Aircraft Maintenance Planner

Aircraft Maintenance Planner required for a 12 months contract in North-East England.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain detailed maintenance schedules aligned to aircraft delivery targets and operational priorities.
• Translate approved aircraft maintenance work scopes into work packs and task sequences.
• Ensure availability of labour, skills, tooling, and materials to execute planned work scopes.
• Coordinate closely with procurement and stores to ensure parts are available at point of use.
• Monitor progress against plan, identifying risks, constraints, and critical path impacts.
• Drive recovery actions for delays, shortages, and emerging issues.
• Liaise with CAMO Maintenance Planning to ensure work scope alignment and compliance with the AMP.
• Support aircraft throughput to ensure base maintenance output enables line operations availability.
• Maintain accurate planning records and configuration control data.
• Support safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure all planning activities comply with CAA Part 145, MAA (where applicable), and company MOE requirements.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience in aviation production planning, aircraft maintenance planning, or aerospace MRO operations.
• Strong understanding of CAA Part 145 environment and aircraft maintenance flow.
• Experience managing resource planning, materials coordination, and schedule delivery.
• Familiarity with aircraft maintenance planning systems / MRO software.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of CAMO functions and AMP control.
• Experience supporting military or mixed-regulation environments (MAA / FAA / EASA).
• Understanding of SMS and quality systems.
• Familiarity with ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001, 27001).

Must be able to obtain SC clearance.