Scheduled Maintenance Planning Engineer – British Airways

Accountabilities

• Planning and prioritisation of aircraft maintenance ensuring at all times aircraft compliance is maintained
• Maximise opportunities within the maintenance programme and other key assets through data analysis.
• Manage complex aircraft maintenance plans covering large areas of the business.
• Influences the management of resources across departments and projects to meet operational and financial objectives.
• Considers Engineering objectives when making decisions, appreciating how actions taken impact own and other departments.
• Ensures high-quality communication takes place with all stakeholders, suppliers and customers
• May be responsible for some management of a small team
• Optimisation of the maintenance program to ensure best use of aircraft downtime throughout its life cycle
• Ensure best use of hangars, manpower and components by ensuring tasks are called in the most effective manner
• Ensuring best fit for resource and downtime
• Providing supporting data and analysis as required
• Continuously improve the principles around maintenance planning to ensure cost effective use of assets
• There is an expectation that you will undertake adhocwork on an exceptional basis or provide relevant cover for other team tasks

 Behaviours and attitude

• I’m a role model for all BA brand behaviours and ways of working –I walk the talk
• I exude a can-do attitude (best of BA)
• I’m flexible and agile, always ready to adapt when things don’t go to plan
• I’m an ambassador for BA and my team

My core traits

• Focus on compliance
• Team player
• Works collaboratively with other teams.
• Identifies priorities.
• Focussed on getting things done.
• Resilient.
• Can make tough decisions and think of innovative solutions
• Clear and articulate communicator

 Key enablers

• Self starter
• Managing and prioritising own workload, escalating when required.
• Looks for opportunities to improve process (CI).

 Key performance indicators

• Zero overruns
• Pack handover targets achieved
• Appropriate work packaged for area
• Plans to be achievable with optimal use of manpower / hangars / descheduling
• Check life utilisation.
• Ensure all own measures are in compliance such as mandatory training, read and sign, HPL

progress, GOR’s etc.

 Skills / capabilities

• Highly self-motivated
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Worked on aircraft or aircraft maintenance production areas to gain a high levels of awareness of the tasks they are planning or extensive experience in aircraft maintenance planning
• Ability to plan in a changing and complex environment
• Analysis and interpretation of data
• Influencing and communicating with customers and suppliers
• Setting expectations and timelines
• Delivering to customer and business requirements
• Prioritisation, planning and organisation
• IT literacy
• Problem solving and acting on own initiative
• Innovative, flexible and adaptable

 Qualifications / experience

• HNC/HND/degree level or equivalent in an approved Engineering subject.
• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent industry experience.
• CAA regulations
• Understanding of Aircraft Maintenance Planning
• Aircraft technical knowledge desirable