Ops Planning & Control Planner – Etihad Airways – Abu Dhabi – UAE
Etihad Airways invites applications for Ops Planning & Control Planner in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Job Title:
Ops Planning & Control Planner
Job Description:
Synopsis:
The OPC Planner reports to the Sr. Manager Short-Term Planning. The OPC Planner facilitates CAMO Short-Term Planning’s maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods for the short-term maintenance planning of the aircraft fleet while delivering a quality product at optimized costs to the customer for all tasks below A Check.
Accountabilities:
• Ensure that all operational and maintenance planning activities within the 24-hour operational window are well-coordinated and optimized to maximize efficiency and minimize disruptions.
• Address and plan defects related to both operational and guest-related aspects, with an unlimited range.
• Manage aircraft swaps, AOG situations effectively, and attend meetings to discuss and address operational and maintenance planning matters.
• Optimize workpackages by balancing demand and capacity for the day of Ops, ensuring that the workload aligns with the team’s capabilities and resources.
• Collaborate with Short Term Planning Engineers and Operations to review the forecast for maintenance requirements, ensuring suitable maintenance slots are allocated, and optimizing aircraft operation.
• Execute the approved Aircraft Maintenance Program.
• Review open workpackages, ensuring all maintenance requirements are completed within the prescribed time period, and complete the workpackage closure process (including reporting back on completed tasks and initiating re-planning activities as necessary).
• Ensure any extension to inspection intervals is approved, controlled, and monitored.
• Supervise and guide to support staff.
• Act as the first point of contact for Operational issues from MCC, Light and Heavy Maintenance OTP, or downtime extensions for Line Maintenance and NOC.
• Communicate with Light, Line Maintenance, and Etihad NOC to negotiate maintenance slots.
• Assign tail allocation to flights schedules provided by network planning.
• Liaise with the Commercial department regarding extra revenue flights and Ad Hoc requirements for non-scheduled maintenance.
• Monitor the compliance of maintenance slots using approved system data to ensure timely execution of planned maintenance (02-Weeks Slot Plan) for Line and Light Maintenance downtime.
• Conduct aircraft maintenance project planning, including task estimation and work package preparation during the absence of the CAMO Planning Engineers.
• Execute tasks related to Engineering Work Instructions and mandatory requirements for continued airworthiness management.
• Monitor and plan all MEDA/Stretcher requests.
• Issue and save SMI-CRS as per requirements.
• Ensure any extension to inspection intervals is approved, controlled, and monitored.
• Supervise and provide guidance to support staff.
Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical, Mechanical, or Electrical/Electronic Engineering or relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant job-related experience in aviation maintenance planning.
• Familiarity with maintenance forecasting tools and software.
• Knowledge of aviation regulations, especially in maintenance planning.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities
About Etihad Airways:
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world’s leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad’s codeshare partners, Etihad’s network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more. Etihad is recognised as one of the world’s leading airlines in response to COVID-19 and was the first airline in the world to fully vaccinate its crew on board.
Etihad sees tackling the climate crisis as the most important issue of our time, and through strategic partnerships with major global aviation brands and OEMs, Etihad is relentless in its pursuit of industry decarbonisation.
