Manager - Production & Planning Control

GAL; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

GAL is seeking a Manager - Production & Planning Control to lead the Aircraft Maintenance function in Abu Dhabi. The role oversees personnel, processes, resources, standards, and outputs to ensure safe, compliant and effective maintenance within approved capability.

You will translate directions into maintenance priorities, manage manpower, ensure scheduled and unscheduled maintenance is executed to plan, and drive continuous improvement and KPI monitoring across the maintenance team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Aircraft Maintenance function's personnel processes standards resources and outputs to ensure safe compliant and effective maintenance execution within approved organisational capability
• Translate Operations Manager direction and approved Production Control maintenance priorities into functional maintenance execution priorities manpower requirements and performance expectations for Aircraft Maintenance Team Leads
• Ensure scheduled phase periodic and unscheduled aircraft maintenance is executed in accordance with approved plans technical data organisational procedures and required quality-control inspection points
• Ensure effective fault diagnosis troubleshooting aircraft system repair adjustment servicing component removal and installation maintenance operational checks and post-maintenance rectification within the authorised capability of the Maintenance function
• Ensure Maintenance provides appropriate aircraft preparation technical support and discrepancy rectification for maintenance test flights recognising that execution of the MTF remains with appropriately qualified and authorised flight personnel
• Ensure maintenance personnel are appropriately qualified competent trained current authorised where required and adequately supervised for the maintenance activities assigned to them
• Establish and maintain adequate maintenance manpower shift coverage and internal supervisory arrangements to support approved maintenance requirements and promptly identify capability shortfalls
• Ensure adequate tools equipment calibrated TMDE assigned ground support equipment facilities technical data and other maintenance resources are available and serviceable coordinate material and component requirements with Supply Chain and Production Control
• Ensure maintenance personnel use current approved technical data and comply with applicable maintenance instructions procedures warnings cautions limitations and organisational requirements
• Ensure maintenance performed by the function is accurately and completely documented including faults corrective actions component changes operational checks work orders job cards and maintenance handovers and that completed work is presented for required QC inspection or verification
• Maintain effective maintenance worksite control including safety housekeeping FOD prevention PPE tool accountability equipment control and maintenance discipline
• Coordinate closely with Production Control Quality Control Engineering Supply Chain Workshops Training and Safety to resolve maintenance constraints while maintaining clear functional authority boundaries
• Monitor maintenance execution performance using appropriate KPIs and trends including plan attainment productivity repeat recurrent defects rework maintenance delays record accuracy resource constraints FOD tool-control performance and safety quality events
• Identify adverse maintenance trends recurring defects workmanship issues or process weaknesses and initiate or support corrective actions investigations root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement activities
• Support internal and external audits investigations and reviews affecting the Aircraft Maintenance function and ensure assigned corrective actions are implemented and sustained
• Ensure mandatory maintenance actions modifications and deferred maintenance assigned for execution are completed as scheduled while recognising that mandatory-compliance monitoring and deferral control remain subject to QC PC and other designated approval authorities
• Ensure the Maintenance function provides appropriate technical personnel and support for aircraft recovery on-site maintenance and authorised BDAR activities when tasked
• Review significant manpower tooling equipment technical-data material facility competence safety quality and schedule constraints and advise the Operations Manager on their operational impact
• Develop and recommend recovery actions where maintenance performance aircraft availability or resource constraints threaten approved operational objectives
• Ensure Team Leads and Supervisors understand their delegated responsibilities authorities maintenance priorities technical limitations and escalation requirements
• Stop or suspend maintenance activity where an immediate safety airworthiness quality or technical-compliance risk exists and ensure the matter is escalated to the appropriate authority
• Promote a maintenance culture based on technical discipline by-the-book maintenance accurate reporting professional workmanship individual accountability continuous learning and timely escalation of uncertainty

