Mechanical Senior Supervisor

• Manage and Supervise detailed maintenance, inspection activities on aircraft or aircraft components. Assuring work carried out has been completed in accordance with the SOW / Work package using the relevant approved technical information. Resolve faults and maintenance issues, including configuration management.
  
• Manage and Supervise a team to ensure that maintenance is undertaken to schedule and highlight any issues, escalate as required. Report on any impact to the wider programme.
  
• Demonstrates a flexible and proactive attitude to carrying out responsibilities appropriate to the role and takes direction appropriately.
  
• Ensure staff are sufficiently competent and authorised for the maintenance tasks allocated to them.
  
• Maintains own & teams’ task authorisations for working on an aircraft or components in accordance with AMC requirements.
  
• Responsible for meeting agreed delivery targets in the short to medium term through the supervision of others. Progress reporting against delivery targets to management.
  
• Provides guidance and leadership to the team. Develops team members using formal assessment processes, e.g. PDR’s, supports and sponsors training requests including ‘on the job training’. Demonstrates sound and comprehensive communication and people management skills in order to exchange complicated information.
  
• Ability to scope and carry out independent inspections.
  
• Maintain personal Log Book to demonstrate currency and recency, on completion of On the Job training (OJT) activities, sign other personnel’s Log Books as appropriate within your trade and skills boundaries.
  
• Monitor the schedule and co-ordinate maintenance task support.
  
• Supervise the Flight Line Mechanics in delivery of the aircraft to execute the flying programme.
  
• Assist in the Investigation and closure of all local applicable Error Management Processes.
  

• Performance indicators – Ensure the effective provision of Part 145 activities by meeting delivery targets and reporting any impact on Continuing Airworthiness. Understand how individual actions contribute to overall delivery performance.
  
• Completion of activities – Ensure all Part 145 activities are appropriately documented and airworthiness records are maintained on relevant systems (IT / paper based). Compile required reporting, identify any issues and escalate as appropriate.
  
• Procedure/standards – Comply with the Part 145 Exposition, its associated procedures and standards and any other Company procedures and standards, as applicable. Identify and propose changes, as required.
  
• Safety Management System – Ensure Human Factors and Error Management philosophies are applied to all Part 145 activities. Understand the risks associated with Part 145 and the means by which they are mitigated and managed.
  
• Management System Assurance – Ensure Part 145 activities are compliant with the AM&S Governance and Assurance framework, including supporting Process Confirmations and independent assurance audits. Support the implementation of identified improvements to overcome any non-compliance and monitor effectiveness.
  
• Statutory / Regulatory & Legislative requirements – Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding and application of the relevant Continuing Airworthiness Regulatory framework. Support the implementation of any Regulatory-driven changes into the Part 145 activities. Ensure compliance with all other requirements, e.g. ITAR, EaPW, ISO, etc.
  
• Contractual Requirements – Ensure compliance with applicable contractual requirements.
  
  

Requirements

• Requires general product knowledge/competency within own technical/subject area and a basic knowledge of those elements in other areas.
  
• Awareness of how the team integrates with others in order to achieve the overall objectives of the area and demonstrates an understanding of the requirement for continuous improvement and its application.
  
• Trade ‘Q’ Course- Pass.
  
• Leadership- Foundation.
  
• Human Factors- Standard Course Specification.
  
• E&PW Awareness- Standard Course Specification.
  
• ITAR Awareness- Standard Course Specification.
  
• IT Literate.
  

Benefits

• Competitive Basic Salary
  
• 25 Days Annual Leave
  
• Annual Bonus
  
• On site Parking
  
• Pension Scheme
  
• Life Assurance
  
• Shift Allowance