Production Planning Engineer - Luxury Furniture

Black Pearl Consult; Sharjah; On-site; AED 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pearl Consult in Sharjah seeks an experienced Production Planning Engineer for luxury furniture, joinery and upholstery operations. You will convert orders into detailed, machine-to-machine production plans, coordinate with departments, and ensure deliverable targets are met.

The role requires 5–8 years in furniture production planning, strong BOMs/routing/ERP/MRP skills (Odoo preferred), Excel, and CNC/woodworking familiarity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–8 years in production planning in joinery/furniture manufacturing.
• Experience with BOMs, routing, and capacity planning.
• Ability to read shop drawings and BOQs.

Responsibilities

• Create master production plans based on orders, drawings, and material availability.
• Break down orders into production stages and schedules by center.
• Develop daily/weekly machine-loading plans adhering to capacity.
• Monitor throughput, identify bottlenecks, and propose recovery actions.
• Coordinate with Technical, Procurement, Stores, QA, Projects, and Logistics.
• Maintain WIP visibility and on-time dispatch readiness.
• Report daily variances and adjust sequences as needed.
• Participate in daily production meetings with status updates.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Coordination

Problem solving

Shop drawings interpretation

Factory operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering qualification (Industrial/Mechanical/Production)

Tools

Odoo Manufacturing

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Primavera

AutoCAD

CNC nesting software

BOMs/Routing

Job description

Production Planning Engineer - Luxury Furniture

We are looking for an experienced Production Planning Engineer with strong hands-on experience in joinery, bespoke/loose furniture, upholstery, and related metal fabrication. The ideal candidate must have a solid understanding of factory operations, production processes, machinery, manpower, material flow, and project delivery requirements.

The candidate will be responsible for converting confirmed orders, approved shop drawings, BOQs, material availability, and project delivery deadlines into a practical, detailed, machine-to-machine and department-wise production plan. They must be able to understand the actual factory workflow, identify what needs to be produced next, allocate work according to available capacity, and proactively identify bottlenecks or delays that could affect delivery schedules.

Key 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:
• Panel and solid-wood cutting
• CNC machining and edge banding
• Veneering, pressing, sanding, and polishing
• Carpentry and pre-assembly
• Upholstery, foaming, cutting, and stitching
• Metal cutting, bending, welding, grinding, and powder coating
• Final assembly, quality inspection, packing, and dispatch
• Develop daily and weekly machine-loading schedules, allocating jobs based on machine capacity, manpower, production sequence, and delivery priorities.
• Calculate production capacity, cycle time, manpower requirements, and expected output for each work centre.
• Identify bottlenecks, material shortages, overloaded machines, and schedule conflicts before they disrupt production.
• Coordinate closely with Technical, Procurement, Stores, Production, Quality, Projects, and Logistics teams.
• Monitor actual output against planned output and issue daily variance reports with recovery actions.
• Re-sequence production whenever there are drawing revisions, delayed approvals, material shortages, urgent deliveries, or machine breakdowns.
• Maintain clear visibility of WIP, planned completion dates, production constraints, and dispatch readiness.
• Ensure optimum utilisation of machinery, labour, materials, and subcontracting resources.
• Establish measurable production KPIs covering productivity, machine utilisation, schedule adherence, rejection, rework, and on-time completion.
• Participate in daily production meetings and provide an accurate status of every active order.

Requirements

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

The candidate should be proficient in:

• ERP/MRP production-planning systems, preferably Odoo Manufacturing or an equivalent platform
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including capacity planning, dashboards, pivot tables, lookups, and production trackers
• Microsoft Project or Primavera for overall production scheduling (Optional)
• CNC nesting and optimization software relevant to panel processing
• AutoCAD or similar software for reviewing production drawings
• Monthly master production plan
• Weekly production and machine-loading plan
• Daily department-wise production targets
• Order-wise material-readiness tracker
• Machine-capacity and manpower-utilisation report
• Planned-versus-actual production report
• Bottleneck and recovery-action report
• WIP and dispatch-readiness dashboard

The candidate must be assertive, methodical, and highly conversant with factory operations. The primary objective of this position is to create a realistic, measurable, and machine-level production plan, while ensuring that committed delivery dates are achieved.