Planning and Production Control Manager at Arik Air Ltd

Arik Air is West-Africas leading airline operating a domestic, regional and international flight network. It operates mainly from two hubs at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Arik Air's head office is the Arik Air Aviation Center on the grounds of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.

We are currently recruiting for the position below

Job Position: Planning and Production Control Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Description

• Provides and manages maintenance plans and work packs, so that required maintenance is performed when due, and there by issues continued aircraft air worthiness and flight safety.

Working relationships

• Relates with the AVP Engineering and Planing, Engineering Manager, AVP Maintenance, Maintenance Service Providers, MROs, Supply chain etc.

Responsibilities

• Analyses maintenance forecast to plan for all inspections, overhauls, AD compliance, SB/EO compliance and other maintenance requirements on Airframes, engines, LDGs, APUs, Components etc. in accordance with the Nig.CARs;
• Develops and issues maintenance work packages and coordinates manpower, parts, tooling, etc. requirements with the Associate VP - Maintenance and the Quality Manager;
• Maintains liaison with the other areas in the Technical Department to resolve problems related to time limits, work instructions etc, and exercise follow-up and control on the implementation schedule for various maintenance activities, and assure timely implementation of the schedules
• Ensures all maintenance requirements controlled by Flight Hours, Flight Cycles, and/or Calendar times are complied with in accordance with the Nig.CARs;
• Monitors completion of assigned workloads, rescheduling them as necessary to comply with appropriate limitations;
• Assure that the planning and production control process shall be effectively accomplished and manages the coordination between the planning and maintenance.
• Set up and maintain material planning efforts to support maintenance department and provide material control functions
• Coordinates with Supply Chain, Records, Maintenance Control and Quality Control as required; and ensures that major components are available for forecasted scheduled changes.
• Develops a Production Man-hours Plan that shows sufficient availability of man-hours for each intended work-scope
• Ensures completeness and accuracy of all documentation used for the planning, executing and recording of all maintenance tasks;
• Manages Aircraft Records / Documentation ensuring secure and safe retention of all aircraft maintenance records and documentation, and keeping compliance status records updated.

Qualifications and Skills

• B.Sc Degree in an Engineering field.
• Sound airline engineering knowledge, extensive proven experience in airline engineering field, including some experience in a supervisor/managerial role;
• Effective written and oral communication skills, proven analytical skills and computer literate.
• Attention to details;
• Excellent organizational / managerial skills and Good Team Player;
• Hardworking, self motivated and result oriented.

Application Closing Date
12th April, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online