Short-Term Maintenance Planning Flight Engineer

DHL Air; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading air cargo carrier in the UK is seeking a Short-Term Maintenance Planning Engineer to oversee aircraft maintenance planning across its fleet. The successful candidate will have proven experience in Maintenance Planning and a thorough understanding of UKCAA regulations. Responsibilities include forecasting maintenance tasks and ensuring necessary resources are available. A competitive salary is offered, along with excellent benefits including private healthcare and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private healthcare

Access to a 24/7 GP helpline

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation.
• Good understanding of UKCAA Regulations.
• Experience in a Technical Services environment with knowledge of Maintenance Planning.
• Ability to work under time pressure while respecting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and planning aircraft maintenance activities across the fleet.
• Maintaining oversight of flight hours and maintenance tasks.
• Forecasting maintenance requirements and ensuring resources are available.
• Liaising with Technical Services team regarding modifications and service bulletins.

Skills

Experience in Continued Airworthiness Management

Understanding of UKCAA Regulations

Analytical skills

Good communication skills

Tools

TRAX

AMOS

Job description

Short-Term Maintenance Planning Engineer

DHL Air (UK) Ltd is the largest all‑cargo air carrier in the UK, operating a fleet of B757-200, B767-300 & B777-200 aircraft on worldwide operations. Part of the DHL Express team with our headquarters at East Midlands Airport, we wish to enhance the team to deliver our customer promise of: Excellence, Simply Delivered.

We are looking to appoint a self‑motivated individual that is people and service focused. Someone who gets it right first time, shows passion in their work and has the “Can Do” spirit that made DHL world leading in Logistics.

DHL Air (UK) Ltd is looking to develop and expand its Part CAMO / Continuing Airworthiness Team that is responsible for the oversight of the fleet of Boeing Aircraft. We are looking for someone with a proven background in Maintenance Planning and Technical Records.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Airworthiness Manager, the Short-Term Maintenance Planning Engineer is responsible for the forecasting and planning of aircraft maintenance activities across the DHL Air fleet. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining an oversight of the fleet, by carrying out a regular monitoring of all flight hours, flight cycles and calendar limited maintenance tasks controlled by the maintenance forecast which originate from the aircraft maintenance programme.
• Forecasting all maintenance requirements up to C check, ensuring that all required resources such as tooling, spares, downtime, tail‑sign allocation and manpower are available.
• Maintaining an overview of the proposed modifications, Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins (reliability & development of the aircraft) through liaison with the Technical Services team.
• Building strong relationships within the Part M environment to ensure maintenance plans are in place and all required data is available to Part 145, as well as prepare and chair numerous meetings on a weekly basis regarding all planning related activities.

Qualifications

• The applicant must have proven experience in a Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation. They must have a good understanding of UKCAA Regulations.
• TRAX / AMOS experience would be an advantage.
• The candidate would preferably have at least previous experience in a Technical Services environment with specific knowledge of Maintenance Planning and or Technical Records.
• Analytical‑minded team player with good communication skills, who is able to work with respect to strict deadlines and under time pressure.

Benefits

A competitive salary and as part of a growing DHL population you will receive access to a variety of our excellent benefits including private healthcare, access to a 24 / 7 GP helpline and a company pension scheme.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the position of Short Term Maintenance Planning Engineer and have a proven track record of achievement to match the requirements for this role, simply apply online ensuring that a full up to date CV and cover letter is attached with your application.

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. We want to ensure that the candidate experience is of the highest professional standard. The Company is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. Furthermore we aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only employees but also our potential future employees are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. We will ensure that equality of opportunity maintains a high profile in our organisation.