Planning Team Leader

A Career Without Limits

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.

It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.

This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we’re re-imagining the way we fly the skies.

At this time, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated candidate that will be joining the Operational Maintenance Planning management team. The successful candidate will lead a team of Planning Engineers, who are responsible for the production and delivery of a balanced, cost-effective Maintenance plans, whilst ensuring fleet compliance. This is a critical operational role, that plays an integral part in supporting Engineering approach to Every Second Counts.

The individual will help to shape and continuously improve the Operational Maintenance planning processes to meet the business challenges.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop and nurture a team of TMG colleagues to maximise their potential and delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career in a very dynamic and demanding position.

Please note this role is on shift and will include both day and night working.

• Accountable for maintenance planning, maintaining compliance, driving productivity and returning aircraft to service within agreed competitive performance targets, whilst delivering to the customer’s requirements
• Responsible for co-ordinating ADD / Op Def clearance process across Engineering and monitoring to drive success
• Creates a working environment and culture that encourages delivery through the empowerment and personal development of the team
• Reports, presents and communicates operational and business performance to senior stakeholders, suggesting appropriate actions to be taken.
• Management of key suppliers to ensure they are accountable, deliver to the agreed plan and remain within the financial constraints
• Co-ordinates across Engineering and has delivery responsibility for planned operational events to ensure Engineering maximises any downtime opportunity e.g. Christmas parking, increased aircraft stand-down etc.
• Provides a critical interface with Global Operations and Tactical Planning to both strategically and tactically align objectives and working processes to create a more achievable plan
• Ensures colleague compliance with all appropriate company procedures and policies and legal and regulatory requirements
• Supports delivery of the business and finance plan
• There is an expectation that you will undertake adhoc work on an exceptional basis or provide relevant cover for other team tasks

• Demonstrates confidence whilst remaining authentic, insightful and challenging
• An engaging communicator able to influence and inspire others to meet business objectives
• Strong organisational/ planning skills, possessing the ability to prioritise and be reactive to changing circumstances at short notice
• Evidence of leadership and an ability to adapt leadership style to different situations, creating an environment for people to perform at their best.
• Promotes a culture of continuous improvement and challenging the status quo
• Identifies and builds…