Technical Services Engineer - Material Planning SalamAir · Muscat, Oman Full-time · On-site — 4 hours ago

Emploive; Muscat; On-site; OMR 9,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Emploive in Oman seeks a Technical Services Engineer - Material Planning to provide engineering and planning support for aircraft materials, spares, and consumables needed for maintenance activities. You will forecast requirements, coordinate with multiple departments, and optimize stock levels to minimise downtime and fleet impact.

The role requires a mechanical/avionics/electrical engineering background with planning experience; Airlines or MRO exposure is valued.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Mechanical, Aeronautical or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in planning.
• Experience in Supply Chain is preferable.
• Aircraft maintenance spares planning experience is preferable.
• Airlines or MRO experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Plan, forecast, and ensure timely availability of aircraft parts, materials, components, and consumables required to support maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with Maintenance Planning, Production Planning, Engineering, Procurement, Technical Materials, and Stores to identify material requirements.
• Monitor material availability and inventory levels to support fleet requirements while minimising excess.
• Review maintenance work packages and programs to forecast material requirements and ensure parts are available prior to maintenance.
• Support provisioning and re-provisioning activities for material groups, including BFE, retrofit and modification programs.
• Apply material planning procedures, inventory policies, forecasting methods, and stocking parameters.
• Assist in meeting KPIs for supply chain metrics and manage AOGs, shortages, and cycle times.
• Identify shortages, supplier delays, and elevated issues, proposing corrective actions to minimise impact.

Skills

Planning experience

Supply chain experience

Aircraft maintenance spares planning

Airlines or MRO experience

Education

Mechanical/Aeronautical/Electrical Engineering

Job description

Role Objective:

The
Technical Services Engineer - Material Planning is responsible for providing
technical and engineering support for the planning, forecasting, and management
of aircraft materials, components, spare parts, and consumables required to
support scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities. The role ensures that
material requirements are accurately identified based on aircraft maintenance
programs, engineering requirements, fleet utilization, and reliability trends,
while maintaining optimum stock levels and minimizing aircraft downtime.

Duties and
Responsibilities:

• Plan,
  forecast, and ensure the timely availability of aircraft parts, materials,
  components, and consumables required to support scheduled and unscheduled
  maintenance activities and fleet operational requirements.
• Coordinate
  with Maintenance Planning, Production Planning, Engineering, Procurement,
  Technical Materials, and Stores to identify and establish material requirements
  arising from maintenance programs, engineering requirements, modifications, and
  operational needs.
• Monitor
  material availability and inventory levels for assigned material groups,
  ensuring optimum stock levels are maintained to support fleet requirements
  while minimizing excess and unnecessary inventory.
• Review
  maintenance work packages, aircraft maintenance programs, engineering
  requirements, and upcoming maintenance inputs to forecast material requirements
  and ensure required parts and components are available prior to maintenance
  commencement.
• Support
  initial provisioning and re-provisioning activities for assigned material
  groups, including Buyer Furnished Equipment (BFE), retrofit and modification
  programs, work-card materials, and breakdown spares, in accordance with fleet
  expansion, utilization, and phase-out plans.
• Apply
  approved material planning procedures, inventory policies, forecasting methods,
  and stocking parameters to establish cost-effective inventory levels and ensure
  adequate technical support for the fleet.
• Assist in
  meeting objectives of supply chain metrics including measurement and control of
  AOGs, Robberies, Shortages, SLAs, Surplus, Deferred Defects, Cycle Time,
  Backlogs and other KPIs.
• Identify,
  assess, and elevate critical material shortages, supplier performance issues,
  extended lead times, and delivery delays, recommending appropriate corrective
  actions to minimize operational and maintenance impact.
• Coordinate
  with Procurement, Technical Materials, Stores, Maintenance, and Engineering to
  resolve material shortages, inventory discrepancies, provisioning issues,
  unserviceable and quarantine stock, and other material-related constraints
  affecting aircraft maintenance.
• Review and
  validate material planning parameters, including reorder points, reorder
  quantities, supplier lead times, average monthly usage, consumption trends, and
  safety stock levels, recommending adjustments based on fleet requirements and
  historical demand.
• Analyse
  slow-moving, non-moving, surplus, and excess inventory and support inventory
  optimization initiatives, including stock rationalization, reallocation, vendor
  buy-back opportunities, and surplus disposal.
• Review
  applicable technical documentation, illustrated parts catalogs, component data,
  vendor information, and approved technical references to support part-number
  relationships, alternate part evaluations, and class-change requests.
• Prepare and
  coordinate documentation for alternate parts advice and class-change requests,
  including drafting applicable forms and compiling the required technical and
  supporting documentation for review and approval.
• Analyse
  aircraft utilization, maintenance requirements, component reliability,
  historical consumption, and fleet trends to improve material demand forecasting
  and optimize inventory requirements.
• Support the
  technical evaluation and identification of suitable aircraft materials,
  components, and alternate part solutions in coordination with Engineering and
  relevant technical departments, ensuring compliance with approved technical and
  regulatory requirements.
• Participate
  in material planning, inventory optimization, cost-reduction, and
  continuous-improvement initiatives to enhance material availability, planning
  accuracy, inventory efficiency, and overall fleet support.
• Provide
  technical material planning support during AOG and critical maintenance
  situations by identifying material requirements, prioritizing critical parts,
  and coordinating with relevant departments to facilitate timely aircraft
  recovery.
• Maintain
  accurate material planning data, forecasts, reports, and records for assigned
  material groups and ensure the integrity and accuracy of relevant planning
  parameters and inventory information.
• Ensure all
  material planning activities comply with applicable aviation regulations,
  approved maintenance and technical procedures, quality standards, company
  policies, and safety requirements.
• Undertake
  any other technical services or material-planning duties related to aircraft
  maintenance and fleet support as directed.

Requirements

• Graduate in Mechanical/Aeronautical/Electrical
  Engineering, or equivalent.
• Having experience in planning.
• Having experience in Supply Chain is preferable
  (Warehouse & Logistics, Repair Management, Material Planning, Support & Inventory Control, Technical Purchasing).
• Having aircraft maintenance spares planning
  experience is preferable.
• Having airlines or MRO work experience will
  also be considered.