Company Horizon Air
The Team
Our M&E team has earned the FAA’s prestigious Diamond Award for almost 20 consecutive years -- the only major carrier to receive the award for as many years, and the most of any airline. From our parts warehouse to the maintenance hangar, our Ready, SAFE, Go; mindset prioritizes safety in all that we do -- for our guests and coworkers. If you share our values to safety and excellence, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Line Maintenance Planner II is responsible for ensuring all assigned Maintenance Program requirements, Airworthiness Directives, modifications and deferred maintenance are effectively planned and executed at Horizon Air. As an individual contributor, this role supports the operation by ensuring aircraft maintenance is effectively planned, and safety risks are mitigated.
Key Duties
Hold responsibility, authority, and decision-rights to stop the operation or ground aircraft for any safety or compliance related issue and escalate concerns to leadership.
Develop solutions to effectively plan scheduled maintenance for Horizon Air’s fleet of aircraft.
Reconcile the daily maintenance plan as aircraft swaps occur, reassign planned work, review the work plan with the shift manager/supervisor, and initiate or maintain communications on planned maintenance assigned to out-stations to meet the demands of the workload.
Develop and maintain Work Orders for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance items as required for duty assignments.
Make recommendations and collaborate with Heavy Maintenance, Fleet Planners and the Materials department to coordinate stagger plans for landing gear, engines and other heavy maintenance components as needed.
With limited direction from manager, plan maintenance work packages based on the availability of planned workforce hours to ensure minimum aircraft downtime and a balanced workload.
Partner with Maintenance Control and Technical Services on the accomplishment of maintenance deferrals and maintenance follow-up items affecting the daily workload.
Ensure parts, tooling and materials are scheduled/routed to the job site to support the planned workload.
Coordinate nightly work scopes with base maintenance and maintenance out-stations, with follow-up as necessary.
Coordinate and communicate with maintenance stations and leadership for any work that must be done during the operational day.
Maintain knowledge of TRAX functions as they pertain to the planning environment and maintain, and update forecast in respect to the duty assignment.
Assess Alert Report query to mitigate risk of an aircraft over-fly.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
2 years of experience supporting airline or aircraft operations, planning, analytics, or materials.
Bachelor’s degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
Ability to effectively analyze, problem solve and make decisions in the planning of line maintenance events, including the unexpected, and alternatives to reaching goals.
Effective written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
Proven ability to make sound analytical decisions in a real-time, fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently and achieve results with limited oversight or guidance.
Able and willing to work weekends, holidays, and non-standard shifts.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum age of 18.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
Airline industry experience.
Knowledge of aircraft maintenance procedures and FAA regulations.
Working knowledge of Excel, Word and Trax.
Knowledge of General Procedures Manual (GPM) and other company manuals.
Understanding of Horizon Air Operations Specifications.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
Salary Range
$66,500-$99,750 / year
Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
Generous 401k match program
Quarterly and annual bonus plans
Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories;
(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and
(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on
4/1/2026
FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Location Seattle, WA - Corporate Office
L: LI-B
Job Locations USA-WA-SeaTac
Requisition ID 2026-18446
Category Corporate & Operations
