A CAMO Planning supports the safe, compliant, and efficient ongoing airworthiness of military and government aircraft. Unlike frontline maintenance roles, CAMO work focuses on planning, scheduling, documentation, and compliance to ensure aircraft remain serviceable and meet regulatory and programme requirements.
In the defence sector, CAMO Planning Engineers help manage fleets such as fast‑jets, multi‑role military transports, helicopters, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, trainers, and specialist mission aircraft. You’ll support airworthiness by developing maintenance schedules, tracking life‑limited parts, reviewing technical data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating with engineering teams who carry out the actual maintenance.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities may include developing and updating aircraft maintenance programmes, creating and issuing work packages, completing maintenance forecasts, monitoring usage patterns, reviewing engineering orders, maintaining CAMO databases and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) systems, as well as supporting audits and airworthiness reviews and regulatory inspections. This role requires and understanding of the engineering work to be carrier out, strong planning, and compliance and reporting abilities.
These environments place a strong emphasis on security, data integrity, configuration control, and regulatory traceability, especially when working with classified systems or military‑specific modifications. This role suits people who enjoy structured engineering, compliance, planning, and supporting large‑scale aviation programmes.
