Planning Engineer

Location Luton
Discipline: Aerospace & Aviation, Engineering
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Nick Hyde

Contact email: n.hyde@chevron.org.uk
Job ref: 33449
Published: about 2 months ago

​Role: Planning Engineer

Location: Luton

Hours: Monday – Friday (40 hours)

Salary: DOE

Must have the right to live & work in the UK

Accountabilities:

• Manage conflicting priorities and tasks on a day-to-day basis • Build good relationships with internal and external customers

• To generate and issue comprehensive maintenance packages of work for production staff in accordance with the relevant regulatory airworthiness requirements and departmental procedures

• To create and maintain master work cards/databases where required for specific projects, identify sub-contract requirements, spares and tooling • Liaise with internal departments and external customers, as deemed necessary to provide clear and concise work instructions

• To assist the shift supervisor with the daily operation of the planning department and supporting the day to day production operation including material pre load.

• Have commercial awareness of the impact that decisions can have to the customer and to the business as a whole

• Flexibility and adaptability towards rapidly changing situations

• Ability to work under pressure to react to operational requirements and time constraints

• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work

• To collate all technical records, Work packs and airworthiness paperwork associated with all maintenance of aircraft

• To assert that all applicable completed aircraft maintenance documentation is accurate and completed correctly

• On receipt of completed work packs, review for any omissions and progressively update Storm internal system to reflect work card status

• To update customer maintenance tracking to ensure that all work carried out including component replacements is accurately recorded

• To perform daily meetings and produce production reports to communicate aircraft maintenance status • Daily upkeep of departmental databases

• To generate and issue the operators maintenance packages of work for production staff

• Schedule maintenance work ahead for predetermined customers

• Complete an allocation board to capture all the aircraft planned for the next shift - Do control

Experience

• 2 years working in aircraft maintenance, production planning or airline environment; or

• Experience in MRO IT software, such as AMOS, OASES, Rusada etc would be an advantage but not essential

Training & Knowledge:

• Technical experience in aviation and able to demonstrate knowledge of airworthiness regulation; and

• Have a working knowledge of Aircraft Maintenance Planning; and

• High standard of English language (written and oral)

• High standard of computer literacy, especially Microsoft Office Suite.

• Exceptional organisation skills

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

• Knowledge of programs used in daily office administration functions such as Word and Excel • Ability to handle confidential information

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Aptitude for helping others