Technical Planning Engineer

Company
Vista
Job Location
United Kingdom, Europe
Job Role
Engineer
Contract Type
Full-Time
Salary
Posted Date
2025-07-12
Job Expiry Date
2025-08-11
Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree

Your Responsibilities


  • 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.
  • 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 all WO requirements are identified and task templates are maintained for pre-load/Maintenance Data/Spares/Tooling.
  • 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)
  • Carry out any other reasonable task in line with the role as requested by the Technical Services Manager.


Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience


Essential:

  • Educated to a minimum of ‘A’ level standard or equivalent experience in a relative field of expertise.
  • Previous demonstratable 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 understand and write technical text and drawings.
  • Good organisational and planning skills.


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