Planning Engineer
Requirements
Candidates must hold a UKCAA/EASA B1 license with relevant type ratings and have at least 6 months of recency in the past 2 years. A diploma, apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification is required, along with proven experience in base and line maintenance on commercial aircraft.
Job Description
Are you ready to elevate your aviation career? At Storm Aviation, we keep aircraft flying safely and shape the future of aviation. Join a team that is passionate about delivering excellence and investing in its people.
Why Storm Aviation?
We offer more than a job; we offer a rewarding career with perks that matter.
- Competitive Pay: Attractive approval pay and overtime rates
- Enhanced Loyalty Leave: Annual leave that grows with your loyalty and allows you to buy and sell your leave
- Holiday Perks: Double pay on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day
- Enhanced Pension contributions: we will pay 7% employer contributions into the company pension scheme via Salary Sacrifice (if applicable)
- Balanced Shifts: Family-friendly 5-5-4 shift pattern for work life balance
- Other Benefits: Private healthcare & private dental, and life insurance
As part of FL Technics Group, Storm Aviation is a global leader in aircraft maintenance services. We’re committed to excellence, innovation, and investing in our people. We place employee growth, well-being and recognition at the heart of everything we do.
Your growth and development matter to us, we invest in our people both technically and professionally to enhance competency and to support personal development.
Who We’re Looking For
- Licence: UKCAA/EASA B1 with relevant type ratings and 6 months of recency in the past 2 years
- Proven Experience: Base / line maintenance expertise on commercial aircraft
- Qualification: Diploma, apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification
- Work Eligibility: We have a very competitive sponsorship scheme which allows for you to move to the UK.
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Make Your Mark in Aviation—join Storm Aviation today! ✈️
The Company
Storm Aviation often requires aircraft engineers around the world. In the UK, we have staff at Belfast, Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Luton, Birmingham, Stansted and Prestwick. Overseas we have Dusseldorf and Dhaka. Our Head Office is located at Stansted, UK.
We are a friendly, dynamic team with a professional work ethic. Storm’s ethos of continually nurturing talent while acting as a responsible member of the aviation community, means that our employees’ ongoing learning and development is taken seriously.
The Benefits
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7% Employer Contribution Pension
3 X Life Assurance
Private Healthcare & Private Dental
Free Eye Tests and Vouchers Towards Glasses
Employee Assistance Programme
Electric car scheme (salary sacrifice)
Cycle to Work Scheme
Buy and Sell Annual Leave
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About Storm Aviation
Storm Aviation is a trusted independent MRO partner delivering integrated aircraft maintenance solutions to airlines, operators, and lessors across Europe and beyond. Driven by our commitment to Relentless Quality. Exceptional Service. No Compromise., we combine technical excellence, smart planning, and operational flexibility to deliver safe, efficient, and predictable outcomes—every time. With over 30 years of experience, we provide global line maintenance across 11 strategically located stations alongside a highly responsive 24/7 AOG GO Team, delivering rapid deployment, centralized coordination, and fast recovery solutions worldwide when every minute matters. Our base maintenance hangar in Prestwick (UK) supports both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft including A320/A330 families, B737 NG/MAX, and B787. Backed by Part 145 and Part 21G Workshop capabilities, integrated component repair, and in-house structural and composite solutions, we offer a true one-stop-shop MRO solution. Through Avensa, our Part 145 & 147 training organisation, we deliver approved type training to support workforce development across the industry. Beyond maintenance, we strengthen operations through Chevron Recruitment and dedicated Tooling & Calibration services, ensuring our customers have the right people, tools, and support in place to perform at their best. From AOG recovery to line and base maintenance, Storm Aviation delivers certainty in an industry where it matters most.
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