Aircraft Maintenance Planner - 12-Month Contract

Energy Jobline CVL; Shawbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in the energy/aviation sector is seeking a Maintenance Planning Engineer on a 12-month contract, based in Shawbury, fully onsite. The role runs Mon–Fri, 08:00–17:00 (40 hours/week) with an hourly rate of £40.11 via Umbrella, inside IR35.

BPSS is required before starting, full SC to follow. You will authorise maintenance work packs, coordinate with maintenance teams, manage scheduling and material reservations, and ensure compliance with CAMO/Part 145 processes.

Qualifications

• Methodical with acute attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and able to work without supervision or as part of a team.
• Flexible work ethic focused on delivering against agreed timelines.
• Proactive - ability to recognise potential issues and apply remedial action before they affect operations.
• Must have high computer literacy skills and be competent with Google Suite applications.
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Follow the company procedures in order to ensure compliance.
• Liaise with the Maintenance Team and other key departments to ensure a common understanding of maintenance capability and capacity.
• Enter technical log utilisation data onto the MIS.
• Review of allocated aircraft maintenance status to ensure compliance with the approved maintenance programme.
• Preparation and review of maintenance variations.
• Identify provisional maintenance dates for allocated aircraft based on projected utilisation and keep up to date the in-house maintenance planning calendar.
• Review material requirements against provisional maintenance dates for allocated aircraft.
• Raise reservations/purchase requisitions for required materials.
• Liaise with Customer Support Managers to confirm maintenance dates with the owner/operator.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Proactive problem-solving

IT literacy

Flexible work ethic

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

Our client in the energy/aviation sector is seeking a Maintenance Planning Engineer on a 12-month contract, based in Shawbury, fully onsite. The role runs Mon–Fri, 08:00–17:00 (40 hours/week) with an hourly rate of £40.11 via Umbrella, inside IR35.

BPSS is required before starting, full SC to follow. You will authorise maintenance work packs, coordinate with maintenance teams, manage scheduling and material reservations, and ensure compliance with CAMO/Part 145 processes.