Workshop Planning Engineer

Job Overview

The Workshop Planning Engineer will manage and coordinate maintenance tasks for components and various workshop units. This role involves crafting comprehensive schedules, assigning daily targets to technicians, monitoring project progress, and compiling performance analyses to optimize manpower and workshop resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and interpret work scopes and shop visit requests from CAMO or Component Planning teams.
• Develop detailed schedules for shop visits and maintenance activities.
• Distribute and communicate daily work assignments and objectives to workshop personnel.
• Track progress in relation to the plan and revise schedules as necessary to ensure turnaround time commitments are met.
• Collaborate with Quality, Logistics, Tooling, and Stores departments to guarantee timely access to necessary parts, tools, and documentation.
• Maintain up-to-date records of work-in-progress using AMOS software.
• Escalate any potential delays caused by material shortages, unexpected findings, or manpower limitations.
• Generate comprehensive post-visit reports analyzing turnaround times, labor hours, delays, irregularities, and findings.
• Support and contribute to continuous improvement programs aimed at boosting workshop productivity, scheduling accuracy, and resource utilization.
• Engage in daily planning meetings and coordinate cross-departmentally with relevant stakeholders.
• Plan for materials, consumables, and tooling required in the workshops.
• Oversee AMOS-CROM and CMP projects management.

People Management

• Provide supervision, mentorship, and career development guidance to team members.
• Foster a motivating and performance-oriented work environment to enhance team engagement and commitment.
• Execute people management responsibilities in accordance with company policies and procedures.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
• Proficient in creating and managing Gantt charts and detailed work schedules.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills suitable for interdepartmental collaboration.
• Knowledgeable about airline or Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations, maintenance protocols, and technical documentation.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint for reporting purposes.
• Understanding of workshop operations and turnaround planning methodologies.
• Awareness of human factors impacting aircraft maintenance activities.

Experience

• Minimum of four years’ experience in workshop maintenance planning.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project or Primavera, and maintenance management software like AMOS TRAX, with AMOS being preferred.