EEMC Production Planning Engineer

Brand: Emirates Engineering Job Purpose Join the Engine Maintenance Centre, a cutting-edge maintenance facility, where we deliver exceptional Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services for the engines of Emirates’ fleets. Our integrated team excels in Engine Technical Services (ETS), Propulsion Planning and Logistics, and more, all within our advanced Engine Shops and Test Cell. With a strong commitment to quality and safety, we streamline processes to strip, inspect, and rebuild engines seamlessly in one state-of-the-art location. Join us to be part of a team where precision and excellence drive every operation. As a Production Planning Engineer at EEMC, you will manage the end-to-end Production Planning activities for your assigned area, including Work Package Preparation, Estimation, Dock Control, Workshop or Check Planning. You will use your aircraft and component technical expertise to review work packages, including up to A Checks, landing gear changes and ad hoc maintenance inputs, develop accurate estimates, and produce effective check or workshop plans. You will continuously review and adjust plans based on findings during execution to support delivery against agreed targets and budgets. Working closely with stakeholders across the Engineering organisation, you will coordinate planning requirements, provide guidance to your assigned team, and contribute to projects focused on improving PPC processes and deliverables. In this role, you will: - Provide leadership and guidance to the planning officers and supervisors reporting to him/her. - Lead assigned projects to continuously improve the Production Planning Department and improve the service provided to Operations. - Continuously review with PPEs within other PPC areas for cross utilization of resources. Preparation & Closure - Manage the technical review of all tasks which could be called up by Maintenance Planning to ensure the following is identified: task intent, special requirements (jacking, defueling, repairs, shop input, test flights etc.) dependencies, materials required, tooling required, new supporting task cards required and any other information which will aid the planning process. Ensure all issues identified as part of the technical review process are followed up with the concerned departments and resolved prior to the start of each input. - Manage all materials and tools that need to be available for the planned inputs in Base Maintenance. Ensure required MQ adjustment based on known component/tasks plans and duplicated materials pre-input. - Ensure the work package for each input is printed, segregated and complete as per agreed SLAs and quality standards prior to each maintenance input. - Manage the work package closure auditing process to ensure the team is adhering to the defined WIs and auditing standards. Ensure 100% of tasks are audited prior to the CRS and ensure the work package closure is done in UM as per agreed SLAs. - Ensure Co-Ordination with 3rd Parties or any internal department (Workshops / GSE / Docking / ETS) to alert them to the work that will be assigned to them based on published workflow plans for each input. - Create or review and approve Maintenance facilitation tasks to support the planned maintenance execution. Dock Control - Manage the daily allocation of work to Production in conjunction with the Shift Manager and Resource planning team. Ensuring all tools, materials and resources are available to deliver the planned work and monitor resources to ensure the check is delivered within the given MH and material budgets. - Maintain the Check workflow plan to ensure it reflects the current check progress and planned finish date. Revise workflow plans as required to reflect critical findings and their impact on the critical path. - Provide daily reports to highlight the check progress in terms of tasks, manpower and material cost. - Ensure that any threat or lag in the progress of the check is highlighted in time so mitigation measures can be adopted. - Review Non-Routine Findings to identify critical ones that may have an impact on the critical path, MH budget & the key milestones of the check. Ensure there is a plan in place for these critical NRIs. - Oversee the audit of completed check work packs/cards and ensure the CRS is only released to production on confirmation all cards have been completed or deferred in accordance with the EPM. - Provide progressive/ post check information to ensure an efficient and effective feedback process exists to all concerned stakeholders. Ensure reasons for deviation to plans and budget are understood - and explained. - Act as key focal for all planning issues between operations and all other stakeholders during check execution including: FTM, Repairs Process, SDG, Aircraft Scheduling, Logistics, Facilities and Workshops. Check Planning - Conduct a work pack review of maintenance events, to ensure the following is identified: task intent, special requirements (ja

From the description, responsibilities include: providing leadership and guidance to planning officers and supervisors; leading assigned projects to continuously improve the Production Planning Department and the service provided to Operations; reviewing PPEs across PPC areas for cross-utilization of resources; managing technical reviews of tasks for Maintenance Planning input (identifying task intent, special requirements, dependencies, materials, tooling, and new task cards); ensuring all issues from technical review are resolved before input; managing materials and tools for planned inputs; ensuring work packages are complete and printed per SLAs and quality standards; managing work package closure auditing to ensure adherence to WIs and auditing standards; coordinating with 3rd parties and internal departments to alert them to work; creating/reviewing/approving maintenance facilitation tasks; daily allocation of work to Production with Shift Manager and Resource planning; maintaining check workflow plan and revising as needed; providing daily reports on check progress (tasks, manpower, material cost); mitigating threats or lags in progress; reviewing Non-Routine Findings for impact on critical path, MH budget and milestones; auditing completed check work packs/cards and ensuring CRS release only after confirmation; providing progressive/post-check information and explaining deviations to plans and budget; acting as focal point for planning issues between operations and stakeholders (FTM, Repairs Process, SDG, Aircraft Scheduling, Logistics, Facilities, Workshops).