Lead Planning Engineer- Line Maintenance

Ryanair, over our 40 year history has grown to become Europe's largest airline group connecting more guests across more routes than any other European carrier. We are a fast-paced, ambitious and innovative company, offering exciting career opportunities across aviation, technology, operations and support functions. Now is a fantastic time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years. 

Ryanair is currently recruiting for a Maintenance Planning Lead to join our Planning Department.

This is a very exciting time to join Ryanair as we look to expand our operation to 800 aircraft and 300 million guests within the next 10 years.

Based in our Engineering HQ in Swords, Dublin, the successful candidate will report to either our Line or Base Maintenance Planning Manager and Head of Planning for the below duties:

• Providing day-to-day oversight of all Maintenance Planning requirements throughout the Ryanair Group Network.
• The creation of daily progress reports on current maintenance plans to the planning management team
• Liaising directly with 3rd Party Maintenance Organisations and suppliers to ensure availability for upcoming maintenance requirements.
• Creation and regular update of short, medium and long-term line maintenance plans to ensure sufficient capacity available for fleet growth up to 300M passengers.

• Maintaining and monitoring maintenance workpack content and standards.

This is a senior Maintenance Planning position and will suit an exceptional candidate with the following key skills and experience:

• At least 2 years’ experience working in an airline or maintenance organisation in a planning role with detailed understanding of EASA Part-M, Part-CAMO and Part-145 regulations essential.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead team projects & drive team competency.
• Flexible approach with project delivery being a high priority.
• Strong attention to detail in multi-tasking situations and the ability to deliver results to tight timelines.
• MS Office Proficiency (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint etc.)
• Experience with AMOS and Smartsheets desirable.
• A relevant engineering degree or an aircraft maintenance technician qualification with additional education that is acceptable to a competent authority.

• Competitive salary
• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 230 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Unrivalled career progression