Job description

Manager - Production amp Planning Control is the functional owner for the safe compliant and effective execution of aircraft maintenance within the organisation s approved scope and capability The role is accountable for the personnel processes resources standards performance and outputs of the Aircraft Maintenance function including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance phase periodic maintenance execution fault diagnosis aircraft system repair component removal and installation maintenance operational checks maintenance test flight support maintenance documentation and records assigned tools and support equipment personnel competence worksite control and aircraft recovery on-site maintenance support The Aircraft Maintenance Manager ensures that maintenance priorities established by the Operations Manager and Production Control are translated into properly resourced and controlled maintenance execution in coordination with Production Control Quality Control Engineering Supply Chain Management and other relevant parties

1. 1 Manage the Aircraft Maintenance function s personnel processes standards resources and outputs to ensure safe compliant and effective maintenance execution within approved organisational capability
2. 2 Translate Operations Manager direction and approved Production Control maintenance priorities into functional maintenance execution priorities manpower requirements and performance expectations for Aircraft Maintenance Team Leads
3. 3 Ensure scheduled phase periodic and unscheduled aircraft maintenance is executed in accordance with approved plans technical data organisational procedures and required quality-control inspection points
4. 4 Ensure effective fault diagnosis troubleshooting aircraft system repair adjustment servicing component removal and installation maintenance operational checks and post-maintenance rectification within the authorised capability of the Maintenance function
5. 5 Ensure Maintenance provides appropriate aircraft preparation technical support and discrepancy rectification for maintenance test flights recognising that execution of the MTF remains with appropriately qualified and authorised flight personnel
6. 6 Ensure maintenance personnel are appropriately qualified competent trained current authorised where required and adequately supervised for the maintenance activities assigned to them
7. 7 Establish and maintain adequate maintenance manpower shift coverage and internal supervisory arrangements to support approved maintenance requirements and promptly identify capability shortfalls
8. 8 Ensure adequate tools equipment calibrated TMDE assigned ground support equipment facilities technical data and other maintenance resources are available and serviceable coordinate material and component requirements with Supply Chain and Production Control
9. 9 Ensure maintenance personnel use current approved technical data and comply with applicable maintenance instructions procedures warnings cautions limitations and organisational requirements
10. 10 Ensure maintenance performed by the function is accurately and completely documented including faults corrective actions component changes operational checks work orders job cards and maintenance handovers and that completed work is presented for required QC inspection or verification
11. 11 Maintain effective maintenance worksite control including safety housekeeping FOD prevention PPE tool accountability equipment control and maintenance discipline
12. 12 Coordinate closely with Production Control Quality Control Engineering Supply Chain Workshops Training and Safety to resolve maintenance constraints while maintaining clear functional authority boundaries
13. 13 Monitor maintenance execution performance using appropriate KPIs and trends including plan attainment productivity repeat recurrent defects rework maintenance delays record accuracy resource constraints FOD tool-control performance and safety quality events
14. 14 Identify adverse maintenance trends recurring defects workmanship issues or process weaknesses and initiate or support corrective actions investigations root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement activities
15. 15 Support internal and external audits investigations and reviews affecting the Aircraft Maintenance function and ensure assigned corrective actions are implemented and sustained
16. 16 Ensure mandatory maintenance actions modifications and deferred maintenance assigned for execution are completed as scheduled while recognising that mandatory-compliance monitoring and deferral control remain subject to QC PC and other designated approval authorities
17. 17 Ensure the Maintenance function provides appropriate technical personnel and support for aircraft recovery on-site maintenance and authorised BDAR activities when tasked
18. 18 Review significant manpower tooling equipment technical-data material facility competence safety quality and schedule constraints and advise the Operations Manager on their operational impact
19. 19 Develop and recommend recovery actions where maintenance performance aircraft availability or resource constraints threaten approved operational objectives
20. 20 Ensure Team Leads and Supervisaors understand their delegated responsibilities authorities maintenance priorities technical limitations and escalation requirements
21. 21 Stop or suspend maintenance activity where an immediate safety airworthiness quality or technical-compliance risk exists and ensure the matter is escalated to the appropriate authority
22. 22 Promote a maintenance culture based on technical discipline by-the-book maintenance accurate reporting professional workmanship individual accountability continuous learning and timely escalation of uncertainty

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