Lead Planning Engineer

Lead Planning Engineer - Maintenance Programme & Implementation Reports to : Maintenance Programme & Implementation Manager This role is part of our Engineering Department who are focused on reassurance, keeping our people and our customer’s safe, ensuring that in every aspect of our operation. we have industry leading performance and that our various fleet programmes are delivering to plan, budget and specification. In this role, you are responsible for delivering a compliant, optimised and effective Maintenance Program, in a package pattern that is aligned with the Maintenance philosophy while retaining maximum value in terms of aircraft availability, being cost effective, and accurately and precisely setup within the Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) system Key Responsibilities The MPI Lead Planning Engineer is accountable for delivering a compliant and effective up to date Maintenance Program for a given set of fleet types. Leading a team of planning engineer to deliver an optimised maintenance programme. Managing and ensuring the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) document, including Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) maintenance documents are reviewed and recommendations are incorporated into the Cathay Approved Maintenance Schedule (AMS) in a timely manner to comply with all the company and regulatory requirements. Ensuring that all policies and procedures put into place providing consistency and maintaining the overall process and data integrity in AMS programme and maintenance requirement set up. Ensuring all applicable maintenance requirements are accurately and precisely set up in Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) system with the necessary procedure and process in place for on‑go­ing amendment and update to safeguard continuous compliance. Ensuring structure process in place including regular review of non‑routine findings during maintenance to verify the effectiveness of the maintenance programme. Delivering an optimised maintenance packaging concept to best fit the operations of the airline to maximise aircraft availability in a cost effective way. Participating and representing the airline in Industry Steering Committee, Maintenance Working Group, Maintenance Review Board and other related working groups to contribute the development of maintenance programme and voice out the concern of the airline. Proactively driving digital transformation initiatives to deliver process and efficiency improvement and desired business outcomes. Be the deputy of the Maintenance Programme & Implementation Manager in leading, coaching and developing junior team member(s) to ensure clarity and compliance with all the relevant company, legislative requirements, procedures or processes. Requirements Engineering degree or Aircraft Maintenance Licence (or equivalent) Typically 8 years of relevant experience, preferably in aspects of aircraft maintenance programme management or maintenance planning role Experience of leading and delivering business process improvement. Experience in leading a team of engineer Ability to build strong and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders Strong written and oral communication skills Personal & Application Information Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our Applicant Personal Information Collection Statementand for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. We keep records of your data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which we obtained them and any other permitted linked purposes. If your application is unsuccessful, we will keep your details on file for as long as is necessary to process your application or for the purposes of further job opportunities if you agree to such longer periods. #J-18808-Ljbffr