Production Planning Supervisor

Production Planning Supervisor is an entry level role in our Production planning team, you will plan, execute and deliver the materials co-ordination, estimation, work pack preparation, closure and workshop planning within the aircraft maintenance organisation. To assist the Production Planning Engineers in the delivery of their role and support the Production team in the execution of maintenance. Ensure all activities are delivered to the highest standards of airworthiness, safety and quality compliance.

In this role, you will:

Participate in projects to continuously improve the Production Planning Service.

• Materials Co-Ordination:
  • Co-ordinate with internal and External Stakeholders as required to ensure the pre-draw is delivered before A/C input, including mod kits on the dates agreed with the production team.
  • Provide recommendations on task withdrawal based on part non-availability and lead times which do not support the check workflow.
  • Review all materials requests for the ongoing check to see if there is stock available and coordinate delivery based on order priority. -onitor for duplicate requests and cancel/adjust as required. Determine the best solution for all materials shortages. Coordinate with Material Organization/FTM on Part Basic set-up.
  • Co-ordinate all Ship Shop Ship(S/S/S), Tasks 2 and repair orders to ensure they will be returned to the aircraft in accordance with the required dates per the workflow plan or substitute parts are sourced.

a. Ensure all S/S/S or tasks 2 parts are dispatched with all required information listed.

Ensure all relevant stake holders are kept updated on the materials status for the check, especially any items which may impact on the workflow of the input.
a. Provide appropriate daily reports to the Production Planning Engineers and production teams.

• • • • Monitor the actual material issues V?s the Check Budget and provide feedback to the production team on opportunities to reduce the materials cost including working with the production team to return unused parts.
      • Coordinate the Robbery activity for assigned events, ensuring robbery messages are sent and robbed parts are processed through the virtual robbery store to control R Class costs.
      • Co-ordinate all materials related closure actions at the end of each input including:
        a. DBNU clean-up and feedback to the planning organisation for future DBNU reduction.
        b. Review the materials spend in terms of parts, quantity & cost at the end of each input and provide recommendations on future stock levels, contingency spares orders and unusual order patterns.

• Work pack Management:
  • Deliver the check work package preparation and compilation process for assigned events, from handover of a package by CAMO to the handover of it to the production team. Continuously update the work pack as supplements are added or tasks withdrawn.
  •  Review the work packages received from CAMO highlighting first time tasks and generating and actioning planning notes.
  • Manage work package feedback responses from EK Engineering support departments (i.e. Maintenance Planning, Configuration Management Group, Engineering Technical Services, and Maintenance Programmes) and ensure they are provided to the stakeholders (i.e. Base Heavy Maintenance, Production Support Engineers and Workshops).
  • Ensure segregation of work packages into working zones/trades as per the work flow plan for proper and smooth execution of maintenance input prior to each event. Ensure the work pack is displayed in the production area as required.
  • Actively work on DBNU reduction for routine tasks by working with the materials coordinators to identify route causes and do the necessary adjustment to the spares set up on the tasks to ensure DBNU is minimized. Adjust MQs in UM to match the daily plan of tasks.
  • Receive and complete audit of all paperwork prior to CRS and ensure it conforms to all EPM and quality requirements. Any paperwork failing audit to be returned to Production for correction and logged for error reporting.
  • Complete all IT systems transactions including tasks status tracking in the 145 task tracking system, task card closure and work pack closure in UM. Generate a post check completion report and distribute to all relevant parties and dispatch completed work packs to Technical Records.

• Workshops:
  • Ensure all the planned work is packaged, segregated into daily activities and provided to production. Ensure visibility of daily workload progress and update WO status to indicate shortages of materials/resources.
  • For SSS/Tasks 2, highlight major defects and check timelines to the Workshop Engineer through effective and timely communication.
  • Coordinate the addition of PNs to the capability list as required.
  • Update and publish daily progress report.
  • Monitor open WOs for man-hour/material/work progress and update WO status on a daily basis.