Part 145 Maintenance Planner

Flexjet Europe; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunities employer

Job summary

Flexjet Europe is seeking a proactive Part-145 Maintenance Planner based at our Farnborough headquarters to support maintenance and airworthiness of the private aviation fleet. You will coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, ensuring resources, documentation and interfaces are aligned for reliable operations.

The role requires strong knowledge of Part-145 regulatory requirements and hands-on experience with MRO/ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in aircraft maintenance planning, production planning, or heavy/base maintenance planning within a Part-145 environment.
• Strong knowledge of EASA and/or UK CAA Part-145 regulations and airworthiness requirements.
• Experience using MRO, ERP, or maintenance planning systems such as CAMP, Traxxall, AMOS, Rusada, or Quantum.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance activities in line with customer requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Develop and maintain detailed maintenance input plans, ensuring manpower, tooling, materials, and documentation are available.
• Create and manage maintenance work packs, ensuring accuracy before aircraft arrival and release.
• Monitor progress, anticipate delays, and adjust plans to maintain availability and minimise downtime.
• Act as primary contact for customers and internal stakeholders, providing regular updates on status and changes.
• Coordinate third‑party suppliers and subcontracted maintenance services to meet operational needs.
• Maintain accurate planning records and documentation within company systems, supporting KPI tracking and cost reporting.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning effectiveness and efficiency.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance planning

Regulatory compliance

Scheduling and resource planning

Stakeholder management

Tools

CAMP

Traxxall

AMOS

Rusada

Quantum

Job description

Flexjet is seeking a proactive and highly organised Part-145 Maintenance Planner based at our Farnborough headquarters to support the maintenance and airworthiness of the private aviation fleet, delivering high standards of reliability, safety and service.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance activities in accordance with customer requirements, operational priorities, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain detailed maintenance input plans, ensuring manpower, tooling, materials, and documentation are available to support maintenance events.
• Create, review, and manage maintenance work packs, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance prior to aircraft arrival and release.
• Monitor maintenance progress, identify potential delays, and adjust plans to maintain aircraft availability and minimise downtime.
• Act as a key point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders, providing regular updates on maintenance status, findings, and schedule changes.
• Coordinate third-party suppliers and subcontracted maintenance services, ensuring activities are delivered in line with operational requirements.
• Maintain accurate planning records, maintenance schedules, resource forecasts, and supporting documentation within company systems.
• Support operational reporting, KPI tracking, maintenance costing, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive planning effectiveness and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in aircraft maintenance planning, production planning, maintenance operations, or heavy/base maintenance planning within a Part-145 environment.
• Strong knowledge of EASA and/or UK CAA Part-145 regulations, aircraft maintenance documentation, work package control, regulatory compliance, and airworthiness requirements.
• Experience using MRO, ERP, aircraft maintenance planning, or maintenance tracking systems such as CAMP, Traxxall, AMOS, Rusada, Quantum, or similar platforms.
• Excellent organisational, scheduling, resource planning, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple aircraft maintenance inputs simultaneously in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with customers, engineering teams, production departments, vendors, CAMO organisations, and operational leadership teams.

Flexjet is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.