Production Planning Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Atlantic Aviation Group; Brize Norton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

An aviation maintenance organization in the UK is seeking a Production Planning Engineer for maternity cover. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning aircraft line and base maintenance, including creating work packs and providing planning support to production teams. Strong organizational, analytical skills, and experience with technical documentation are essential. The role offers a unique opportunity within a dedicated team committed to maintaining Air Force fleets at RAF Brize Norton.

Qualifications

• Proficient in planning tasks using technical documentation.
• Ability to manage tasks with attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with all levels of seniority.

Responsibilities

• Pre-input planning of aircraft maintenance tasks.
• Build work packages for scheduled maintenance.
• Attend meetings to provide updates.
• Check task cards for accuracy and estimate task times.
• Attend meetings to provide aircraft status updates and pre‑input reviews.

Skills

Experience in using aircraft technical documentation for maintenance planning

Excellent organizational ability

Previous planning experience

Strong quantitative and analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Lean management

Analytical skills

Procurement understanding

Engineering qualification

Education

Recognised aircraft engineering qualification

Tools

AMOS or similar system

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Job title Production Planning Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Reports to: Engineering Planning Manager

Location: AAGDS, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

*Unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship for those who do not have eligibility to live and work in the UK.

AAG Defence Services is a MAA Part 145 Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) based in RAF Brize Norton, UK. We work in partnership with Airbus Aerospace & Defence to supply dedicated MRO services, including heavy and line maintenance, to the Royal Air Force’s fleet of A400M Atlas aircraft. Our committed and flexible team of over 100 engineers and management are based at RAF Brize Norton in a dedicated 24,000m², three-bay facility designed to optimise the maintenance of the aircraft. AAG Defence Services is a subsidiary company of Atlantic Aviation Group.

Atlantic Aviation Group

With nearly 60 years of experience, Shannon based Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) is one of Europe’s leading independent aviation solution providers. The company has a strong reputation of providing customers with a complete range of solutions including aircraft maintenance & amendments, technical, engineering and design services, logistics and material solutions and international training. This reputation is built on a proud history and tradition of superior craftsmanship, technical expertise and continuous training, which is supported by our flexible, open and partnership-based customer relationships.

The company provides a range of aviation solutions including Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance, MAA Part 145 Defence Services, and the EASA Part 147 Atlantic Aviation Training Academy which provides aviation training to airlines, MROs and companies around the world.

Duties and responsibilities are, but not limited to the following:

Pre‑input planning of aircraft line and base maintenance, including creation of aircraft work packs, issuance of pre‑load, task breakdown and other scheduled maintenance planning activity. Providing full on‑site planning support to the Production teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance work package build/assembly including milestones, resource and critical path planning.
• Generation of equipment summary reports including access requirements, tooling, parts and material call‑ups. Identification of work content requiring the services of external agencies and sub‑contractors
• Detailed review of work content including the identification of complex, safety‑critical, critical path and any other tasks requiring additional regulatory requirements.
• Checking of task cards for accuracy and completeness and applying task time estimates.
• Attend meetings to provide aircraft status updates or similar, including pre‑input meetings.

Health and Safety

• Understand individual operational safety and security responsibilities including;
• Be aware of personal health and safety and the health and safety of others at work, including management responsibilities as required by the H&S Manual.
• Be aware of aviation safety responsibilities with regards to the AAGDS Safety Policy, including management responsibilities as required by the Safety Management Manual.
• Be aware of aviation security responsibilities with regards to the AAGDS Security Policy.

Essential skills and qualifications

• Experience in using aircraft technical documentation to plan aircraft maintenance with task and ground time estimation.
• Excellent organisational ability with high level attention to detail and logical approach to task sequencing.
• Previous planning experience, with base or line.
• Ability to review tasks to ensure they are adequately planned.
• Ability to converse with all levels of seniority.
• Good working knowledge of AMOS or similar system.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Project and Excel.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, project management skills and experience, with lean management principles.
• Effective, highly credible communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of the financial, commercial and procurement processes within AAGDS and customers.
• Recognised aircraft engineering qualification.

If you feel your skills and experience meet the requirements of this position, we look forward to hearing from you!

Atlantic Aviation Group reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

As a growing and ambitious organisation, we are always interested in speaking to individuals about their next career move. If this is not the right position for you but you would still like to find out more about working for Atlantic Aviation Group, please contact us.

Atlantic Aviation Group is an equal opportunities employer. The people of Atlantic Aviation Group are the foundation of its success and we believe that employing a diverse workforce is key to this success. As an equal opportunity employer, we will consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of nationality, religion, ethnic origin, gender identity or expression, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, or disability. We value your passion, energy, and creativeness.

One of our company values is to provide a people focussed environment with a strong sense of community, where individuals feel safe, valued, and engaged. We are committed to accommodating individuals with disabilities through our recruitment process and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

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