Aircraft Maintenance Planner

**Position Summary**:
As the Aircraft Maintenance Planner at Jet Aviation, you will be supporting the PM in planning, scheduling as well as monitoring the aircraft projects and documentation process under the guidance of the Aircraft Maintenance Planner (Team Lead), in accordance with the applicable Jet Aviation procedures, Aviation Regulations and customer requirements. As an Aircraft Maintenance Planner, you will be required to liaise with various departments such as PMO, MRO, SCM, Tool store, Billing & Quotation on assigned project on related aspects such as:

- Supporting project starting and implementation
- Supporting product delivery including paperwork
- Daily operation on assigned project
- Closing project

**Main Responsibilities**:
- Review the initial work scope with the Quotation team and take over ownership of the project preparation when quotation is signed.

- Responsible for work packages preparation and plans schedule for the maintenance execution including transferring customer PO/Signed Quote into a work order, prepares work cards, technical data (including customer specific data) and assigns resource (manhours/scheduling) for the work scope.

- Manage, monitor and liaison with sub-contractor and vendor availability and organization. (if required)

- Manage, monitor, and liaise with SCM on parts, spares and RMU kit scheduling.

- Check availability and serviceability of all tooling and equipment in conjunction with SCM / Tool store for the defined work scope. (if required)

- Support Presentation and confirm project work scope with the customer during the input meeting with PM

- Create initial GANTT chart for project with MRO and Project Manager

- Identify project critical path and constraints, and communicates with MRO team accordingly

- Identify manpower requirement to perform project work scope within quoted downtime and communicate with MRO supervisors and managers

- During project execution, organize meeting with MRO and PM to identify new constraints, update GANTT chart, review impact on RTS and help in decision making to provide solution to the constraint.

- Manage and monitor project plans meet requirements

- Raise defects and scope increases to the customer via Additional Work Requests (AWR) thru SAP

- Verification of parts pricing from SCM or supplier websites if required

- Track critical parts with the help of SCM

- Open work orders in SAP as required

- Monitor project: general progress, planed hours vs budgeted hours, update to PM on regular basis

- Ensure that all additional work is quoted in a timely manner and that customers receive regular updates through daily coordination with PM

- Work closely together with the billing department releasing initial down payment, invoices and credit notes (if necessary) as per contract agreement

- Coordinate all required paperwork and documentation for the release to service of the AC (Job cards, work report, logbook, etc.)

- Liaise and provide digital / hardcopy work packages with customer directly

- Scan and archive work package upon completion of project

- Assist to manage customer disputes and escalate to the appropriate level if required

- Embrace continuous improvement attitude and actively contribute to Project process improvements

- Works autonomously

**Minimum Requirements**:
- Bachelor’s degree in a functional area or relevant work experience in aviation

- Relevant work experience in aviation

- Technical knowledge in aviation

- Capacity to adapt to a challenging and fast-moving environment, with changing priorities and a dynamic workload

- Ability to work under pressure and deal with tight deadlines

- Ability to work on several MTX projects simultaneously and to set priorities / taking initiatives

- Results driven - able to execute with high personal accountability and without supervision

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Fluent in English

- Computer literate (MS Office, SAP, CMP, CAMP an advantage)

- High customer service orientation

- Good business and financial acumen

- Strong influencing skills, open mindset

- Project Management Professional (PMP)® certificate or equivalent (f.e. Prince2, etc...) is strongly recommended