About Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, is the national airline of Belgium with its home base at Brussels Airport.
Our mission is to be the most reliable airline, making everyone feel at home.
We are passionate about what we do, whether it’s on board, in an office, in the hangar or at an airport. Our people are recognized for always going above and beyond and for constantly challenging themselves.
Purpose of the position
Within the Maintenance Planning department, you schedule all preventive and corrective maintenance on the Brussels Airlines fleet to have a balanced aircraft maintenance input plan and to produce work packages for each of these inputs which are then transferred to the production department for completion. The maintenance input plan must be prepared taking into account following variables:
1. aircraft maintenance tasks limits & due dates (from AMOS).
2. hangar space availability (or slot availability in case of contracted out maintenance).
3. aircraft downtime availability.
4. manpower availability (in case of maintenance performed by Brussels Airlines Part145).
5. parts & tooling availability.
6. Third Party availability if the scheduled job require external assistance (Ex: NDT Inspections).
Main tasks & responsibilities
7. Plan short - and long-term Maintenance events for Brussels Airlines & third party if required, you will be closely working with our MROs as well as internal parties such as Operations Control Centre, Maintenance Control Centre and Network Planning.
8. Compiling work orders and task cards to work packages taken into account all constraints (due dates, resources, skills/qualifications, parts, specific technical constraints).
9. Set up a long term maintenance plan to avoid aircraft being grounded (maintenance staggering programmes).
10. Contacts with external parties for specialized outsourcing (example : LDG & engine repair, composite repair, cleaning, …).
11. Analyze forecast and schedule maintenance tasks such as EO’s, SB’s, MEL Items, AD’s, life time components.
12. Daily follow-up of planning and adjustments in case of unforeseen events.
13. Calculating forecasts in function of operations and controlling of the maintenance limits.
14. Close cooperation with Production, Logistics, Manpower Planning, Work preparation & Engineering.
Your profile
Technical Background:
15. Bachelor degree, preferably in a technical orientation or equal by experience (holding a P66 license).
16. Minimum 2 years of working experience in an aviation maintenance or CAMO environment.
17. Strong knowledge of (technical) English and Dutch verbal and written skills. French is an advantage.
18. Basic applications MS office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
19. Experience with AMOS, good knowledge of EASA regulations, aircraft technical course(s) & experience with A330 & A32F are considered as real assets.
We are looking for someone who
20. is a self-starter, with a proactive and cooperative attitude.
21. is able to demonstrate high accuracy and good organizational & analytical skills.
22. has strong communication skills and assertiveness combined with diplomacy, able to act as a representative of our company.
23. is able to work under stress and show the necessary flexibility in favor of our flight operations.
24. has a strong sense of responsibility and work ethics.
25. is a team-player while also able to work effectively independently.
26. has the ability to comply with rules and procedures.
27. has a strong administrative profile with a punctual and detailed attitude.
What we offer
28. Flexible reward scheme which lets you tailor your remuneration to your needs.
29. Large discounts to fly on all Lufthansa Group airlines.
30. Meal vouchers.
31. Eco cheques.
32. Cheap hospitalisation insurance.
33. Flexible hybrid working possibilities.
34. Well-connected office locations, both by car as by public transport.