Maintenance Planning Engineer

About the role

The Maintenance Planning Engineer plans, schedules, manages and coordinates scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for an airline fleet and third-party aircraft, ensuring continuous airworthiness. The role develops short- and long-term maintenance plans with the line manager and internal stakeholders, supporting safety, cost efficiency and dispatch reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Develop long- and short-term maintenance plans based on the Approved Maintenance Program and CAMO engineering documents.
• Forecast maintenance activities in the company MIS (AMOS) and create work packages, preloads, Gantt charts and support documents.
• Create scheduled and unscheduled line, base, workshop and third-party work packages and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Manage maintenance activities by calendar, hours, cycles, cost and business needs, including emergencies.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly man-hour forecasts and reports.
• Coordinate with CAMO engineering services and the Engineering Procurement team on tools, spare parts and components.
• Report back on completed maintenance events, provide post-check analysis for major checks (including "A" check), and schedule airworthiness directives and service bulletins.
• Plan defects with the MCC department, assist in aircraft lease/sublease technical evaluations, and coordinate with Engineering, Finance and Legal.

Required profile

• University degree in Aircraft Engineering, Aeronautical, Aerospace, Industrial or equivalent.
• Project Management certificate or equivalent experience; Cost Control, Compliance, Budgeting and Quality Assurance training is an added value.
• 5+ years in aviation, 4 as a Planning Engineer or similar; Airbus A320 experience preferred.
• Fluent English, excellent written and verbal communication.

Required skills

• Aircraft planning systems and documents (MPD, MRB, AMP) and CAMO regulations.
• Familiarity with CAR-M, CAR-145, PART 21 and EASA Part 145/Part 21 Subpart M.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and MRO systems.
• Teamwork under heavy workload and ad-hoc scenarios, strong time management and problem-solving.