Senior Planning Assistant

🏢 Emirates Group
📍 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 1mo ago🔄 Updated: 1mo ago
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The Production Planning department at Emirates Engineering is seeking a Senior Planning Assistant to support aircraft maintenance and workshop operations. This role involves assisting with core functional planning tasks, ensuring efficient maintenance operations, minimizing downtime, and maximizing aircraft availability while adhering to high safety and efficiency standards. Key responsibilities include supporting production planning activities, following planning and control processes, ensuring timely delivery of parts, managing materials and tools, and contributing to continuous improvement projects. The role also requires cost-conscious support for budget adherence and cost reduction initiatives.
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🎁 Benefits & Perks
Attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits exclusive to the industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have 12 years of schooling or equivalent, a good understanding of aircraft documentation (AMM, IPC, CMMs, work packages, maintenance schedules), and engineering experience in production planning, aircraft maintenance, workshops, maintenance planning, technical records, or a related environment. Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required, with knowledge of ULTRAMAIN being an advantage.
Description
Job description / Role Job Type Full Time Job Location Dubai, UAE Nationality Any Nationality Salary Not Specified Gender Not Specified Arabic Fluency Not Specified Job Function Engineering - Civil & Construction Company Industry Aviation, Airlines & Aerospace Job purpose The Production Planning department at Emirates Engineering plays a pivotal role in getting all the required maintenance done in the most efficient manner. Utilizing advanced planning tools, in-depth technical reviews and collaborating closely with various teams, we ensure smooth maintenance operations, minimizing downtime and maximizing aircraft availability. Our focus is on maintaining high safety and efficiency standards while adapting to the airline’s dynamic requirements. To accomplish core functional planning tasks, within the production planning & control group, including aircraft maintenance & workshops. Ensuring the continuing support of these functions, whilst delivering to the business, technical and production outputs required, to ensure that the Emirates fleet of aircraft are maintained to the highest standards, in line with all requirements pertaining to the functional area. To assist the team to ensure accomplishment of all planned and non-routine activities on time, in budget and to the quality and safety standards expected. In this role, you will: Support the delivery of production planning activities for aircraft maintenance working with the PPEs & PPOs, to ensure the service is meeting agreed SLA. Follow processes in all planning and control phases of the maintenance input, including workpack production and workpack closure and control. Support the delivery of production planning activities for overhaul workshops, working with the shop PPEs & PPOs, to ensure the service meets agreed SLA. Ensure the planning process is delivering SSS/Task 2 parts to aircraft maintenance per agreed timelines through appropriate planning in the shop. Simultaneously ensure that minimum stock levels are maintained for components as agreed with materials management and/or as directed by the shop PPE. Support the delivery of production planning activities for overhaul workshops, not limited to, but including: creation of work orders, coordinating with MS/SDG/GSE/facility for materials and tools requirement for maintenance tasks, control and monitoring of incoming US items and items awaiting parts or ETS input (US/AP room) and maintain housekeeping in PPC working areas. Liaise with good inwards for resolution of SDRs. Coordinate with binning team, through SDG for disposal of hazardous materials. Support assigned section/areas, by ensuring that all work assigned is carried out diligently, accurately and in good time, ensuring that all SLAs are met by the section. Support to create reports and supporting documentation, to enable accomplishment of adhoc requests and customer support. Participate and contribute to projects and planning activities that continuously improve the product delivered by the department. Support the delivery of the PPC function within budget, ensuring you have a cost conscious mind-set. Under the direction of the PPE/PPO, work with 145 production teams to reduce the cost of maintenance across all categories; labour, materials and other costs. Support the safety and compliance of the PPC teams deliverables, ensuring adherence with EPMs and work instructions. Engage in the performance management process and ensure you are actively engaged in achieving 100% of the planned objectives and development plans. Ensure continuous developing and provide the department with a benefit from the training and development effort. Qualification To be considered for this role, you will need: 12 years schooling or equivalent Good understanding of aircraft documentation and records including AMM, IPC, CMMs, work packages and maintenance schedules. Engineering experience in production planning, aircraft maintenance, workshops, maintenance planning, technical records or a related environment. Knowledge of MS Office applications i.e. Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of ULTRAMAIN is an advantage. Salary & benefits Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai lifestyle section of our website. About the Company A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide. Apply Now
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