Aviation Maintenance Planning Lead

Air Arabia; Sharjah; On-site; AED 279,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Arabia seeks a seasoned Planning Engineer to plan, schedule and coordinate all maintenance activities, ensuring airworthiness of the fleet and contractor aircraft. You will develop short- and long-term maintenance plans with CAMO and line management.

Responsibilities include forecasting maintenance, creating work packages and coordinating with Engineering, Procurement and MCC teams to meet safety, cost efficiency and reliability goals.

Qualifications

• University degree in Aircraft Engineering or equivalent.
• PM certificate or equivalent experience.
• Certificates in Cost Control, Compliance, Budgeting and QA are valuable.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term and short-term maintenance plans for assigned fleet.
• Forecast maintenance activities in AMOS MIS.
• Create work packages, preloads and Gantt charts for checks.
• Coordinate line, base, and third-party maintenance with stakeholders.
• Manage scheduled/unscheduled maintenance considering calendar, hours and cycles.
• Produce monthly/quarterly/half-yearly maintenance workload reports.
• Coordinate with CAMO, Engineering Procurement and MCC teams.

Skills

English fluency

Communication skills

Time management

Problem solving

Technology systems

Education

University degree in Aircraft Engineering/Aerospace/Industrial

Project Management certificate

Tools

Microsoft Suite

MRO systems

Job description

Air Arabia seeks a seasoned Planning Engineer to plan, schedule and coordinate all maintenance activities, ensuring airworthiness of the fleet and contractor aircraft. You will develop short- and long-term maintenance plans with CAMO and line management.

Responsibilities include forecasting maintenance, creating work packages and coordinating with Engineering, Procurement and MCC teams to meet safety, cost efficiency and reliability goals.