Technical Planning Engineer in Farnborough

Vista Aircraft Maintenance is the in-house maintenance provider for the Vista Members’ fleet, which comprises an unrivalled fleet of light, super mid-size, long-range and ultra-long-range aircraft. Vista Aircraft Maintenance has multiple maintenance hubs strategically located across the U.S. and Europe. By investing in internal maintenance, Vista is able to prioritise the highest standards of service, safety, security, reliability, and value, demonstrating a continued commitment to providing a seamless service to clients globally. Vista Aircraft Maintenance offers a robust regional support network for Vista’s growing fleet, with one of the leading base maintenance facilities in the world.

We are seeking a Technical Planning Engineer on a full-time basis. As a Technical Planner you will play a key role in supporting aircraft maintenance operations by ensuring all work packs are accurately created, compliant with relevant regulations, and optimally sequenced to meet delivery targets. This position requires close collaboration with stakeholders across engineering, production, and planning teams to support pre-input activities, manage project timelines, and ensure efficient use of resources.

Your Responsibilities

• Assist with Production Planning duties and facility capacity planning and control.
• Manage “pre-input” process, including but not limited to organisation of “pre-input” meetings as required with relevant stakeholder(s).
• Chair daily status and ship side meetings in conjunction with Aircraft Managers.
• Create project plans for maintenance inputs which identify key sequences, milestones and critical path tasks.
• Ensure that project timelines are updated to accurately reflect on-check progress and skill type forecasts for each input.
• Ensure accurate manhour targets are updated in the templates and work packs to reflect changes in performance/working practices/maintenance requirements.
• Continually review systems and procedures to improve aircraft downtimes.
• Liaise with 3rd party companies (sub-contracted) including but not limited to Part 21, working groups and OEMs as appropriate to agree technical solutions.
• Be a focal point for the Customer providing status updates, agreeing project approvals, and providing cost overview.
• Provide Technical Support for allocated aircraft in work including Repairs, Mods, queries, tooling and specialist information.
• Working closely with the Production Team to ensure that project targets are met (Profitability, On-Time Delivery, customer expectations and satisfaction).
• Ensure all WO requirements are identified and task templates are maintained for pre-load/Maintenance Data/Spares/Tooling.
• Ensure that work packs are raised, and effectively sequenced to meet delivery targets, and that tasks are staged and identified appropriately for complex tasks and critical maintenance tasks.
• Carry out any other reasonable task in line with the role as requested by the Technical Services Manager.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Educated to a minimum of ‘A’ level standard or equivalent experience in a relative field of expertise.
• Previous demonstrable experience working in an aircraft maintenance, production planning or airline environment.
• Full computer literacy with experience of using Microsoft packages.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written.
• Able to demonstrate understanding of and be able to write technical text and drawings.
• Good organisational and planning skills.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Technical Support experience in aviation and able to demonstrate knowledge of airworthiness regulations (EASA).
• Able to demonstrate product knowledge of the Bombardier Series aircraft.
• Keen Commercial awareness.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to make a technical assessment and decision with consideration to recognised standards using engineering knowledge.
• Able to demonstrate diligence with a high attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Willing and able to perform as part of a team to achieve delivery targets.