E-Wedgetail Manufacturing Planner

E-7 Wedgetail Manufacturing Planner (BBBH
18548) Birmingham, England

Our client, an international aerospace company working in the defence sector, has an opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Planner to join on a contract basis. This role supports the Engineering Function to back existing aircraft programs.

The Manufacturing Planner owns and maintains electronic work packages for Maintenance, Repair or Modification inputs using the GoldESP IG1 tool in accordance with PT145 and the client’s policies and processes. The role supports the delivery of Maintenance and Modification work for the E7 Wedgetail Mk1 AEW&C Aircraft during its initial production phase in Birmingham.

Role
: E-7 Wedgetail Manufacturing Planner
Location: Birmingham Airport
Hours: Mon–Thu Early & Late Shift
IR35 Status
:
Inside
Hourly Rate
: to be advised
Contract
: 6–12 months
Security Clearance
:
This position requires the ability to obtain a UK SC for which the Government requires UK Citizenship.

Key Responsibilities:

• Authors technical work instructions to approved processes and regulatory requirements, writing, editing and proofreading text, collating and verifying technical/engineering information, and creating and editing bespoke work instructions.
• Interprets multiple source formats of approved engineering data from OEMs, Design Organisations or Customer-controlled maintenance data sources to produce standardized, easy-to-use production/manufacturing plans with regulatory compliance for accurate maintenance recording.
• Supports the creation, receipt and delivery of multiple complex electronic manufacturing plans/work packages.
• Manages configuration control of plan sets including engineering baseline establishment lists, manufacturing work instructions (Master Plans), associated aircraft-specific plans (A/C Work Orders) and Nonconformance Report (NCR) Work Orders.
• Manages the workflow of technical queries from the shop floor to key engineering functions and reports on related metrics.

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• Experience in scheduled maintenance, repair and modification of aircraft/components.
• Ability to create detailed work instructions using technical writing, ensuring all requirements and work recording measures are met.
• Proven working knowledge of Engineering Resource Planning tools such as GoldESP IG1.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to understand and convey technical work requirements to meet business targets.
• Working knowledge of MAA Regulatory Articles (RA), MAA Regulatory Publication (MRP) Part 145, aviation QA and SMS processes, and applying these requirements within the relevant area.
• Ability to understand and interpret Technical Documents, Technical Drawings and/or Authorized Technical Publications (ATPs) to support teams producing work orders.
• Ability to collaborate across management levels, cross-functional areas and with customers.
• Experience in sequencing and controlling demanding workloads, on time, within budget and to standard.
• Knowledge of air system scheduled maintenance to assess SoW, AWRs, deferred work, etc., at the pre-input phase.

Application notes

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