Sr Aircraft Maintenance Planner

About Aloula Aviation

Aloula Aviation, located in Dammam, Eastern Region, is seeking a Sr Aircraft Maintenance Planner to join its team. This full-time role involves essential planning functions for aircraft maintenance operations, supporting the Saudi Aramco fleet.

Role Overview

The Sr Aircraft Maintenance Planner performs core production planning for line and hangar maintenance, including scheduled maintenance and modification incorporation. The role involves SAP entry for routine and non-routine work cards, preparing statistical information, and other critical maintenance planning data to support work scope development and maintenance forecasts. Familiarity with the Fleet Planner function is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Support other planners and process routine and non-routine maintenance forms.
• Perform SAP entry for routine and non-routine work cards.
• Ensure daily status reports are reviewed and accurately reflect aircraft availability.
• Return dismantled parts to material personnel, including historical cards if applicable, for external repair.
• Assist Planner II in updating maintenance programs as revisions are received.
• Maintain a standard maintenance record filing system, ensuring information accessibility for maintenance personnel.
• Ensure refreshment orders are created following equipment dismantlement.
• Provide production planning support by creating defect notifications and unplanned orders in SAP, duplicating information from non-routine write-ups.
• Verify data of involved parts in the system (Equipment) and define correct equipment numbers based on serial numbers.
• Maintain man-hours according to non-routine tasks, update aircraft time counters for proper notification closure (TECO), and perform planner board corrections.
• Update notifications with corrective actions as reflected in non-routine discrepancies.
• Ensure system data matches hard copy records.
• Obtain physical verification of dismantled parts, serial numbers, part numbers, and perform equipment movements.
• Provide data to the Senior Planner for the development of maintenance schedules and budget reports.
• Collaborate with Planner II to identify long-term requirements and advise on work accomplishment timelines.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in aircraft maintenance office and administrative duties.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in the specialized field of aircraft maintenance planning.
• Working knowledge of computer applications relevant to maintenance and inspection tracking is preferable.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Dammam, Eastern Region, supporting the planning functions for the Saudi Aramco fleet under the direction of a Senior Planner.