Planning Engineer

·        Ensure engineering department guidelines and policies are incorporated in the planning of works.

·        Work closely with the General Maintenance Engineer and General Utility Engineer in implementing effectively the clearance system for day-to-day maintenance work orders including organizing & prioritizing based on urgency; balanced workload distribution and backlog clearance prior to posting by concerned section engineer to ensure smooth execution.

·        Estimate the standard hours and manpower required for each planned work order with the assistance of General Maintenance Engineer and General Utility Engineer,

·        Plan and schedule maintenance work to achieve optimize the quantity and quality of the maintenance service provided, safely, on time, and at a reasonable cost.

·        Consolidate, analyze and review the weekly maintenance works on productivity, effectiveness and cost and submit to all concerned engineers and managers in the affiliate in a timely manner.

·        Analyze and review results of corrective maintenance of emergency/urgent nature, and advising on possible remedial solutions.

·        Analyze and review the variance between the Engineering Maintenance Standard benchmarks against actual and recommend action plan for improvement with the support of General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers.

·        Conduct feasibility studies, if necessary, on viability of planned work order requests to avoid unnecessary expenditures that may otherwise be used more effectively.

·        Plan, schedule and review the preparation, execution and commissioning checkouts and test-runs of new equipment, products, and/or machinery with the Project, General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers.

·        Track the warranties of externally maintained services and advise the General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers on maturity with sufficient lead times.

·        Monitor calibration of all instruments to ensure they are accurately calibrated as per the specifications recommended by the vendors, and ensure they are properly recorded according to planned calibration schedule.

·        Assist the General Maintenance and General Utility Engineers in setting the minimum stock level and stock reorder quantity for local and foreign spare parts.

·        Assist the General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers in preparing the annual Maintenance and Repair budgets as well as capital expenditures (CAPEX) prior to submission to Engineering Manager.

·        Support and assist in developing engineering safety procedures, and coordinate with QA/QC on related procedures for product safety.

·       Channel departmental maintenance planning instructions or decisions to General Maintenance, and General Utility Engineers and report on the results of maintenance activities to the Engineering Manager.

·        Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Experience.

·        Engineering applications and software.

·        Knowledge mechanical/electrical testing equipment and measuring instruments.

·        Knowledge of pneumatics/hydraulics, HVAC, and general electrical

·        MS Office applications, PMP, AUTOCAD

·        Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages

·       Basic knowledge of FSMS