Aircraft Optimisation & Allocations Coordinator

• Permanent opportunity, Melbourne Head Office location
• Enjoy a 4 day on, 4 day off shift roster
• Access to a range of employee benefits, including our world-class staff travel program

Do you want to takeoff in a new career opportunity and put your career on your bucket list? Now is the perfect time to take off with Jetstar! Join us as we celebrate our 20 year anniversary and continue our journey as Best Low Cost airline, Australia-Pacific. 

This year we will also continue to 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 Opportunity 

As an Aircraft Optimisation & Allocations Coordinator (AOAC), you’ll be part of a high-impact team responsible for aligning engineering and maintenance planning with live operations. You’ll ensure the right aircraft are in the right ports at the right time — balancing real-time operational support with forward planning to reduce disruptions and improve efficiency. Based in the Jetstar Operations Control Centre (JOCC), this role serves as a critical link between Engineering, Operations Control, Maintenance Planning and broader operational teams.

Leveraging your experience in engineering or airline operations, you’ll support aircraft availability across the Jetstar and Qantas Group fleets by optimising maintenance positioning, minimising aircraft swaps, and collaborating with key stakeholders in a fast-paced, problem-solving environment.

Reporting to the Manager Maintenance Planning, responsibilities for this role will include:

• Providing 7-day per week engineering oversight of forward planning and disruption recovery activities.
• Ensuring maintenance tasks are strategically aligned with port capabilities, hangar availability, and engineering constraints.
• Working upstream to reduce the volume of aircraft swaps driven by maintenance requirements.
• Collaborating with the Strategic Maintenance Planning team to determine season maintenance and ground time requirements.
• Supporting strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives across Engineering and Operations.
• Leading operational change requests, allowing Line Maintenance Planning to focus on day-of-operations delivery.
• Working closely with Line Planning and Maintenance Watch to review upcoming schedules and pre-empt operational risks.
• Partnering with Fleet Planning, and JOCC teams to ensure alignment on operational changes.
• Using tools such as Movement Manager, MIS (Trax)  to support real-time decision-making and aircraft optimisation.
• Interpreting data from Skywise and the Reliability team to allocate aircraft to flying lines that de-risk the Jetstar operation.
• Leading and supporting training within the Maintenance Operations team, particularly in systems such as Rocade and Compass.

This unique role offers the opportunity to blend strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and real-time operational problem-solving — all while supporting aircraft availability across Jetstar and Qantas Group fleets.

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

• Minimum 2 years' experience in aircraft planning or airline operations role.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning tools and port capabilities.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, ability to play a key interface role amongst Engineering, Maintenance, Networks and Operations stakeholders.
• Confident working under pressure, solving problems with limited information.
• A desire to learn, share knowledge, and help shape a high-performing team.
• Willingness to work on a rotating 12 h day shift, 4 days on, 4 days off roster.
• Strong prioritising and time management skills

Applications close: Strictly 2359, Sunday 18 May 2025.

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.

Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other

Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our Operations Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B717 and A321 Freighters, plus Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA’s) in Singapore and Japan. 

Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.  

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar:  For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of.  We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly.  We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us.  If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need. 

We’re Jetstar.  Let’s takeoff together