Maintenance Planning Engineer

Role purpose

Maintenance planning and coordination

• Develop short- and long-term plans based on the Approved Maintenance Program and CAMO engineering documents.
• Forecast maintenance activities in the company MIS and prepare work packages, preloads, Gantt charts and check-execution support.
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled line, base, workshop and third-party maintenance packages and develop maintenance capacity plans.
• Manage schedules against calendar, hours, cycles, cost, business needs, overlaps, emergencies and unforeseen events.
• Coordinate tools, spare parts and components with Engineering Procurement before scheduling maintenance.
• Plan defects with MCC and coordinate short-term requirements with line maintenance and MCC.

Monitoring, reporting and airworthiness

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly manpower forecasts and utilization reports.
• Report completed maintenance events within company procedure timelines and provide post-check analysis, including for major checks.
• Monitor engineer-requested task completion and schedule airworthiness directives, service bulletins and modifications.
• Support aircraft lease and sublease processes through technical evaluations, coordinating with Engineering, Finance and Legal.
• Provide feedback to CAMO engineering services to improve maintenance documents and processes.

Qualifications and experience

• University degree in Aircraft Engineering, Aeronautical, Aerospace, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of aviation industry experience, including 4 years as a Planning Engineer or in a similar role.
• Experience with aircraft planning systems and documents such as MPD, MRB and AMP, and knowledge of CAMO regulations.
• Knowledge of CAR-M, CAR-145, Part 21, company manuals such as TPM, and EASA Part 145, Part 21 and Subpart M requirements.
• Familiarity with aircraft systems, components and civil aviation authority requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and MRO systems; fluent written and spoken English.
• A project management certificate or equivalent proven work experience.
• Airbus A320 experience is preferred; cost control, compliance, budgeting and quality assurance training are added value, with some potentially conditional.

Role capabilities

• Strong communication, reporting and presentation skills, time management, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Problem-solving and decision-making ability; able to work with engineers and technicians in a changing, high-workload environment.