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MUHAMMAD ADEEL KHAN

MUHAMMAD ADEEL KHAN

DUBAI,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Summary

Aerospace Engineer with 14+ years of experience in Continuous Airworthiness Management / Maintenance Planning / Operational Planning / Quality Control with special interests in work optimization and process improvement, proficient with airline regulations. Strong track record of training personnel & improving workplace procedures and KPI's, Proficiency in data analysis and as a point of contact between technical and non-technical staff. Capable professional with a keen eye for detail, exceptional multi-tasking capabilities, and advanced technical knowledge seeking role as a senior-level engineer

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Planning Engineer

Emirates Airlines
Dubai, UAE
09.2023 - Current
  • Lead the compliance planning of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks across Line, Line Support, Base Operations, and Base Heavy Maintenance for complex fleet comprising Boeing 777 (all variants), A380-800, A319, A350-900 , A330-200, and A340 aircraft
  • Supervise the development and issuance of optimized, technically compliant maintenance work packages, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements (GCAA, FAA, EASA) and efficient aircraft ground time utilization.
  • Conduct technical audits and content reviews of Work Packages, including Engineering Orders, Special Engineering Work Cards, and Maintenance Control Requests, ensuring accurate technical documentation and executable planning within operational constraints.
  • Liaise closely with internal engineering teams and OEMs to support implementation of Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and modifications, contributing to reliability improvement and continuing airworthiness.
  • Independently scope and define major maintenance events (C-checks, gear replacements, paint inputs) on Ultramain V8 & V9 while coordinating planning across multiple operational departments to ensure alignment with fleet technical requirements and downtime optimization.
  • Review and analyze maintenance forecast data, pilot reports, deferred defects, and recurring technical trends to support proactive planning and continuous improvement in fleet maintainability.
  • Serve as 24/7 compliance and planning focal point for real-time operational issues affecting Line and Base Maintenance, providing immediate support to Production Control and Maintenance Operations.
  • Provide technical planning support for engineering projects, including retrofit programs and cabin reconfigurations, translating engineering inputs into actionable work scopes and schedules

Planning Officer

Emirates Airlines
Dubai, U.A.E
12.2014 - 08.2023
  • Responsible for all maintenance activities on company fleet of Boeing 777 (200, 200ER, 200LR, 200F, 300 & 300ER), Airbus A380-800, Airbus A319, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A340-300/500.
  • Fully conversant with Aircraft maintenance programs.
  • Review aircraft maintenance forecasts to avoid overdue situations and ensure compliance to GCAA, FAA and EASA standards.
  • Create work packs to include routine maintenance tasks as well as any required modifications (applicable Service Bulletins/ Airworthiness Directives) in Line, Base and Heavy Maintenance environments.
  • Analyze/audit Intermediate, Service Check and A-Check work packs for load capacity balance in terms of manpower and material/tooling.
  • Evaluation & compliance planning for manufacturer's service bulletins, service letters, airworthiness directives and other modifications issued by regulatory authorities, aircraft manufactures or vendors.
  • Routine workload assignment and ensuring targets set for team are achieved on a daily basis to meet departmental SLA's.
  • Act as deputy for immediate supervisor and actively seek improvement opportunities within the department and interface business units to create and deliver proactive beneficial changes to the group.
  • Liaison with regulatory authorities, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and other operationally relevant external entities.

Planning Supervisor

Emirates Airlines
Dubai
05.2011 - 12.2014
  • Forecast maintenance requirements for Emirates Airline Fleet and call up for accomplishment in a timely and cost-effective manner within the allocated budget.
  • Coordinate maintenance activities within Emirates Airline to best monitor and control the fleet scheduled and unscheduled maintenance plus modification program.
  • Provide scheduled maintenance tasks requirements such as supporting documents, material preloads, tooling, and produce a flow chart to maximize the maintenance personnel efficiency on the aircraft.
  • Prepare work packages for scheduled maintenance items, Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and Service Letters in coordination with MCC and Engineering departments accordingly. Ensure compliance with the approved Aircraft Maintenance Schedule.
  • Assist with the workflow scheduling by implementing the project plan showing major milestones & events for inputs of more than 3 days.
  • Monitor and update the project plan for ongoing maintenance checks.
  • Identify workflow deficiency areas and coordinate with Maintenance, Material and Planning sections, to ensure a smooth maintenance workflow.
  • Collect historical data from previous inputs to assist in estimating man-hour calculation.
  • Review completed work packages for appropriate signatories, stamps, and sign-offs, to ensure completion of tasks.

Aircraft Maintenance Technician Trainee

Atlas Air
Dubai
07.2010 - 08.2010
  • Inspection of aircraft upon arrival.
  • Carrying out daily and transit checks.
  • Carrying out fueling and de-fueling of aircraft.
  • Removal/Replacement of Tire & Brake Assemblies.

Aircraft Maintenance Technician Trainee

Emirates Airlines
Dubai
07.2008 - 08.2008
  • Disassemble and reassemble of brakes.
  • Identification and demanding of aircraft spares.
  • Preparation and packaging of technical equipment for transportation and amendment.
  • Inspection, maintenance, servicing, repair and fault diagnosis of nose and main landing gear and brakes.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY

Coventry University
UK
09.2009 - 06.2010

Higher National Diploma - AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EMIRATES AVIATION COLLEGE
Dubai
09.2007 - 06.2009

A-LEVELS - Pre-Engineering (Science)

PAKISTAN ISLAMIA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
Sharjah
06.2004 - 07.2006

Skills

  • Leadership quality
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Critical thinking
  • Adaptability
  • Communication
  • Self-motivation
  • MS Office Proficient
  • Auto CAD
  • Oracle
  • Well Versed with Aircraft AMM and IPC
  • Ultramain-v9 Unity
  • Airbus World
  • My Boeing Fleet

Certification

  • General Familiarization Courses B777
  • General Familiarization Courses A380
  • UAE Air Legislation
  • EASA Part M/145
  • FAR-145 Familiarization
  • Communicating with Influence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Safety Management System
  • Aircraft Fuel Tank Safety
  • Human Factors
  • Building Teams for Service Excellence

Languages

English
Fluent
Urdu
Native
Arabic
Elementary

ACHIEVEMANTS

  • Najm Gold - In recognition of my efforts to reduce cost and improve the service delivered to operations by eliminating the manual

cabin pre-draw process and implementing an automatic process

  • Najm Silver – In Recognition of my innovative skills and initiative displayed in the design and implementation of a practical idea to fabricate an expensive lavatory/cabin re-circulation filter in-house resulting in tremendous savings at every A380 Service check
  • Najm Bronze – In recognition of my efforts to streamline the engineering feedback process.
  • Najm Merit – In Recognition of my business thinking, collaboration and drive displayed in driving efficiency and streamlining the current process of scoping an A380 A check work pack thus saving considerable man hours for the company.
  • Najm Merit – Great Collaboration and assistance with the successful completion of the A380 OOP and AMPES MR implementation project

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Planning Engineer

Emirates Airlines
09.2023 - Current

Planning Officer

Emirates Airlines
12.2014 - 08.2023

Planning Supervisor

Emirates Airlines
05.2011 - 12.2014

Aircraft Maintenance Technician Trainee

Atlas Air
07.2010 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY

Coventry University
09.2009 - 06.2010

Aircraft Maintenance Technician Trainee

Emirates Airlines
07.2008 - 08.2008

Higher National Diploma - AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EMIRATES AVIATION COLLEGE
09.2007 - 06.2009

A-LEVELS - Pre-Engineering (Science)

PAKISTAN ISLAMIA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
06.2004 - 07.2006

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