Maintenance Planning Engineer

Salary: £30.29 – £39.43 per hour

A new position for an Maintenance Planning Engineer based at Luton Airport.

Job Purpose

To ensure that AMP Requirements and Technical and/or business related tasks are complied with by Planning in a timely manner across all aircraft controlled by the Airways Planning dept. Co-ordinate and produce fully engineered Aircraft work packages and deliver them to agreed timelines. Attend pre-input and Base Operations meetings with our client or contracted Part 145 organisations and ensure Regulatory compliance at all times, carrying out maintenance forecast reviews on every aircraft on a regular basis. Work with internal and external customers to resolve work package queries and ensure maintenance publications have been issued to the correct revisions.

To create & deliver maintenance work packages for internal and external maintenance agencies in line with agreed service levels

To take responsibility of ensuring a fully engineered work pack is established and delivered to the appropriate Maintenance site and include correct references and copies of the current approved maintenance documentation

To identify that Line & Base capable tasks are packaged for best maintenance practices/utilisation 

Liaison with Airline Planning/Operations to ensure the maintenance plan is adhered to, and to optimise operational objectives. If any changes are necessary, all parties including Line and Major bases are communicated with establishing an agreement

In conjunction with Base Maintenance, identify man hour availability at maintenance sites, with the objective to man hour capacity planning 

To forecast and plan component removal (in association with Operational Maintenance Planning dept) while maximising the component utilisation 

To have a commercial and contract awareness of any 3rd Party Maintenance arrangements 

To ensure that End of Lease and inter group transfer requirements are captured and planned at the appropriate maintenance opportunity

Ensure all planned maintenance requirements have been complied with and any cancelled tasks are re-scheduled with a planned input date

Raise variations to ensure all tasks/components are controlled where required 

To identify any risks to the business, and ensure a contingency plan is defined to avoid, reduce or react if an occurrence takes place 

To carry out the Fault Management process to prevent any re-occurring problems 

Centralised Planning (in addition to the above key requirements)

Produce co-ordinated heavy maintenance plans and scenario’s 

Estimate man hours and check downtimes for base maintenance checks

Ensure that current season heavy maintenance plans are agreed, signed off and co-ordinated within Markets

Contribute to the annual Base Maintenance budget submission.

For a Senior Maintenance Planning role the following additional responsibilities are required

Report to the departmental Manager

Be the focal for the department on a day to day basis

Carry out team meetings and ensure that weekly work requirements are covered

Ensure that standard targets and deliverables are being met

Contribute towards annual reviews

Be involved in departmental recruitment

Ensure that the departmental DQS audit programme is up to date

Contribute to the generation of departmental statistics.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum 5 years technical experience in aviation, and able to demonstrate knowledge of Airworthiness Regulations

A good knowledge of aircraft maintenance planning procedures

Can work under pressure to react to operational requirements and time constraints

Ability to plan and organise in a methodical and analytical manner.

Key Competencies

Able to manage priorities and work to demanding timescales;

Able to manage working hours to ensure the needs and demands of the role are fulfilled

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good facilitator

Excellent written and verbal communicator

Understanding of human factors

Understanding of business risks (business and financial)

A good knowledge of health and safety requirements within an engineering environment

Proficient in Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and an understanding of the company’s computer system AMOS.

Please send your CV for immediate interview