in this role if you perform at your best when you are intellectually and professionally challenged, and when you lead and inspire others to do the same. The collaboration with our people in other organizational units is the key to delivering tangible and lasting results so you will need to believe in and aspire to strengthening these collaborations to deliver tangible and lasting results. A strong desire to improve the competitive position of SAS and to contribute to SAS transformation to a cost-effective airline will be critical and the ability to relate to, manage and analyze complex situations while relating to SAS overall strategic direction will be necessary.

As a person you are dynamic, outgoing, have a high degree of drive, a pedagogic mindset and excellent communication skills.

About working at SAS

Benefits of working with us in SAS include attractive travel possibilities, free gym access and a good pension scheme as well as a relocation package is available for international recruits. We offer extensive opportunities for professional development in an international fast-paced working environment.

Frösundavik is a great place to work. There is a gym, restaurant, café, and a variety of services to make your life easier. It’s located in a green area of Solna and close to Hagaparken and Brunnsviken. There’s a non-stop bus connection from the Central Station to Frösunda, commuter trains to/from Solna Station, and a good network of cycle paths.

Important information

As this position requires occasional work airside, to be eligible for this position you must be able to pass a security test including a background check.

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Bernath, Acting Line Maintenance Planning Manager, via e-mail peter.bernath@sas.se.

SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, with main hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, flies to destinations in Europe, USA, and Asia. Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainability values, SAS aims to be the global leader in sustainable aviation. We will reduce total carbon emissions 25 percent by 2025, by using more sustainable aviation fuel and our modern fleet with fuel-efficient aircraft. In addition to flight operations, SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance,

and air cargo services. SAS is a member of the SkyTeam global alliance, and together with its partner airlines offers a wide network worldwide.