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Production Planner (Aircraft Maintenance)

Marshall Group
Cambridge
3 months ago
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Why join Marshall in this role?

This role will give you the chance to play a key part in ground-breaking and high-profile defence projects. You'll be part of an industry-leading team, working with Marshall and other major defence stakeholders and Primes.

Purpose of the role:


The main focus of our MRO Production Planners is to enable the business to grow, by developing our planning led organisation and continually improving operational performance.

Your responsibilities in this role, please apply if you satisfy most of the following:

  • Responsible for creating and maintaining work cards for aircraft maintenance.

  • Actively manage aircraft maintenance schedules.

  • Lead planning activities ensuring delivery against operational requirements, and which optimise efficiency and costs

  • Responsible for the best use of available resources to deliver aircraft on time through the effective planning of work.

  • To assist with bid and estimating of aircraft maintenance.

Qualifications

  • Degree or completion of a recognised Aerospace/Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent.

  • Planning and/or scheduling experience

  • Experience of managing the day to day activities on the ERP / MRP system (IFS)

  • Have a good working knowledge of MS Office based applications

  • Excellent analytical skills

Benefits:

·Competitive salary, 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)

·Pension contributions up to 9%, healthcare cash plan for you and your children, extensive flexible benefit program.

About Marshall

Marshall is an independent, family-owned UK company with a diverse portfolio of businesses and a shared commitment to keeping our customers moving forward.

Whether that is supporting global armed forces to deliver mission-critical activities, keeping the UK distribution industry on the road, creating new sustainable communities where people can live and thrive, or developing the next generations of industry talent - we are incredibly proud to have been building extraordinary futures since 1909.

Marshall Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Marshall Group is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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