Engineering Planning & System Analyst

Mallaghan Engineering is continuing to scale its Engineering capability to support the development of innovative, sustainable and next-generation Airport Ground Support Equipment. To enable this growth, we are seeking an Engineering Planning & Systems Analyst to provide structured planning, reporting and systems support to the Engineering function.

This role will act as the operational backbone of the Engineering team, ensuring:

• the right resources are aligned to the right projects
• delivery plans are realistic and optimised
• capacity risks are visible early
• engineering systems are effective and continuously improved

This is a highly analytical, process-driven role combining planning coordination, reporting, systems optimisation and continuous improvement.

• Support the development and maintenance of Engineering resource plans across all projects
• Monitor team capacity, utilisation and workload balancing
• Identify constraints, bottlenecks and potential delivery risks
• Highlight project delays or resource conflicts early and propose mitigation actions
• Assist with prioritisation of engineering tasks in line with business objectives
• Analyse trends in engineering output, delivery performance and workload
• Review proposed plan changes and assess cause-and-effect impacts
• Provide scenario planning to evaluate alternative resource allocations
• Support optimisation of schedules to improve on-time delivery and efficiency
• Drive data-led decision making within Engineering leadership
• Develop clear, structured dashboards and reports for Engineering and Senior Management
• Present planning data in simple, actionable formats
• Provide weekly and monthly KPIs including:
  • Capacity utilisation
  • Project delivery status
  • Workload trends
  • Risk indicators

• Act as super-user/administrator for Engineering planning and project management systems (e.g. Click-Up)
• Develop and improve existing company systems, workflows and reporting tools
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency and governance
• Supporting automation and digitalisation of manual processes
• Drive CI to enhance efficiency

• Experience in planning, coordination, reporting or analytical support roles
• High level of IT literacy (Excel, data analysis, reporting tools)
• Familiarity with project management or scheduling software (e.g. Click-Up or similar)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Methodical, organised and process-driven mindset
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks effectively
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience supporting Engineering, Manufacturing or Technical teams
• Experience with Power BI or similar dashboard tools