Employer:
Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd
Location:
St. Athan, Barry
Pay:
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
14/03/2026
About this job
* St Athan - £Excellent Package If you’ve planned complex operations, coordinated multi-site activity, managed customer-facing delivery, or controlled high-value engineering projects you could be ideal for this.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY. We’re recruiting a Project Control & Planning Manager to join Global Planning & Control (GPC) the central operational hub responsible for aircraft disassembly and maintenance planning across multiple global sites.
This is a senior operational role sitting at the centre of delivery, commercial performance, customer engagement, and cross-functional coordination.
If you’ve operated in structured, high-accountability environments and understand planning discipline, operational control, and stakeholder management then this could be for you The Role You will form part of the Global Planning & Control (GPC) organisation delivering operational plans to disassembly and maintenance teams across the business.
You will:
* Plan and control aircraft disassembly and maintenance activity
* Track performance against milestones and KPIs
* Act as the primary operational interface with customers
* Coordinate across commercial, finance, logistics, technical and site teams
* Drive continuous improvement and post-project learning This is not a passive planning role, but an operational command and control role with commercial accountability.
What You’ll Be Responsible For Operational Planning & Control
* Managing customer projects from contract handover to completion
* Planning disassembly and maintenance activity across sites
* Tracking milestones, KPIs, and budget performance
* Ensuring tooling, equipment, and resources are aligned to workload
* Capturing all chargeable activity for finance and commercial teams
* Supporting engine disassembly, collaborations, remote disassembly and special projects Customer Interface
* Acting as the main operational point of contact
* Managing live project communications
* Handling change requests, quotations and technical queries
* Managing quality issues and final reconciliation of harvest Governance & Continuous Improvement
* Launching and controlling project lifecycle documentation
* Chairing structured cadence meetings
* Conducting post-project reviews and customer surveys
* Capturing lessons learned and feeding CI initiatives
* Supporting 3-month rolling site plans
* Ensuring traceability and accurate project records
Ideal Military Background This role would strongly suit:
* Senior Officers or SNCOs with operational planning responsibility
* Logistics Officers with lifecycle project accountability
* Engineering Officers with cross-functional coordination experience
* Operations Managers from complex, regulated environments
* Personnel with experience in equipment disposal, asset recovery or structured project delivery If you’ve planned multi-phase operations, controlled resources, delivered against milestones, and engaged directly with senior stakeholders your experience is highly transferable.
What You’ll Need
* Strong project planning and execution capability
* Budget and cost control awareness
* Ability to analyse and communicate performance data
* Leadership presence with a hands‑on approach
* Ability to operate at pace across multiple priorities
* Professional, structured, “can‑do” mindset Travel may be required to meet business needs.
In return they are offing a outstanding starting salary with 25 days holiday, company pension, 3% employer and 5% employee, possible bonus scheme, depending on personal and company goals, as well as continuing personnel development within the company.
For more information, please contact Jean-Claude Hedouin at Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd on 0333 202 6500, or jcex-mil.co.uk or via the website www.ex-mil.co.uk https://www.ex-mil.co.uk/vacancies/8290/project-control-planning-manager
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