Aircraft Maintenance Production Planner

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

This contract is Inside IR35 and the Umbrella pay rate is up to £40 per hour.

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