Heavy Maintenance Coordinator

• Full time, permanent opportunity available in Melbourne
• Access to a range of employee benefits, including our world-class staff travel program
• Play an active role in the Jetstar Engineering Team

If you’ve ever thought about a career in aviation – now is the perfect time to take off with Jetstar! We are undertaking one of the biggest recruitment campaigns in our 19-year-history. Join us during an exciting period as we welcome more state-of-the-art aircraft, launch new international routes and continue our mission to help more people take off through low fares.About the opportunityJetstar is currently recruiting a Heavy Maintenance Coordinator based at our Tullamarine location in Melbourne. We're always looking for proactive professionals to help our business work smarter and more efficiently. You will be encouraged to think innovatively whilst developing and maintaining best practice.This position will be situated within the Jetstar Maintenance Operations & Inventory Team where you will be responsible for the planning, purchasing and co-ordination of consumable, expendable, repairable and rotable aircraft spares required for all external Heavy Maintenance events.Reporting to the Purchasing, Inventory and Repairs Manager, responsibilities for this role will include:

• Ability to interpret preload Heavy Maintenance requirements as defined by Planning.
• Effectively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve planning conflicts or delays that may arise.
• Develop a database to manage all Heavy Maintenance materials & logistics activities prior to aircraft entering hangar.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure availability for planned maintenance.
• Monitor hard time report and work with planning to coordinate removal of components from aircraft in accordance with spares availability.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, providing regular updates to all stakeholders.
• Provide inventory forecasts to MRO’s for parts supplied via contract.
• Purchase expendable & consumable inventory in accordance with Heavy Maintenance demand.
• Provide interface between Logistics and Purchasing, Inventory & Repairs departments for expendable material rejections, quarantine store activity and receipt discrepancies.
• Apply inventory optimisation principals where possible when trying to acquit Heavy Maintenance requirements.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure suitable availability of required parts to support current and future Heavy Maintenance requirements.

To be successful in this role, you will possess the following skills & experience:

• Experience in purchasing and component control
• Experience in inventory management / optimisation within a Supply Chain environment
• Component control experience with the ability to develop an understanding of aircraft industry component control or purchasing
• Ability to think laterally and develop effective solutions
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and targets
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to effectively liaise with all levels of management, staff and suppliers
• Demonstrated analytical skills, logical and methodical approach to work.
• Strong customer focus, highly motivated and committed to continuous improvement.
• Computer literacy in MS Office, Outlook and Excel

What’s in it for you

• Our team members enjoy access to unlimited heavily discounted fares to destinations all over the world – not only for team members, but for their favourite travel companions too. Our staff travel benefit includes discounts on airfares, accommodation, car hire and travel insurance for both domestic and international travel. Discounts can be used within the Jetstar Group airlines, Qantas and other partner airlines.
• Access to a range of salary packaging and leave benefits.
• As a member of the Qantas Group, you will have the opportunity to build a career across multiple functions, locations and airlines.
• Structured programs and resources to support your health and wellbeing and development.
• Talk to us about how we can make this role work flexibly for you such that you can achieve your potential.

About JetstarThe Jetstar Group is one of the largest low-cost airline groups in the Asia Pacific by revenue and has flown more than 300 million passengers since it launched in 2004. Collectively the Jetstar Group offers more than 5,000 (pre-COVID) flights a week to 58 destinations in 18 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region. The Group operates a fleet of more than 90 aircraft, including Airbus A320, Airbus A321 and Boeing 787-8.Jetstar's mission is to offer all day, every day low fares to enable more people to fly to more places, more often.Inclusion and DiversityJetstar is an equal opportunity employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.