Material & Work Planner

Bombardier Transportation GmbH; Westerham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in the UK seeks a skilled Material & Work Planner to oversee and improve production planning processes at the Biggin Hill Service Center. The role includes creating work packs, coordinating production workflows, and ensuring maximum efficiency in project execution. Ideal candidates should have a strong technical background in aviation, proven production planning experience, and excellent communication and organizational skills. Familiarity with SAP and Bombardier aircraft types is preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a production planner.
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
• Strong organizational skills necessary to prioritize and coordinate workloads.

Responsibilities

• Create work packs using various tools.
• Coordinate production workflow for multiple projects.
• Identify and create demands for necessary materials.

Skills

Production planning

Quality control principles

Technical background in Aviation

Organisational skills

Communication abilities

Problem-solving skills

Familiarity with Bombardier Aircraft types

Tools

SAP

Oracle

CAMP

Excel

Job description

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft London Service Centre in Biggin Hill is part of an award‑winning network and is the flagship of Bombardier’s European operation. This Base and Line Maintenance Centre is the fastest‑growing Service Centre in Europe and the largest Business Aircraft OEM in the UK. The facility has the capabilities to perform an array of maintenance checks, modifications and upgrades all from this site. Only 14 miles from London, Bombardier’s Biggin Hill Service Centre is ideally located to support operators in the UK region and beyond.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Create work packs using SAP, Oracle, CAMP, Excel
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple projects
• Determine equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand.
• Identify and create demands for spares, tooling, consumables, and engineering on the assigned aircraft projects.
• Collaborate with Scheduling, Stores, Engineers, Customer Project Managers, and other staff.
• Plan and prioritise to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay for assigned projects.
• Liaise with third‑party vendors such as NDT and Borescope Inspection suppliers to co‑ordinate on‑site visits during the aircraft maintenance input.
• Co‑ordinate re‑work or restoration shop visits for life‑limited parts.
• Review and research aircraft documents including but not limited to Maintenance Manuals, Approved Engineering Orders, Aircraft/Engine/Component Service Bulletins and Airworthiness Directives pertaining to incoming aircraft.
• Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
• Host pre-input meeting with the relevant members of the organisation where a detailed overview of the project will be presented.
• Liaise and hold meetings with Customers.

How to thrive in this role?

• Have proven experience as a production planner
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles
• You have a technical background in Aviation with a good understanding of Part 145
• Organisational skills necessary to prioritise and coordinate your workload within a multiple project setting.
• Excellent communication abilities
• Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills
• Previous experience with SAPFamiliarity with Bombardier Aircraft types would be preferable.

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected Characteristics to apply.

Whether your candidacy is moving on to the next step of the hiring process or not, we will keep you informed by email or by phone.

JobMaterial & Work Planner

Primary LocationBiggin Hill Service Center

OrganizationBombardier Services (UK)

Employee Status

Requisition 10767 Material & Work Planner