Aircraft Maintenance Production Planner

Entech Technical Solutions; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Entech Technical Solutions is seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Production Planner for a 12-month contract in North-East England. The role requires deep experience in aviation production planning and compliance with CAA Part 145 regulations.

The position operates Inside IR35 with an Umbrella pay rate up to £40 per hour, focusing on maintaining detailed schedules, coordinating with procurement, and ensuring available resources for on-time aircraft maintenance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in aviation production planning
• Strong understanding of CAA Part 145 environment and aircraft maintenance flow
• Experience with CAMO functions and AMP control
• Familiarity with aerospace MRO operations

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed maintenance schedules aligned to aircraft delivery targets and priorities
• Translate maintenance work scopes into work packs and task sequences
• Ensure availability of labour, skills, tooling, and materials to execute planned work
• Coordinate with procurement and stores to ensure parts availability at point of use
• Monitor progress against plan and identify risks and constraints
• Drive recovery actions for delays and shortages
• Support safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement activities
• Ensure planning activities comply with CAA Part 145 and MOE requirements

Skills

Aviation production planning

CAA Part 145 knowledge

CAMO AMP control

MRO software familiarity

Job description

Aircraft Maintenance Production Planner required for a 12 months contract in North-East England.

This contract is Inside IR35 and the Umbrella pay rate is up to £40 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed maintenance schedules aligned to aircraft delivery targets and operational priorities
• Translate approved aircraft maintenance work scopes into work packs and task sequences
• Ensure availability of labour, skills, tooling, and materials to execute planned work scopes
• Coordinate closely with procurement and stores to ensure parts are available at point of use
• Monitor progress against plan, identifying risks, constraints, and critical path impacts
• Drive recovery actions for delays, shortages, and emerging issues
• Liaise with CAMO Maintenance Planning to ensure work scope alignment and compliance with the AMP
• Support aircraft throughput to ensure base maintenance output enables line operations availability
• Maintain accurate planning records and configuration control data
• Support safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement activities
• Ensure all planning activities comply with CAA Part 145, MAA (where applicable), and company MOE requirements
• Proven experience in aviation production planning, aircraft maintenance planning, or aerospace MRO operations
• Strong understanding of CAA Part 145 environment and aircraft maintenance flow
• Experience managing resource planning, materials coordination, and schedule delivery
• Familiarity with aircraft maintenance planning systems / MRO software
• Knowledge of CAMO functions and AMP control
• Experience supporting military or mixed-regulation environments (MAA / FAA / EASA)
• Understanding of SMS and quality systems
• Familiarity with ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001, 27001)