Engineering Production Planner

The Production Planner provides dedicated tactical and administrative support directly to the Maintenance Manager. Based at Gamston, the role operates globally, supporting DEA Part-145 operations worldwide with a focus on maintaining operational efficiency across our main base at Gamston and maintenance facility in Malta.

The core focus of the role is to optimise maintenance track balancing and output. This is achieved primarily by identifying and securing opportunities to enhance pre-input and post-output planning and processes, thereby enabling track leads to optimise maintenance within their respective tracks.

Operating within a fast-paced Part-145 environment, this position takes ownership of critical maintenance production activities - including material staging, documentation control, track allocation, and resource readiness. By independently managing these preparatory tasks, the Production Planner ensures that all work packs, tooling, and parts are fully prepared before an aircraft arrives on dock. This directly absorbs tactical preparation demands from the Maintenance Manager, freeing them to focus on overarching production control, operational leadership, and strategic capacity growth.

Crucially, while Maintenance Control manages the interface with commercial flight schedules, the Production Planner works closely with Maintenance Control, the Fleet Manager, and the wider Production Planning team to ensure that planned maintenance inputs translate smoothly into hangar floor readiness and seamless execution.

In addition to core planning responsibilities, this position holds a secondary mandate of assisting in Engineering project management. In this capacity, the individual will lead and deliver engineering projects, working closely with the engineering leadership team.

Note: this is a new role and so the job description is subject to change and development.