At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex aircraft disassembly and maintenance projects while coordinating with multiple teams.
- Company: Join a global leader in aviation planning and control.
- Benefits: Excellent salary, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, and personal development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for travel and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in aviation while enhancing your project management skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in project planning, stakeholder management, and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
If you’ve planned complex operations, coordinated multi‑site activity, managed customer‑facing delivery, or controlled high‑value engineering projects you could be ideal for this. We’re recruiting a Project Control & Planning Manager to join Global Planning & Control (GPC), the central operational hub responsible for aircraft disassembly and maintenance planning across multiple global sites. This is a senior operational role sitting at the centre of delivery, commercial performance, customer engagement, and cross‑functional coordination.
If you’ve operated in structured, high‑accountability environments and understand planning discipline, operational control and stakeholder management then this could be for you.
The Role
- Form part of the Global Planning & Control (GPC) organisation delivering operational plans to disassembly and maintenance teams across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and control aircraft disassembly and maintenance activity.
- Track performance against milestones and KPIs.
- Act as the primary operational interface with customers.
- Coordinate across commercial, finance, logistics, technical and site teams.
- Drive continuous improvement and post‑project learning.
- Manage customer projects from contract handover to completion.
- Plan disassembly and maintenance activity across sites.
- Track milestones, KPIs, and budget performance.
- Ensure tooling, equipment and resources are aligned to workload.
- Capture all chargeable activity for finance and commercial teams.
- Support engine disassembly, collaborations, remote disassembly and special projects.
- Act as the main operational point of contact, manage live project communications, facilitate customer decision gates, handle change requests, quotations and technical queries, manage quality issues and final reconciliation of harvest.
- Launch and control project lifecycle documentation.
- Chair structured cadence meetings.
- Conduct post‑project reviews and customer surveys, capture lessons learned and feed CI initiatives.
- Support three‑month rolling site plans, ensure traceability and accurate project records.
Ideal Military Background
- Senior Officers or SNCOs with operational planning responsibility.
- REME / RAF / RN aviation project managers.
- Logistics Officers with lifecycle project accountability.
- Engineering Officers with cross‑functional coordination experience.
- Operations Managers from complex, regulated environments.
- Personnel with experience in equipment disposal, asset recovery or structured project delivery.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong project planning and execution capability.
- Budget and cost control awareness.
- Ability to analyse and communicate performance data.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
- Leadership presence with a hands‑on approach.
- Ability to operate at pace across multiple priorities.
- Professional, structured, "can‑do" mindset.
Travel may be required to meet business needs.
Benefits
- Outstanding starting salary.
- 25 days holiday.
- Company pension (3% employer and 5% employee contributions).
- Possible bonus scheme depending on personal and company goals.
- Continuing personnel development within the company.
Contact
For more information, please contact Jean‑Claude Hedouin at Ex‑Mil Recruitment Ltd on 0333 202 6500, jc@ex-mil.co.uk or visit www.ex-mil.co.uk.
Project Control & Planning Manager vacancy in St Athan (153jc) employer: Ex-Mill Recruitment Ltd
As a Project Control & Planning Manager at our St Athan location, you will be part of a dynamic team within Global Planning & Control, where your expertise in managing complex operations will be highly valued. We offer an excellent salary package, generous holiday allowance, and a robust pension scheme, alongside opportunities for professional development and continuous improvement initiatives. Our collaborative work culture fosters innovation and engagement, making it an ideal environment for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the aviation sector.
