Aviation Workshop Scheduling Engineer

Air Arabia; Sharjah; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Arabia in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Workshop Planning Engineer to plan and coordinate maintenance activities for aircraft components and workshop units. The role creates detailed schedules, assigns daily work targets, tracks progress, and prepares performance reports to ensure optimal use of manpower and resources within the workshop.

The successful candidate will coordinate with CAMO, Quality, Logistics and Stores, manage AMOS-related projects, and contribute to continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical / Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Proficient in building and managing Gantt charts and detailed schedules.
• Clear and effective communicator, both written and verbal, across departments and levels.
• Familiar with airline or MRO operations, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint for reporting.
• Understanding of workshop processes and turnaround planning.
• Awareness of human factors in aircraft maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Receive work scopes and shop visit requests from CAMO or Component Planning teams.
• Prepare detailed schedules for shop visits
• Plan, allocate, and communicate daily work assignments and targets to workshop technicians.
• Monitor progress against plan and adjust schedules as necessary to meet turnaround time (TAT) commitments.
• Coordinate with Quality, Logistics, Tooling, and Stores to ensure timely availability of required parts, tools, and documentation.
• Track work-in-progress (WIP) and maintain real-time updates in AMOS,
• Escalate issues that may cause delays (e.g., material shortages, findings, manpower constraints).
• Prepare post-visit reports analyzing TAT, labor hours, delays, non-routines, and findings.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on workshop efficiency, scheduling, and resource utilization.
• Participate in daily planning meetings and cross-department coordination with stakeholders.
• Planning of materials, consumables and tooling for workshops.
• Management of AMOS-CROM & CMP projects.

Skills

Gantt charts

Communication

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

AMOS TRAX

AMOS-CROM

Job description

Air Arabia in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Workshop Planning Engineer to plan and coordinate maintenance activities for aircraft components and workshop units. The role creates detailed schedules, assigns daily work targets, tracks progress, and prepares performance reports to ensure optimal use of manpower and resources within the workshop.

The successful candidate will coordinate with CAMO, Quality, Logistics and Stores, manage AMOS-related projects, and contribute to continuous