How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
The Hangar Demand Planning (HDP) team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Demand Airframe Planner to support the build and execute maintenance packages for hangar visits ranging from Special Visit to Heavy Maintenance Visits. The Senior Demand Planner will work cross departmentally to support initiatives set by the Hangar Demand Planning leadership team to ensure alignment for a successful maintenance visit. The Senior Demand Planner also works closely with Line Planners, Fleet Projects, Tooling, Materials, Engineering, Aircraft Routing, Airframe Supplier Ops, and Base Maintenance.
Key Responsibilities
- Plans all hangar maintenance events for their assigned fleets to ensure the aircraft are safe, compliant, and up to customer standards.
- The Senior Planner manages time controls, log/ERA/MEL, and maintenance programs tasks to prevent overruns and drives execution to plan.
- The Senior Planner will proactively adjust the hangar work packages to meet changing conditions, reduce deferrals, and late additions to the package.
- The Senior Planner will work closely with the Hangar Demand Planning Project Management team to ensure AA projects are scheduled to hangar work packages.
- Partners with Line Demand Planning counterparts on tasks to prevent potential unscheduled out of service time.
- This role will also be responsible for proactively identifying, preventing, and solving any risks associated with the forecasted plan in relation to the relevant work package.
- Performs thorough review of materials, engineering documents, tooling, log pages, and other constraints to ensure visit readiness for incoming maintenance visit.
- Position may require working second shift, rotating days off, and/or weekends.
- Must be able to multitask in a high-volume, fast-paced working environment
- Guide and mentor Engineers within the Hangar Demand Planner team to deliver on key business objectives.
What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Bachelor of Engineering Degree (aerospace or mechanical preferred) or comparable experience in an engineering related field.
- 8-11 years of experience working for Airlines supporting in Hangar Demand Planning Domain
- Self-starter that can successfully work independently or with a team.
- Effective organizational and communication skills with business, technical management, staff, and other partners.
- Must have a strong work ethic and commitment to operational excellence in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Work successfully across business units at all levels (front line to executive) and have effective presentation skills, be a successful mediator and problem solver, build and maintain effective working relationships
- Embrace diverse people, thinking, and style
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Knowledge of Delta systems - SCEPTRE, TRAX, IFS - Maintanix, Hanger Work Bench, AMES, Empower, Tableau
- Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority
- Engineering Documents, Logs
- Maintenance Engineering, Maintenance Planning/Engineering Planning, Material Planning, Engine Planning or Aircraft Planning experience.
- Should possess excellent written and verbal communications skills, able to handle several projects simultaneously with minimum supervision, well organized and able to prioritize work to meet established deadlines.
- Strong teamwork and cross-team collaboration skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Must have a strong sense of customer service.
Behavioral Competencies
- Ability to produce high quality results, work in a collaborative environment by embracing diverse perspectives and with a solution-based approach.
- Adapt communication clearly and concisely based on team dynamics and expresses thoughts & ideas effectively.
- Ability to engage effectively with peers and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships.
- Ability to understand business processes, implement innovative solutions, guide juniors on continuous improvement by constantly updating oneself on current technology & trends.
- Inquisitive to understand customer and business expectations while creating value addition on technical solutions.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Airframe and Powerplant Certificate
- PMP Certificate or other professional certifications relative to the job description
- Knowledge of Delta Tech Ops policy and procedures, Delta aircraft types, and OEM PMD requirements.
About The Company
What started as a humble, little aerial crop-dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters in 1924 has now grown into the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability, and customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Air Lines is known for its operational excellence and award-winning customer service.
Powered by our employees worldwide, Delta has led the airline industry in operational excellence for a decade while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.
In 2026, Delta Air Lines continued to earn global recognition for its performance, culture and operational excellence. Delta was named to Glassdoor's 2026 Top 100 Best Places to Work list for the ninth time, standing as the only airline recognized. Delta also secured the 11th spot on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list, marking its 13th consecutive year earning this distinction. Delta was also recognized by Cirium as the top on-time airline in North America for the fifth consecutive year, underscoring its unwavering commitment to reliability and customer experience.
About The Delta Technology Hub (DTH), Bangalore
The DTH is one of Delta Air Lines investments in world-class business capabilities and technology aimed at transforming how Delta Air Lines operates and provides world-class travel experiences to its customers through innovation and cutting-edge methodologies. By continuously reimagining processes and driving technology-led transformation, the Delta Technology Hub plays a pivotal role in Scripting The Future Of Aviation. The organization is certified by the Great Place to Work Institute (India). The Delta Technology Hub was a finalist for the iVolunteer Awards 2024/2025 in the Leader in Employee Volunteering category. This nomination highlights our remarkable volunteering initiatives and the outstanding practices we implement to encourage and support our employee volunteering program.
For more information, please visit www.deltatechhub.com
Why join
- Technology is a key enabler of the differentiated services that Delta provides. At the DTH, you get the opportunity to work on projects with a significant impact on business outcomes and customer experience.
- Deepen your knowledge by taking part in multifaceted learning and development programs –exposure to extensive internal and partner repositories, institutional affiliations, and industry SIG (Special Interest Groups) partnerships.
- Immerse yourself in an employee-centric culture.
- Develop deep and broad business acumen on airline operations while retaining focus on cutting-edge technology driven solutions.
- Avail a full range of benefits that support you and your family: Medical Insurance, Transportation to and from the DTH office, Complementary Cafeteria Meals, Special Travel opportunities and Travel Privileges, Car Lease Program, Paid time off, Parental Benefits and National Pension Scheme.
