Maintenance Planning Engineer - Sri Lanka Recruitment Event
Role Overview
Plan, schedule, manage and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance to support continuous airworthiness of airline fleet and third-party aircraft.
Support safety, cost efficiency and dispatch reliability through maintenance planning and coordination.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Plan, schedule, manage and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance to support continuous airworthiness of airline fleet and third-party aircraft.
Support safety, cost efficiency and dispatch reliability through maintenance planning and coordination.
Maintenance planning and coordination
- Develop short- and long-term fleet maintenance plans based on the Approved Maintenance Program and CAMO engineering documents.
- Forecast maintenance in AMOS and create work packages, preloads, Gantt charts and check execution support.
- Coordinate line, base, workshop and third-party maintenance work packages and develop maintenance capacity plans.
- Manage maintenance schedules against calendar, hours, cycles, costs and business needs, including emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly man-hour forecasts and utilization reports.
- Coordinate tools, spare parts and components with Engineering Procurement before maintenance activities.
- Report completed maintenance events within company procedure timeframes and provide post-check analysis for major checks, including A checks.
- Monitor task completion against engineering check requests and schedule airworthiness directives, service bulletins, modifications and defects.
- Provide feedback to CAMO engineering services on maintenance documents and efficiency.
- Support aircraft lease and sublease technical evaluations and coordinate with Engineering, Finance and Legal on required processing.
- Plan short-term maintenance with line maintenance and MCC; create, plan and verify third-party maintenance packages.
Education and training
- University degree in Aircraft Engineering, Aeronautical, Aerospace, Industrial or equivalent.
- Project Management certificate or equivalent proven work experience.
- Cost Control, Compliance, Budgeting and Quality Assurance certificates or training are added value; some may be conditional.
Experience and technical knowledge
- 5+ years of aviation experience, including 4 years as a Planning Engineer or in a similar capacity.
- Experience with aircraft planning systems, procedures and documents such as MPD, MRB and AMP, and CAMO requirements.
- Knowledge of CAR-M, CAR-145, Part 21, EASA Part 145, Part 21 and Subpart M requirements.
- Familiarity with aircraft systems, components, civil aviation regulations, maintenance policies, procedures, manuals and licensing.
- Experience working with engineers and technicians in changing, high-workload environments with ad hoc scenarios.
- Airbus A320 experience is preferred.
Skills and language
- Proficiency with technology systems, Microsoft Office and MRO systems.
- Fluent English and strong written and verbal communication, reporting and presentation skills.
- Very good time management, accuracy, attention to detail, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Exposure to airline flight operations and standard regulations; understanding of quality assurance, safety and audit practices.
Recruitment event
This vacancy is linked to an invitation-only Engineering Recruitment Event in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in mid-November 2026.
Applicants should apply only if available to attend if shortlisted and invited; event details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
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