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Manpower & Crew Pairings Planner

Country UAE
City Abu Dhabi
Department Flight Operations
Closing date 22 December 2012
Job PurposeTo continually analyse commercial schedule requirements and crew resource availability to optimise crew resources in a productive and cost efficient manner at both a strategic and tactical level. Based on detailed analysis and 'what if' modelling, recommend optimum crew movements & crew pairing solutions and identify opportunities for cost avoidance and cost saving.
Responsibilities
  • Produce accurate short, medium & long term crew resource requirements using best available information
  • Ensure availability of adequate qualified flying crew to meet the requirements of the operation, considering all aspects of manpower planning calculations
  • Provide detailed reporting on all manpower planning assumptions
  • Track and produce all crew resource KPI’s for corporate scorecard and finance
  • Provide cost analysis of manpower requirements, lead times, tranining costs
  • Produce & maintain full transparent process for GCAA, Internal Governance, Internal Quality & Safety, and Finance audits
  • Maintain & update as required, all data and planning assumptions in the Manpower planning optimization system
  • Produce cost efficient high level training plans to maintain operational stability
  • Build annual crew resource budgets that meet the requirements of the company
  • Responsible for running the Pairing optimization system, loading of network SSIM files to produce monthly crew pairings and handover to the rostering teams within agreed timescales
  • Use the Pairing optimization system to do what if analysis as required on changes to schedule, crew basing, MFF pairings, seasonal schedules, crew fleeting, crew compliment changes, productivity analysis, new AC type inclusion, new destination in schedule and recommend ideal solutions
  • Create Crew Pairings that are cost-efficient whilst being operationally practical
  • Optimise variable costs associated with crew activity (e.g. crew allowances, hotels and ground transport)
  • Fine tuning of rules and parameters which have an impact on pairing solutions – ensuring the optimum balance of cost / productivity / quality is achieved
  • Plan efficient, legal manpower and pairings solutions to meet the fast paced growth of the airline
  • Work with Finance department to ensure crew and crew related costs are within budget levels, and report on & identify reasons for crossing budget levels
  • Work with Network planning to analyze and report on the impact of significant schedule changes on crew pairing solutions
  • Constantly working with all departments involved having a direct effect on manpower requirements, network schedule changes for pairing optimizer, MPP formula changes, historical stats, training resource, etc
Requirements
Qualification & Education:
  • Must hold a minimum of University / College level education. Advanced education in mathematics, statistics, and decision making is esstential.
 
Experience:
  • A minimum of 5 years of direct flight operational experience in Crew Resource area. Experience in manpower planning and pairing optimization is highly recommended.
 
Training & Knowledge: 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • High computer literacy
  • Excellent creative writing skills
  • Strategic planning and project management skills
  • Good knowledge of MSoffice, including excel, word & power point