Role Purpose Statement:

Under the general direction and guidance of the Principal Planning Engineer, the Technical Planner AMO is responsible for ensuring the availability of all necessary maintenance documentation and information for aircraft checks. This role controls the execution of maintenance tasks according to company procedures, manufacturer’s manuals, customer airline, and KCAA requirements, ensuring accurate maintenance information critical for fleet safety. The Technical Planner evaluates maintenance check execution, prepares, and maintains aircraft status records to support technical planning, decision-making, and budget control.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Prepares physical check packages and bills of work per aircraft registration for routine and non-routine maintenance checks, ensuring their availability at production areas for a serviceable and well-maintained fleet.
• Sequences maintenance tasks by trade and aircraft registration, distributing them to production engineers for orderly and timely maintenance execution.
• Monitors and ensures all called-out maintenance tasks are executed in conformity with company, customer, and regulatory requirements, guaranteeing safety in JM AMO maintenance.
• Accurately and promptly prepares and reports post-check data to relevant personnel upon maintenance completion to facilitate post-maintenance analysis, re-planning, costing, and insurance claims.
• Effectively coordinates and communicates information between production and planning to facilitate proper maintenance planning and execution, ensuring timely release of aircraft to service.
• Monitors and controls acceptable deferred defects (ADDS) in relevant systems for accuracy and currency to minimize costs associated with dispensations by the industry regulator (KCAA).
• Performs final administration and completeness checks of work packages per aircraft registration, tallying by stamp/signature on the tally, maintenance completion checklist, and hangar work summary sheets to facilitate the release of reliable and safe aircraft back to service.
• Reports hazards, near misses, incidents/accident occurrences as per company procedures.
• Ensures and maintains a healthy, safe, and secure working environment in compliance with authority requirements, relevant industry regulatory and legislative requirements, company procedures, and customer airlines.

Know-How:

• Technical Knowledge: Expertise in aircraft maintenance documentation (check packages, bills of work), maintenance task sequencing, post-check data analysis, and aircraft status record keeping. Proficient in JM’s procedures, manufacturer’s manuals, customer airline requirements, and KCAA regulations.
• Management Skills: Proficient in planning, organizing (physical check packages, task sequencing), monitoring (maintenance execution, ADDS), and controlling (compliance, budget implications related to ADDS).
• Human Relations Skills: Effective in coordinating and communicating information between production and planning teams, and reporting to relevant personnel.
• Specialized Knowledge: In-depth understanding of aviation maintenance regulatory frameworks (KCAA), quality control in an AMO environment, safety standards, and maintenance costing principles for re-planning and insurance claims.

Problem-Solving:

• Thinking Environment: Detail-oriented, highly regulated, and time-sensitive, requiring meticulous adherence to procedures and continuous cross-referencing of documentation (JM procedures, manufacturer manuals, KCAA).
• Thinking Challenge: Balancing the efficient preparation and sequencing of maintenance tasks with rigorous compliance requirements to ensure fleet safety, timely aircraft release, and cost minimization related to deferred defects. This involves evaluating maintenance execution against multiple standards and optimizing planning for future work.

Accountability:

• Freedom to Act: Operates under the general direction of the Principal Planning Engineer, with significant responsibility for the independent preparation of maintenance documentation, control of task execution conformity, monitoring of ADDS, and final work package administration. Decisions directly influence the readiness and compliance of maintenance activities.
• Magnitude: Direct impact on the efficiency and compliance of aircraft maintenance checks, affecting fleet safety, aircraft serviceability, timely aircraft release to service, and financial implications through budget control and avoidance of regulatory dispensations.
• Impact of Decisions: Decisions significantly affect the accuracy of maintenanceinformation, the safety and reliability of the aircraft fleet, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and potential cost implications for the business.

Qualifications:

• Education: Minimum of Diploma or Degree in a relevant engineering or aviation technical discipline from a recognized university.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in an aviation maintenance planning or technical records role within an AMO.
• Certifications: Knowledge of relevant aviation planning software/systems and quality management systems is an added advantage.