Role Purpose

• Coordinate aircraft routing to ensure maximum ground time utilization and to manage operation disruption of scheduled/unscheduled maintenance and to monitor the plan of short/medium term scheduled/unscheduled tasks including engines, APUs, and landing gears and fulfil the requirements of the aircraft availability. He can lead subordinates

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain Saudia aircraft’s maintenance forecast for continued airworthiness.
• Prepare and submit short/medium term maintenance plans and schedules before deadlines.
• Participate and support with other related divisions for maintenance requirements setup.
• Create and publish short/medium term maintenance plans thru work packages according to timeline of workflow.
• Comply with all relevant safety and environmental management policies, procedures and controls to ensure healthy and safe work environment.
• Develop own professional expertise through self-learning.
• Undertake straightforward segmented data collection, analysis and report, presentation preparation activities in order to support superiors.
• Coordinate aircraft parking process and initiate aircraft parking program.
• Monitor & report validity of aircrafts documents and certification.
• Coordinate with aircraft tail assignment team to react with aircraft health monitoring (AHM) alerts to reduce operation disruption.
• Provide work direction and first line supervision to ensure completion of tasks.
• Maintain awareness of developments in specific planning fields in order to keep informed and identify opportunities for improvements for the benefit of SAUDIA.
• Review and adjust line maintenance workload by capacity planning.
• Identify and addresses frequently recurring problems with level of experience, reaching solutions for chief’s review prior implementation.
• Assist in interpretation and prioritizing maintenance work tasks and ensure each fleet type is maintained as per approved standards.
• Implement the day-to-day operations assigned to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
• Implement approved policies and procedures and ensure adherence with the process implemented so that work is carried out in controlled manner.
• Implement approved policies and procedures and ensure adherence with the process implemented so that work is carried out in controlled manner.
• Implement the day-to-day operations assigned to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
• Assist in interpretation and prioritizing maintenance work tasks and ensure each fleet type is maintained as per approved standards.
• Ensure to execute the schedule maintenance according to the plan.
• Liaise with other related units for the maintenance requirements.
• Develop and ensure that all types of task cards (MTC/TSV/CCC/JIC) are properly updated, and master files are maintained of all related documents with their current revisions.
• Collect information and data on routine maintenance tasks, information and data on non-routine maintenance tasks, Engineering Orders and Airworthiness Directives and others.
• Consolidate the collected information into a workload forecast.
• Monitor the Plan of major/significant modification, inspection as required.
• Forecasts on-wing time for engines and built-in time for APUs and landing gear.
• Review the work scope of Aircraft heavy maintenance.
• Review the plan of maintenance work packages.
• Review the Schedule ADs in a timely manner, establish and maintain data.
• Perform aircraft storage program.
• Identify and addresses frequently recurring problems with level of experience, reaching solutions for chief’s review prior implementation.
• Maintain awareness of developments in specific planning fields in order to keep informed and identify opportunities for improvements for the benefit of SAUDIA.
• Provide work direction and first line supervision to ensure completion of tasks.
• Perform related duties as instructed by superiors.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in airline industry.
• In-depth understanding of aircraft systems and components.
• Familiarity with maintenance procedures and regulatory requirements (e.g., FAA, EASA).
• Proficiency in using maintenance management systems (e.g., AMOS, TRAX).
• Ability to create and manage maintenance schedules efficiently.
• Skills in managing manpower, tools, and materials for maintenance tasks.
• Competence in predicting maintenance requirements based on usage and aircraft condition.
• Ability to analyze maintenance data to improve processes and efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve maintenance issues.