Planning Team Leader
CompanyBritish Airways
Location
Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/29/2026
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Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
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Description
A Career Without Limits
As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.
It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.
This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we’re re-imagining the way we fly the skies.
The Role
Planning Team Leader
At this time, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated candidate that will be joining the Operational Maintenance Planning management team. The successful candidate will lead a team of Planning Engineers, who are responsible for the production and delivery of a balanced, cost-effective Maintenance plans, whilst ensuring fleet compliance. This is a critical operational role, that plays an integral part in supporting Engineering approach to Every Second Counts.
The individual will help to shape and continuously improve the Operational Maintenance planning processes to meet the business challenges.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and nurture a team of TMG colleagues to maximise their potential and delivery.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career in a very dynamic and demanding position.
Please note this role is on shift and will include both day and night working.
What You’ll Do
As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.
It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.
This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we’re re-imagining the way we fly the skies.
The Role
Planning Team Leader
At this time, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated candidate that will be joining the Operational Maintenance Planning management team. The successful candidate will lead a team of Planning Engineers, who are responsible for the production and delivery of a balanced, cost-effective Maintenance plans, whilst ensuring fleet compliance. This is a critical operational role, that plays an integral part in supporting Engineering approach to Every Second Counts.
The individual will help to shape and continuously improve the Operational Maintenance planning processes to meet the business challenges.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and nurture a team of TMG colleagues to maximise their potential and delivery.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career in a very dynamic and demanding position.
Please note this role is on shift and will include both day and night working.
What You’ll Do
- Accountable for maintenance planning, maintaining compliance, driving productivity and returning aircraft to service within agreed competitive performance targets, whilst delivering to the customer’s requirements
- Demonstrates confidence whilst remaining authentic, insightful and challenging
- An engaging communicator able to influence and inspire others to meet business objectives
- Strong organisational/ planning skills, possessing the ability to prioritise and be reactive to changing circumstances at short notice
- Evidence of leadership and an ability to adapt leadership style to different situations, creating an environment for people to perform at their best.
- Promotes a culture of continuous improvement and challenging the status quo
- Identifies and builds collaborative relationships with key stakeholders within engineering and across British Airways to ensure focus on providing customer satisfaction and delivering Engineering’s performance objectives
- Broad knowledge of the British Airways operation (Essential)
- Working knowledge of EASA Part-M and Part-145 regulations (Essential)
- Detailed knowledge of aircraft maintenance planning principles (Essential)
- Detailed knowledge of BA IT systems including SAP (Preferred)
- Working knowledge of Integrated Operations Control Centres and Tactical Planning process. (Preferred)
As an airline, we never want to stand still. The same goes for our people.
We’re committed to upskilling our engineers and providing professional development training so you can progress in your area of expertise. That way, you’ll attain the highest levels of professional achievement as we continue to invest in new technology, equipment, and aircraft.
Training modules are offered through self-study courses, or structured learning programmes, and delivered at our state-of-the-art Learning Academy at London Heathrow.
When you work in an engineering role at British Airways, you’ll be joining a high-performance culture. It’s a time-pressured environment too, but the challenges here are exciting and diverse, and you’ll be part of projects you won’t find anywhere else. That’s what keeps our exceptional colleagues inspired to do their best work. We also offer fantastic rewards, including great staff travel benefits.
Inclusion & Diversity
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.