Production Planning Engineer - Engine Maintenance

About the role

Emirates Engineering's Engine Maintenance Centre (EEMC) delivers MRO services for the engines of Emirates' fleets, covering Engine Technical Services, Propulsion Planning and Logistics and its Engine Shops and Test Cell. As Production Planning Engineer you manage end-to-end production planning for your assigned area, including work package preparation, estimation, dock control and workshop or check planning, using aircraft and component technical expertise to review work packages, build accurate estimates and adjust plans during execution.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning officers and supervisors, lead improvement projects and coordinate planning requirements with stakeholders across the Engineering organisation.
• Review and close work packages: identify task intent, special requirements, dependencies, materials and tooling, and ensure issues are resolved before each maintenance input.
• Manage materials and tools availability, MQ adjustments and work package closure auditing, including 100% audit before CRS release.
• Coordinate with workshops, GSE, docking and ETS, and create or approve maintenance facilitation tasks.
• Daily dock control: allocate work with the Shift Manager and resource planning team, track resources against MH and material budgets, revise workflow plans and give daily progress reports.
• Review non-routine findings, flag threats to schedule and budget, and ensure plans for critical findings are in place.
• Check planning: review maintenance events, develop daily workload plans, run daily review meetings and agree accomplishment plans.
• Estimation: produce detailed man-hour estimates, keep the fleet-wide task estimation database up to date, study first-time and complex tasks, and produce the annual man-hour budget.
• Workshop: guide daily work allocation, maintain engine workflow plans, liaise with the Dock PPE and publish recovery plans, and support production estimation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a GCAA/EASA engineering licence with a type rating on an Emirates fleet aircraft.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in aircraft maintenance or production planning, in an airline or third-party maintenance / MRO facility.
• Good knowledge of aircraft systems, power plants and components, and thorough understanding of regulatory requirements and maintenance documentation.
• Excellent people management skills.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of ULTRAMAIN is an advantage.

What we offer

• Tax-free salary.
• Travel benefits including discounted flights and hotel stays.
• Leave and healthcare package, transport benefits, life insurance and more.