Production Planning Engineer; Maternity Cover

Production Planning Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Final date to receive applications: 4 February 2026

Department: Planning & Engineering

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: AAG Defence Services

Reporting To: Engineering Planning Manager

Job title Production Planning Engineer (Maternity Cover)

Reports to: Engineering Planning Manager

Location: AAGDS, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

* Unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship for those who do not have eligibility to live and work in the UK.

AAG Defence Services is a MAA Part 145 Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) based in RAF Brize Norton, UK. We work in partnership with Airbus Aerospace & Defence to supply dedicated MRO services, including heavy and line maintenance, to the Royal Air Force’s fleet of A400M Atlas aircraft. Our committed and flexible team of over 100 engineers and management are based at RAF Brize Norton in a dedicated 24,000m², three-bay facility designed to optimise the maintenance of the aircraft.

AAG Defence Services is a subsidiary company of Atlantic Aviation Group.

Atlantic Aviation Group With nearly 60 years of experience, Shannon based Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) is one of Europe’s leading independent aviation solution providers. The company has a strong reputation of providing customers with a complete range of solutions including; aircraft maintenance & modifications, technical, engineering and design services, logistics and material solutions and international training. This reputation is built on a proud history and tradition of superior craftsmanship, technical expertise and continuous training, which is supported by our flexible, open and partnership-based customer relationships.

The company provides a range of aviation solutions including;
Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance, MAA Part 145 Defence Services, and the EASA Part 147 Atlantic Aviation Training Academy which provides aviation training to airlines, MRO’s and companies around the world.

AAG have an exceptional opportunity for a highly-motivated career focused and ambitious IT Manager seeking a role in a challenging, fast-paced and rewarding environment. Our aim as a team is to attract and develop key talent across all levels of our growing aviation business.

Pre-input planning of aircraft line and base maintenance, including creation of aircraft work packs, issuance of pre-load, task break-down and other scheduled maintenance planning activity. Providing full on-site Planning support to the Production teams.

• Scheduled and un-scheduled aircraft maintenance work package build/assembly including milestones, resource and critical path planning.
• Generation of equipment summary reports including access requirements, tooling, parts and material call-ups. Identification of work content requiring the services of external agencies and sub-contractors
• Detailed review of work content including the identification of complex, safety critical, critical path and any other tasks requiring additional regulatory requirements.
• Checking of tasks cards for accuracy and completeness and applying task time estimates.
• Attend meetings to provide aircraft status updates or similar, including Pre input meetings.

• Understand individual operational safety and security responsibilities including;
  • Be aware of personal health and safety and the health and safety of others luding Management responsibilities as required by H&S Manual.
  • Be aware of aviation safety responsibilities with regards to the AAGDS Safety Policy. Including Management responsibilities as required by the Safety Management Manual
  • Be aware of aviation security responsibilities with regards to the AAGDS Security Policy.

• Experience in using aircraft technical documentation to plan aircraft maintenance with task and ground time estimation.
• Excellent organisational ability with high level attention to detail and logical approach to task sequencing.
• Previous Planning experience, with base or line.
• Ability to review tasks to ensure they are adequately planned.
• Ability to converse with all levels of seniority.
• Good working knowledge of…