CAMO Maintenance Planner
SAF/Starlite Group
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- Permanent
- Part-time
Join our team as a CAMO Maintenance Planner (ad-hoc) in the CAMO Department, where you'll play a critical role in maintaining airworthiness and ensuring aircraft availability. You'll coordinate unscheduled maintenance events, forecast defect trends, manage work packs, and support compliance across multiple aircraft types.Why build your career as a CAMO Maintenance Planner (ad-hoc) with us?
- Be mission critical: Play a key role in keeping our fleet airworthy by expertly planning and coordinating unscheduled maintenance activities.
- Build real world expertise: Gain hands on experience with defect trend analysis, parts forecasting, and maintenance scheduling across multiple aircraft types.
- Collaborate with the best: Work within a dynamic CAMO team focused on safety, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Grow with purpose: Advance your career in an environment that values precision, proactive thinking, and your professional development.
- Develop, review, and issue ad-hoc maintenance work packages: Prepare detailed documentation for unplanned maintenance tasks to ensure accuracy, compliance, and efficient execution by the maintenance team.
- Plan and coordinate unscheduled maintenance events, including AOGs (Aircraft on Ground): Respond quickly to operational disruptions by organizing immediate support, minimizing aircraft downtime, and maintaining flight readiness.
- Liaise with the CAMO team and AMO to identify maintenance requirements: Collaborate closely with engineering and maintenance teams to define technical needs and align planned activities with operational priorities.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (Part 43, Part 127, Part 145, Part 66, and OEM manuals): Verify that all maintenance actions meet national aviation regulations and manufacturer guidelines to uphold airworthiness and safety standards.
- Track and monitor open maintenance tasks, deferrals, and MEL items: Maintain oversight of outstanding work, ensuring timely resolution and preventing compliance gaps.
- Maintain accurate records in the maintenance tracking system: Update digital systems with maintenance actions and task status to support traceability, audits, and real-time fleet visibility.
- Assist in capacity planning and forecasting for short-term resource allocation: Support decision-making by projecting upcoming workload and aligning personnel and resources for efficient task execution.
- Strong knowledge of aircraft maintenance regulations and requirements (EASA/FAA/SACAA or equivalent.
- Understanding of maintenance programs, MELs, ADs, and SBs.
- Proficiency in Computerized Maintenance Tracking Systems (e.g., TRAXXALL).
- Ability to read and interpret OEM maintenance manuals and regulatory documents.
- Strong problem-solving ability, especially under time-sensitive AOG situations.
- Attention to detail with a high standard of accuracy.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for liaising with engineers, management, and regulators.
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Aircraft Maintenance Engineering background (Part 66 licence or equivalent advantageous).
- Previous experience in maintenance planning or maintenance control.
- Familiarity with short-term and long-term maintenance planning concepts.
- Knowledge of SMS (Safety Management System) principles.
- Office-Based Role: Primarily based in an office or control center within a maintenance or operational environment.
- High-Tempo Environment: Involves fast-paced decision-making, especially during unscheduled maintenance or operational disruptions.
- Collaboration Across Teams: Regular interaction with CAMO, AMO, and flight operations teams to ensure seamless coordination.