Cargo Planning Controller

Job Purpose

Cargo Planning Controller

In This Role, You Will

• Manage and maintain the operational schedule of the freighter network, ensuring alignment with commercial requirements, operational feasibility, and integration with passenger and interline partner schedules.
• Coordinate medium- and short-term freighter operational planning with internal departments including Cargo Capacity Control, Network Control Centre, Flight Operations, Engineering, and outstation management teams, as well as external wet lease operators.
• Monitor daily and future freighter operations to identify operational constraints, schedule risks, aircraft limitations, or capacity bottlenecks, and proactively implement mitigation measures to minimise disruptions.
• Analyse cargo flows through major hubs and outstations to optimise network connectivity, aircraft routing, payload performance, and cargo uplift opportunities.
• Review aircraft deployment plans and tail assignments to ensure optimal utilisation of fleet capabilities, while identifying opportunities to improve payload performance and operational efficiency.
• Liaise with wet lease operators, airport authorities, ground handling agents, and third-party service providers to ensure operational readiness, schedule compliance, and effective handling of irregular operations.
• Support the planning and carriage of specialised, temperature-sensitive, dangerous goods, and outsized cargo in accordance with International Air Transport Association and International Civil Aviation Organization regulations and company operational procedures.
• Monitor fleet utilisation levels to ensure contractual utilisation targets for leased aircraft are achieved while maximising the productivity of company-owned freighter assets.
• Prepare operational analyses, utilisation reports, and schedule performance reviews, providing recommendations to enhance network reliability, operational efficiency, and revenue generation.
• Participate in disruption management and operational recovery planning to ensure continuity of cargo operations during aircraft, airport, weather, or network-related disruptions.

Qualification

• To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:
• Have completed a Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in a relevant field combined with 5+ years of experience in Logistics/Cargo - Air Cargo specifically.

Knowledge And Skills

• Experience in the air cargo industry or in a ground handling cargo section with a minimum in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience in airline capacity & revenue optimisation management
• Excellent knowledge of the commercial fundamentals of freighters including selling rates and aircraft costs and freighter profitability.
• Superior communication skills (both written and oral) especially when dealing with senior and technical colleagues both within and external to EK.
• Wide range of technical skills across a wide range of aircraft operations, cargo loading, aircraft and crew
• Scheduling, slots and aircraft engineering.
• Should have good knowledge of IATA regulations, rules and procedures.
• Should have completed approved Cargo Acceptance and Handling courses including Special Cargo Handling and Acceptance, Cargo Product Knowledge, Advanced Load Control and Freighter Load Control.
• At Emirates, we're committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop in their careers.
• So if you're looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team!

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