Maintenance Planning Engineer

Advanced Resource Managers; Shawbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers in the United Kingdom seeks a Maintenance Planning Engineer to support Defence and Aerospace operations. You will liaise with the Maintenance Team, review maintenance programmes, and enter data into the MIS to ensure compliance with Part CAMO, A8-25 and Part 145 requirements.

The role requires methodical attention to detail, proactive problem solving, and strong IT skills including Google Suite.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of aircraft maintenance planning and material planning requirements.
• Experience with Part CAMO / A8-25 / Part 145 regulatory frameworks.
• Knowledge of helicopter products and their technical documentation.
• High computer literacy and proficiency with Google Suite.
• Ability to liaise with CAMO, maintenance, and customer support teams.
• Proactive approach to identify issues before they impact operations.

Responsibilities

• Follow company procedures to ensure compliance.
• Liaise with Maintenance Team and other departments for a common understanding of maintenance capability and capacity.
• Enter technical log utilisation data onto the MIS.
• Review maintenance status against the approved programme for compliance.
• Prepare and review maintenance variations as required.
• Identify provisional maintenance dates and maintain the in-house planning calendar and material requirements.
• Raise reservations/purchase requisitions for materials and liaise with owners/operators.
• Liaise with Airworthiness for ADs, SBs, EOs and other airworthiness requirements.
• Raise scheduled maintenance workpacks and ensure required materials/documentation are available.
• Review workpacks to minimise aircraft downtimes and ensure all planned maintenance is completed before departure.
• Provide cross-functional support across the CAMO team and continually improve airworthiness processes.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance planning

Material planning

Google Suite

CAMO/airworthiness

Helicopter products knowledge

Attention to detail

Proactive problem solving

Job description

Do you have an understanding of aircraft maintenance planning and material planning requirements as related to part-CAMO and similar regulations?

Do you have knowledge of helicopter products and their technical documentation?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Maintenance Planning Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved in:

• 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
• Liaise with the Airworthiness Department for accomplishment of ADs, SBs, EOs and other airworthiness requirements
• Raise scheduled maintenance workpacks and confirm required materials and necessary documentation are available for allocated aircraft
• Review workpacks for maintenance inputs to ensure that aircraft downtimes are minimised
• Ensure that prior to aircraft departing from Base Maintenance inputs, all planned maintenance has been accomplished and liaise with Customer Support Managers as required
• Issue ‘Short Term Maintenance Items’ forecast for each aircraft
• Reset Maintenance tasks on the MIS
• Provide cross functional support across the CAMO team
• Continually improve the airworthiness processes & procedures to enhance overall efficiency of the Planning department
• Perform other duties as required by the Maintenance Planning Supervisor, Continuing Airworthiness Manager or designated deputy
• Good understanding of aircraft maintenance planning and material planning requirements as related to Part CAMO / A8-25 & Part 145 / A8-23
• Methodical with acute attention to detail
• Proactive - ability to recognise potential issues and apply remedial action before they raise concern or affect operations
• Must have high computer literacy skills and be competent with Google Suite applications
• Knowledge of continuing airworthiness management software for the use of maintenance and materials planning
• Knowledge of Helicopter Products and their technical documentation