Production Planning Engineer

Job Title: Production Planning Engineer

Location: Luton

Salary: £40,000.00-£42,000.00 per year

Job Type: Permanent/ Full time (Onsite)

About the role:

The Production Planning Engineer shall generate and control aircraft maintenance work packages, ensuring regulatory compliance at all times.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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 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
• Liaise with internal departments and external customers, as deemed necessary to provide clear and concise work instructions
• To assist the Planning Manager with daily operation where support may be required
• 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
• Liaise with Safety and Compliance to ensure compliance with procedures and audits
• Assisting with the promotion of compliance and safety issues within the company

About you:

• 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 1.2 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

Benefits:

• 7% employer Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Health Care
• Private Dental
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Employee Referral Programme

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Aviation Production Planner, Aircraft Manufacturing Planner, Aerospace Production Engineer, Maintenance Planning Engineer, orOperations Planning Specialistmay also be considered