Manufacturing Planner

As a Manufacturing Planner, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless operation of our aircraft maintenance processes. You will be responsible for adhering to general work requirements, researching and administering special programs, and working closely with customers to clarify requirements and meet their expectations. Your expertise will contribute to the creation of efficient project flow charts and other management tools, supporting aircraft visits and ensuring resource availability. You will also be involved in creating logical and efficient aircraft work packages, attending customer debriefs, inputting data into systems, and maintaining technical information specific to aircraft models.

• Adhere to general work requirements and protocols.
• Research and administer special programs such as warranty, Smart Parts, and open delivery items.
• Collaborate with customers to clarify requirements and ensure their expectations are met.
• Assist in creating project flow charts and management tools to support aircraft visits.
• Determine resource availability, coordinating with resource providers on potential schedule impacts.
• Create logical and efficient aircraft work packages, identifying material, tooling, and manpower needs.
• Attend customer debriefs or pre-induct meetings prior to aircraft arrival when required.
• Input necessary data into relevant systems.
• Maintain and develop technical information specific to aircraft models, including airframe, engine, avionics, and paint/interior.
• Communicate and coordinate with departments such as Maintenance, Material Support, Labs, Vendors, and Line Service to gather work package data for invoicing.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in an aircraft maintenance environment.
• Proficiency in computer skills necessary for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, project management, email, and web-based applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills to prioritize and coordinate workloads in a dynamic, multi-project setting.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Capability to analyze risks and make sound business decisions.
• Previous experience in aircraft maintenance planning and scheduling, proposal writing, and/or invoice analysis.
• Familiarity with SAP systems.

• Experience with Pivotal and tooling.
• Knowledge of supply chain processes and risk management.

This role requires onsite presence in your own workspace, working Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Opa Locka, FL.

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $50.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Opa Locka,FL.

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 29, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $30 - $50