Luxury Furniture Production Planner & Operations Optimizer

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb is seeking an experienced Production Planning Engineer in the UAE to convert orders and drawings into detailed, shop-floor production plans. You will coordinate across departments to align capacity, material flow and delivery schedules, ensuring smooth production with minimal bottlenecks.

Responsibilities include master planning, sequencing, daily loading, capacity calculations, and KPI monitoring. A strong background in joinery and furniture manufacturing is essential.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of production planning experience in joinery or interior-fit-out manufacturing.
• Knowledge of joinery machinery, CNC operations, upholstery processes, finishing and metal fabrication.
• Strong understanding of BOMs, routing, machine capacity, cycle-time analysis, material planning, WIP control and production sequencing.
• Ability to read shop drawings, cutting lists, BOQs, material specifications and production details.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent and customised production orders.
• Strong analytical, coordination and problem-solving capabilities.
• Able to work with factory supervisors and machine operators to validate achievable targets.
• Engineering qualification in Industrial/Mechanical/Production or related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare master production plans based on confirmed orders, approved drawings, material availability, site priorities, and contractual delivery dates.
• Break down each order into detailed production stages including cutting, machining, veneering, punching, upholstery and final assembly.
• Develop daily and weekly machine-loading schedules based on capacity, manpower, sequence and delivery priorities.
• Calculate production capacity, cycle time, manpower requirements and output per work centre.
• Identify bottlenecks, material shortages, overloaded machines, and schedule conflicts before disruptions.
• Coordinate with Technical, Procurement, Stores, Production, Quality, Projects and Logistics teams.
• Monitor actual output vs planned and issue daily variance reports with recovery actions.
• Re-sequence production due to revisions, delays, shortages, urgent deliveries or machine breakdowns.
• Maintain visibility of WIP, planned completion dates and dispatch readiness.
• Ensure optimum utilisation of machinery, labour, materials and subcontracting resources.
• Establish KPIs covering productivity, machine utilisation, schedule adherence, rejection, rework and on-time completion.
• Participate in daily production meetings and provide accurate order status.

Skills

Production planning

Joinery knowledge

CNC operations

Material planning

WIP control

Analytical thinking

Coordination

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree (Industrial/Mechanical/Manufacturing)

Tools

BOMs & routing knowledge

Job description

Tanqeeb is seeking an experienced Production Planning Engineer in the UAE to convert orders and drawings into detailed, shop-floor production plans. You will coordinate across departments to align capacity, material flow and delivery schedules, ensuring smooth production with minimal bottlenecks.

Responsibilities include master planning, sequencing, daily loading, capacity calculations, and KPI monitoring. A strong background in joinery and furniture manufacturing is essential.