Job Description
- Company OverviewAirTanker is one of the world’s most exciting aviation innovations and we offer a diverse range of roles in our unique environment, based in the heart of the picturesque Cotswolds.
Production Planner
Purpose of the Role
Provide production planning support to the Senior Production Planner, ensuring the availability of personnel, material, equipment, data and facilities to support planned maintenance activities, and ensuring that the work packages are controlled and completed in accordance with the regulatory requirements.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide production planning support to the Shift Managers, ensuring the availability of personnel, material, equipment, data and facilities to support planned maintenance activities.
- Evaluate man hour capacity plans for Scheduled Maintenance Inspections, and Add Hoc Maintenance inputs.
- Produce Maintenance work packages, including all supporting maintenance data, associated forms and documents required for schedule maintenance inputs.
- Control work packages issued to the Part 145 Maintenance Organisation, including maintaining records of all work cards issued and returned.
- Ensure all maintenance work pack documentation is accounted for, completed correctly, and where applicable certified by an appropriately qualified engineer.
- Organise and schedule the issue of maintenance task cards to the Part 145 engineers, ensuring tasks are conducted in the most efficient and productive manner, whilst taking into account the potential human factors implications.
- Represent the Part 145 Maintenance Manager during tasking and scheduling meetings with the Operators Part M organisation.
- Liaise with the Operators Part M organisation to ensure that all due maintenance is planned and work packages are made available to the Part 145 Maintenance Organisation in advance of the scheduled maintenance input.
- Keep the aircraft maintenance status boards updated.
- Produce statistical data reports as requested by management.
- Bring to the attention of the Maintenance Manager any documentation anomalies found.
- Assist the Operators Technical Services as required.
- Be personally responsible for engaging in all facets of the role in line with the requirements of the ATrS SMS, Quality and Environmental Management Systems to provide a safe and efficient outcome to all that you do. This Includes maintaining awareness of the company safety and quality policies and the hazard analyses applicable to your tasking.
- Capable of taking a safety focussed approach all facets of work.
- Capable of representing ATrS and maintaining open dialogue with third party agencies and committees.
- Capable of producing and managing accurate records.
- Emergency Response actions and drills.
- Human factors – awareness and capability to deal with potential implications.
- Resource management and planning.
- Understanding of the national workplace HSE regulations.
- Understanding of stock management.
- Understanding of company policies.
- Capable of high levels of attention to detail in planning and reviewing.The Individual
Essential job holder qualifications & experience at recruitment
- Proven experience as a Production Planner or Production Controller within a civilian Part 145 Maintenance Organisation.
- Demonstrable experience in working with EASA regulations pertinent to Part 145 Production Planning activities.
- Demonstrable experience in computer literacy and specifically using computer based planning packages.Desirable job holder qualifications & experience at recruitment
- Knowledge and use of Envision
- Knowledge and use of AirNav
- Knowledge and use of Microsoft Office Suite
The Reward
Working with like-minded people, you’ll also find a warm welcome here at the AirTanker community. We have an annual diary of organised events from family days and summer festivals, to a social scene that has gone from strength-to-strength as we have grown. We will earn your commitment, offering you a unique opportunity to play a crucial part in a pioneering service that is working to deliver unparalleled support to the RAF and UK armed forces.
On top of your basic salary, you’ll receive;
- Annual bonus scheme (eligibility in current year subject to bonus rules)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Hybrid working available (not applicable to rostered and shift based employees)
- Health Cash Plan
- Life Assurance Cover
- Income Protection
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Local Gym Discount
- Plane Saver (Credit Union)
- Family fun days/ battlefield tours/ onsite bar
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About AirTanker
AirTanker was established in 2008 to deliver Voyager, the RAF’s new air-to-air refuelling and air transport aircraft. Working alongside full time RAF personnel and Reservists, we blend the best of civil and military aviation expertise to carry out our mission.
As we continue to evolve, develop and grow, we recognise the valuable contribution provided by our people. We welcome candidates who can demonstrate the high level of passion, flexibility and motivation that we do. We are a unique and complex airline, with a diverse workforce, and are looking for people who will thrive in our environment.
We are proud to invest in our people, employee wellbeing and our vision to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
Joining AirTanker could be the best decision you make!
For more information on AirTanker, please visit our website: www.AirTanker.co.uk
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Additional Information
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Due to the nature of the organisation, all employees of AirTanker Services are required to be security cleared to SC level. If successful in your application, we would support you with the SC process. As a guideline only, you would normally need to have been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years. Further confirmation can be found on the National Security Vetting (NSV) website https://www.gov.uk/security-vetting-and-clearance
If you have not been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years, please be prepared to request an Overseas Criminal Records Check for these countries as you will be asked to provide this for referencing and security checks if you are successful. All prospective employees of AirTanker, specifically those who apply for safety sensitive roles, may be subject to pre-employment/ pre-commencement drug and alcohol testing. All crew members, upon employment with AirTanker or shortly before, will be testing for controlled substances.
Job Type: Full-time