Rolls-Royce

Fleet Planning Officer

Derby Full time

Job Description

Fleet Planning Officer - Trent 1000

Full time

Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to join the Trent 1000 Commercial Aviation Value Stream team as Fleet Planning Officer.

The Trent 1000 powers the Boeing 787. With nearly 400 aircraft in service and over £1bn invested in our Trent durability programmes, we have a clearly defined product roadmap to drive a step change in Trent 1000 Time-On-Wing supported by major investment and growth in Trent 1000 MRO capacity to meet our fleet needs.

The Fleet Planning Officer is responsible for the end-to-end management, planning, and optimisation of the engine fleet to ensure operational reliability, cost efficiency, and alignment with business goals. This role has a specific focus on digital transformation of planning tools, process automation, and requirements capturing to enhance data-driven decision-making across the fleet management lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills, systems-oriented mindset and engine technical knowledge with the ability to translate operational requirements into digital solutions.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will own, help integrate SIOP demand planning for Trent 1000 task force across Fleet Planning, Parts Planning and Capacity Planning, as well as:

  • Support the Trent 1000 team to ensure the SIOP process is completed on time and to quality.
  • Evaluate and enhance existing planning tools and workflows to improve data quality, efficiency, and user experience.
  • Translate operational needs into clear functional specifications for digital tool development or process changes.
  • Conduct gap analyses between current and desired states; recommend process and tool improvements.
  • Facilitate cross-functional workshops to align on digitalisation priorities and deliverables.
  • Support data validation, cleansing, and standardization activities to ensure integrity across systems.
  • Provide insights and recommendations based on data trends to support strategic decisions.
  •  Deliver rapid scenario planning to assess opportunities and risks in the plan to support executive reviews.
  • Work with PSM team to align and integrate the fleet management policy with the fleet planning activities.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

  • Desire to make a difference in a challenging operational environment through excellent collaboration, teamwork and innovative problem-solving skills.
  • Relevant experience in engine fleet planning, maintenance planning, or asset management.
  • Understanding of Product Time on wing drivers and fleet health.
  • Proven experience in digital transformation or tool development projects.
  • Understanding of SIOP (SORB) process.
  • Proficiency with data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI) and planning systems (e.g., MAXIMO, SAP).

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be SNBG 7 - 10.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Grade: SNBG 7 - 10

Closing Date: Midnight 12th November 2025

For further information please contact: Maria Luisa Corcella

Recruiter: Andy Walsh – andy.walsh2@Rolls-Royce.com

Job Category

Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date

06 Nov 2025; 00:11

Posting End Date

12 Nov 2025