Production Planning Engineer

Hanwha Aerospace is hiring a Production Planning Engineer to join our manufacturing operations in Cairo.

This role is designed for an experienced production-planning or production-engineering professional who wants real ownership of an integrated manufacturing schedule. You will connect planning data with actual shop-floor performance, identify risks early and coordinate practical actions that protect monthly output and delivery commitments.

In this role, you will:

• Build and control an integrated production schedule covering multiple workstreams, suppliers and dozens of component types.

• Extend and regularly update the production schedule using the existing Excel-based production database.

• Set and monitor Takt Time using available production time and demand, and compare it with actual process cycle times.

• Break product lead time into operations, identify bottlenecks and assess monthly capacity and delivery feasibility.

• Analyze standard versus actual time, defects, rework, equipment conditions and work-instruction requirements to determine causes of schedule variance.

• Verify actual progress and production constraints on the shop floor and reflect delays, early completion, open issues and expected completion dates in the schedule.

• Assign owners and due dates for delays, track actions through closure and escalate unresolved constraints.

• Propose schedule recovery, resequencing, bottleneck relief and resource-adjustment options and incorporate approved decisions into the plan.

• Coordinate interdependent processes, supplier schedules, component availability and linked production plans.

• Maintain accurate Excel data for products, processes, standard and actual time, Takt Time, progress and issues.

What you can expect:

• End-to-end ownership of a complex, multi-product production schedule.

• Direct influence on delivery performance, capacity decisions and schedule recovery.

• A role that combines data analysis with regular shop-floor engagement.

• An opportunity to become the local planning focal point throughout the project period.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in production planning, production control or production engineering in machinery or industrial manufacturing.

• Demonstrated experience independently managing a complex, multi-product and multi-process production schedule.

• Strong understanding of Takt Time, cycle time, lead time, bottlenecks, production capacity, standard time and actual time.

• Ability to identify the cause of schedule variance using shop-floor progress, defect, rework, equipment and work-condition data.

• Practical Excel skills, including tables, filters, sorting, basic formulas and VLOOKUP or an equivalent lookup function.

• Willingness to verify progress and constraints directly on the shop floor rather than relying only on office reports.

• Strong follow-up and coordination skills, including the ability to assign owners and deadlines and drive unresolved actions through closure.

• Ability to explain schedule risks clearly and propose realistic recovery or lead-time-reduction actions.

• Working English communication skills for coordination with suppliers and international stakeholders.

• Willingness to work on-site in Cairo. Regular night-shift work is not planned, although occasional additional support may be required according to operational needs and company procedures.

• Experience in machining-centred manufacturing, general machinery production, production equipment or component-supply coordination is strongly preferred.