Senior Planning Engineer

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

Planning Governance & Coordination

• Ensure both
  Manufacturing and Service departments develop clear, realistic, and
  data-driven plans (production plans, maintenance schedules, resource
  allocation).
  
• Facilitate
  alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and
  constraints.
  
• Standardize
  planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.
  
  

Performance
Monitoring & Control

• Track plan
  vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution,
  utilization, delivery, etc.).
  
• Identify gaps
  in:
  
• Production
  planning and adherence
  
• Maintenance
  scheduling
  
• Resource
  utilization
  
• Material
  availability and delivery tracking
  
• Highlight
  deviations and escalate critical risks to management.
  

 Reporting & Data Integrity

• Enforce timely
  submission of monthly reports from both departments.
  
• Review reports
  for:
  
• Accuracy
  
• Completeness
  
• KPI alignment
  
• Consolidate and
  present a management-level performance dashboard.
  
• Ensure data
  consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.
  

Planning Improvement & Optimization

• Analyze
  inefficiencies such as:
  
• Production
  delays
  
• Low team
  utilization
  
• Poor schedule
  adherence
  
• Inaccurate job
  duration estimates
  
• Propose
  actionable improvements using best practices.
  
• Drive
  implementation of:
  
• Planning tools
  (ERP/MRP scheduling, trackers)
  
• Standard
  planning cycles (weekly/monthly)
  
• Forecasting
  methods
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s
  degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field
  
• 10-15 years’
  experience in:
  
• Production
  planning / maintenance planning / operations control
  
• Experience in
  both manufacturing and service environments is highly preferred
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strong
  analytical and data interpretation skills
  
• Excel / ERP /
  planning tools knowledge
  
• KPI design and
  performance tracking
  
• Strong
  coordination and stakeholder management
  
• Problem-solving
  and root cause analysis
  
• High attention
  to detail and discipline enforcement