Maintenance Planning Engineer: Optimize Fleet & Downtime

finnair; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Finnair is seeking a Maintenance Planning Engineer to join the Planning & Base Maintenance team in Finland. You will optimize aircraft fleet utilization by aligning maintenance workload with available resources and ground time, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to support safe and cost-efficient operations.

The role may include on-site planning duties at MROs abroad and requires travel, strong analytical, coordination and communication skills, and good written and spoken

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of airline business, aircraft maintenance and planning principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent coordination and prioritization abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and learn quickly.
• Team player with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Line and base maintenance planning of assigned fleet.
• Maintenance demand and workload forecasting.
• Scenario creation and potential risks identification.
• Work package creation for internal and external MROs.
• Change management of the planned works in cooperation with stakeholders.
• Ground time optimization to support safe and cost-efficient maintenance and profitable flight operations.
• Support stakeholders to secure on-time performance of the planned works.
• Process description, documentation and training material preparation.
• Management of assigned projects.
• Work may include on-site planning duties and representation at MROs located abroad.
• Continuous improvement of own work and planning processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Coordination

Prioritization

Teamwork & communication

English

Job description

Finnair is seeking a Maintenance Planning Engineer to join the Planning & Base Maintenance team in Finland. You will optimize aircraft fleet utilization by aligning maintenance workload with available resources and ground time, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to support safe and cost-efficient operations.

The role may include on-site planning duties at MROs abroad and requires travel, strong analytical, coordination and communication skills, and good written and spoken