Job Description
- Play a pivotal part in leading the strategic and operational management of our Engine and APU assets
- Full time, permanent leadership opportunity based at our Jetstar Headquarters in Melbourne
- Take off with exclusive employee perks, including our world-class staff travel program
About Our Engineering Team
We rely on our Jetstar Engineering Team to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They’re the trouble-shooters, glitch-fixers and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely. Solving problems. Trying new things. Getting hands-on. Fixing and double checking. It’s all part of the day job as a Jetstar Engineer – whether you’re on the frontline as a Maintenance Engineer or in our Engineering Corporate & Support Team ensuring that we land deadlines, keep projects on track and work as a team to help us transform our fleet for the better.
Your Opportunity
We are currently seeking an experienced Powerplant Fleet Manager. This position is a critical leadership opportunity within our Engineering team responsible for Jetstar’s asset cost along with an ongoing critical focus on complex safety components combined with providing innovative leadership to our team of technical experts.
Reporting to our Senior Fleet Engineering Manager and serving as a key member of the Fleet Technical Management Leadership Team, your success in this role will hinge on your ability to balance the day-to-day operational demands with a strategic focus on continuous improvement, while fostering a team culture centred on performance, safety, and customer service.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Asset Management: Lead the management of Jetstar’s engine and APU fleet, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and lifecycle cost control.
- Team Leadership: Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership to the Powerplant Engineering team, fostering a high-performance culture.
- Customer Fleet Support: Oversee powerplant support for customer fleets, ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and operational excellence.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA) are thoroughly assessed and implemented across the fleet.
- Safety Oversight: Monitor global fleet trends to identify emerging safety threats and implement proactive mitigation strategies.
- Modification Programs: Review and approve engine and APU modification programs to enhance safety, reliability, and performance.
- Commercial Interface: Act as the primary technical liaison for powerplant-related commercial matters, including engine and APU overhaul programs.
- Project Delivery: Manage business-as-usual (BAU) projects related to powerplant operations across Jetstar and customer fleets.
- Operational Support: Serve as the key technical contact for complex engine/APU defect resolution, minimizing operational disruptions and ensuring asset availability.
- Warranty Recovery: Support warranty recovery initiatives to maximize commercial returns.
- Shop Visit Planning: Develop and oversee engine/APU removal plans and shop visit work scopes, ensuring cost-effective and technically sound outcomes.
- Spare Engine Strategy: Provide oversight and decision support for Qantas Group spare engine management.
- OEM Engagement: Act as Jetstar’s primary point of contact for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), fostering strong partnerships and technical collaboration.
To be successful in this role, ideally you’ll have:
- Hold a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license and/or Professional engineering qualification – ideally coupled with Tertiary qualifications in Engineering Management, Aviation, or a related field
- Demonstrated understanding of process improvement and problem solving methodologies, such as Lean Six Sigma
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
- A superior customer focus – capable of identifying customer needs and resolving customer issues
- Strong negotiations skills, with ability to effectively analysis and utilise insights to support decision making and improvements
- Confidence in communicated and presenting to a range of senior stakeholders
- A strong track record of successfully delivering projects through applying your deep understanding of project management methodologies and techniques
- A genuine interest in leading others and creating a high performance, innovative team
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 Engineering Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters, plus Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA’s) in Singapore and Japan.
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
We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply by: Friday 28th November 2025
