Material Controller

Etihad Engineering; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aviation maintenance company in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Material Controller to manage aircraft maintenance materials. Responsibilities include inventory management, coordinating material demands, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate should have a technical diploma or equivalent, along with at least 3 years of experience in aviation spares management. Proficiency in English and strong planning skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Technical diploma, college degree or equivalent work experience in aviation.
• Minimum of 3 years related industry experience in aviation spares management.
• High standard of English language both written and oral.

Responsibilities

• Manage material demands for aircraft maintenance.
• Perform inventory of preload material.
• Coordinate with stores for timely processing of parts.
• Maintain communication during shift handovers about critical spares.
• Ensure timely return of unused material to store.

Skills

Planning skills

Knowledge of aircraft material management

Ability to extract information from manuals

Knowledge of maintenance material regulations

English language proficiency

Computer literacy

Education

Technical diploma or college degree

3 years of industry experience

Job description

Synopsis

Responsible to demand material for aircraft maintenance inputs, preload verification, control of visit material, monitoring and return of unused or unserviceable aircraft material during the aircraft maintenance inputs.

Accountabilities

• Perform Inventory of preload material and liaise with the Material Planner to resolve any shortages identified during the pre-load process. To ensure the Production workflow efficiency is maximized during the maintenance input.
• Responsible for the placing of demands and receipt of material from the stores issue counter or hangar pre-load stores. To minimise any impact due to material requirements or shortages.
• Responsible for updating the work pack on a regular basis with the material availability details as provided by the material planner assigned to the maintenance input.
• Maintain a shift handover log to include monitoring of critical spares as identified by the project manager. To ensure efficient communication across shifts and highlighting of potential critical material requirements.
• Close co-ordination with stores, receiving and issue counter for immediate processing of AOG parts. Following up will all parties to ensure that the parts are delivered promptly and avoiding delays.
• Responsible for the verification of the documentation, routing and collection of the ship- shop-ship items. To minimise any impact to the production planned workflow.
• Ensure the correct segregation of received material according to the allocated areas/zones and the U/S off coming materials. To prevent any possible contamination of U/S and serviceable parts.
• Ensure a health and safety culture is embraced and practiced. Personal performance and training requirements are identified.
• Attend daily production meetings to provide update on the material status/requirements. To ensure all stakeholders are fully briefed on the material availability allowing accurate planning and workflow decisions to be made.
• Ensures prompt action is initiated to resolve SDR’s, Quality and H&S findings allocated to their area of responsibility.
• Ensure all unused material is returned to store in a timely manner with the relevant system action completed.

Education & Experience

• Technical diploma, college degree or equivalent work experience in aviation
• Minimum of 3 years related industry experience in the field of aviation related to aircraft spares management in an airline or an aviation company with an International business exposure and experience.
• Good all-round planning skills.
• Knowledge of aircraft material management.
• Ability to extract information from aircraft manuals and drawings.
• Knowledge of aircraft maintenance material/operations, with familiarity of related material regulations issued by the appropriate regulatory authority.
• High standard of English language both written and oral format.
• High standard of computer literacy.