Senior Planning Engineer

Job PurposeTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance trackingKey ResponsibilitiesPlanning Governance & CoordinationEnsure 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 & ControlTrack plan vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).Identify gaps in:Production planning and adherenceMaintenance schedulingResource utilizationMaterial availability and delivery trackingHighlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management. Reporting & Data IntegrityEnforce timely submission of monthly reports from both departments.Review reports for:AccuracyCompletenessKPI alignmentConsolidate and present a management-level performance dashboard.Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.Planning Improvement & OptimizationAnalyze inefficiencies such as:Production delaysLow team utilizationPoor schedule adherenceInaccurate job duration estimatesPropose actionable improvements using best practices.Drive implementation of:Planning tools (ERP/MRP scheduling, trackers)Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)Forecasting methodsRequirementsQualificationsBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field10-15 years’ experience in:Production planning / maintenance planning / operations controlExperience in both manufacturing and service environments is highly preferredSkills & CompetenciesStrong analytical and data interpretation skillsExcel / ERP / planning tools knowledgeKPI design and performance trackingStrong coordination and stakeholder managementProblem-solving and root cause analysisHigh attention to detail and discipline enforcementJob PurposeTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance trackingKey ResponsibilitiesPlanning Governance & CoordinationEnsure 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 & ControlTrack plan vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).Identify gaps in:Production planning and adherenceMaintenance schedulingResource utilizationMaterial availability and delivery trackingHighlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management. Reporting & Data IntegrityEnforce timely submission of monthly reports from both departments.Review reports for:AccuracyCompletenessKPI alignmentConsolidate and present a management-level performance dashboard.Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.Planning Improvement & OptimizationAnalyze inefficiencies such as:Production delaysLow team utilizationPoor schedule adherenceInaccurate job duration estimatesPropose actionable improvements using best practices.Drive implementation of:Planning tools (ERP/MRP scheduling, trackers)Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)Forecasting methods

Job Purpose

Job PurposeJob PurposeJob PurposeJob PurposeTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance trackingTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance trackingTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance trackingTo establish, monitor, and enhance planning effectiveness across Manufacturing and Service departments by ensuring structured planning, accurate reporting, and performance tracking

Key Responsibilities

Key ResponsibilitiesKey ResponsibilitiesKey ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities

Planning Governance & Coordination

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• Ensure both Manufacturing and Service departments develop clear, realistic, and data-driven plans (production plans, maintenance schedules, resource allocation).

Ensure both Manufacturing and Service departments develop clear, realistic, and data-driven plans (production plans, maintenance schedules, resource allocation).Ensure both Manufacturing and Service departments develop clear, realistic, and data-driven plans (production plans, maintenance schedules, resource allocation).Ensure both Manufacturing and Service departments developEnsure both Manufacturing and Service departments developclear, realistic, and data-driven plansclear, realistic, and data-driven plansclear, realistic, and data-driven plans(production plans, maintenance schedules, resource allocation).(production plans, maintenance schedules, resource allocation).

• Facilitate alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and constraints.

Facilitate alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and constraints.Facilitate alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and constraints.Facilitate alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and constraints.Facilitate alignment between departments on planning assumptions, priorities, and constraints.

• Standardize planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.

Standardize planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.Standardize planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.Standardize planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.Standardize planning templates, tools, and methodologies across departments.

Performance Monitoring & Control

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• Track plan vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).

Track plan vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).Track plan vs. actual performance across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).TrackTrackplan vs. actual performanceplan vs. actual performanceplan vs. actual performanceacross all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).across all KPIs (production, service execution, utilization, delivery, etc.).

• Identify gaps in:

Identify gaps in:Identify gaps in:Identify gaps in:Identify gaps in:

• Production planning and adherence

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• Maintenance scheduling

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• Resource utilization

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• Material availability and delivery tracking

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• Highlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management.

Highlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management.Highlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management.Highlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management.Highlight deviations and escalate critical risks to management.

Reporting & Data Integrity

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• Enforce timely submission of monthly reports from both departments.

Enforce timely submission of monthly reports from both departments.Enforce timely submission of monthly reports from both departments.Enforce timely submission ofEnforce timely submission ofmonthly reportsmonthly reportsmonthly reportsfrom both departments.from both departments.

• Review reports for:

Review reports for:Review reports for:Review reports for:Review reports for:

• Accuracy

AccuracyAccuracyAccuracyAccuracy

• Completeness

CompletenessCompletenessCompletenessCompleteness

• KPI alignment

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• Consolidate and present a management-level performance dashboard.

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• Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.

Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.Ensure data consistency across all KPIs and reporting sections.

Planning Improvement & Optimization

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• Analyze inefficiencies such as:

Analyze inefficiencies such as:Analyze inefficiencies such as:Analyze inefficiencies such as:Analyze inefficiencies such as:

• Production delays

Production delaysProduction delaysProduction delaysProduction delays

• Low team utilization

Low team utilizationLow team utilizationLow team utilizationLow team utilization

• Poor schedule adherence

Poor schedule adherencePoor schedule adherencePoor schedule adherencePoor schedule adherence

• Inaccurate job duration estimates

Inaccurate job duration estimatesInaccurate job duration estimatesInaccurate job duration estimatesInaccurate job duration estimates

• Propose actionable improvements using best practices.

Propose actionable improvements using best practices.Propose actionable improvements using best practices.Propose actionable improvements using best practices.Propose actionable improvements using best practices.

• Drive implementation of:

Drive implementation of:Drive implementation of:Drive implementation of:Drive implementation of:

• Planning tools (ERP/MRP scheduling, trackers)

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• Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)

Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)Standard planning cycles (weekly/monthly)

• Forecasting methods

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