Lead Planning Engineer - Heavy Maintenance Operations

Role Introduction

Reports to: Heavy Maintenance Operations Manager

This role is part of our Engineering Department who are focused on reassurance, keeping our people and our customer’s safe, ensuring that in every aspect of our operation. we have industry leading performance and that our various fleet programmes are delivering to plan, budget and specification.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering optimized maintenance programs that are meticulously planned and executed. Additionally, you will drive continuous business improvement to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivering safe, compliant and reliable aircraft from heavy maintenance facilities in HK on time and in the most cost effective way
• Ensuring that the heavy maintenance check management process, including check preparation, control and progress monitoring methodology is well establish and executed well to achieve the desired business outcome on OTP.
• Representing the airline/department in negotiations with MROs, OEMs and other external agencies while the aircraft undergoing heavy maintenance.
• Driving continuous improvements, efficiencies and productivities in particular on any significant findings and observations with mitigation or recommendation for solutions to improve OTP, maximize aircraft availability and minimize total cost.
• Driving best practices of data capturing on any significant defect recovery and risks rectification for mitigation improvements, effectiveness of Planning risks analysis & lesson learnt.
• Managing aircraft maintenance labour cost including routine man-hour and non-routine cost scrutiny in the most cost effective way.
• Assisting and be the deputy of the Heavy Maintenance Operations manager to lead, coach and develop the team of Planning Engineers.

Requirements

• Engineering degree or Aircraft Maintenance Licence is preferred
• Typically a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, preferably in aspects of aircraft or maintenance planning.
• Experience of leading and delivering business process improvement.
• Experience in leading a team of engineer
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Personal & Application Information

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