B1 Licensed Engineers needed: Must hold UKCAA license. The following type of approvals are required:
* Airbus A319/A320/A321 Family
Job Purpose
The Shift Leader will be a certifying engineer who leads and manages the day-to-day operational activities to ensure the safe and efficient operation of their responsible shift. They will be required to take on administrative and managerial duties including workload management and booking control, production planning and will be responsible for supervising and managing staff on shift.
Accountabilities:
* Maintain awareness of company Health & Safety policy and ensure that staff under their control practice approved methods to minimize risk to personnel or equipment.
* Encourage a safety culture among shift members and advise the Station Manager of any potential hazards identified or improvements that could be made.
* Promote a safety-conscious culture.
* Effective management, development, and motivation of the team.
* Encourage a strong work ethic and foster staff interaction across shift personnel.
* Lead by example.
* Manage all shift activities and responsibilities ensuring efficient use of manpower while ensuring the activities contribute to the continued airworthiness of the based aircraft with expedient clear-up of defects.
* Establish and encourage communications and good working relations across all reporting areas and interfacing departments.
* Assess all work requests and requirements with particular attention to tooling, manpower, and downtime.
* Manage and maintain a safe and efficient line maintenance operation.
* Aid in maintaining an efficient and effective shift to support the continued airworthiness of Customer Aircraft.
* Ensure shift levels and skills are sufficient to achieve planned workload in line with Production Planning Process and bring discrepancies to the attention of Engineering Management.
* Maintain good relationships between all line stations and interfacing departments.
* Review daily the Customer work requests, ensuring spares have been identified/received and placed on Pre-load.
* Aid Customer Airline in achieving its on-time performance targets.
* Ensure all responsible staff are aware of their responsibilities and updates to relevant procedures.
* Maintain the line station in a clean, safe, and efficient manner during their period of duty.
Regulatory and Budgetary Requirements:
* Aid in ensuring all relevant Station, EASA, and CAA regulations are met.
* Ensure relevant procedures are followed, maintained, and reviewed ensuring compliance with all regulations.
* Ensure all relevant directions, procedures, and directives are followed and correctly read and recorded.
* Bring any cost savings or potential overspends to the attention of the Station Manager.
* Ensure all overtime requirements are brought to the attention of the Station Manager preferably in advance for approval.
* Assess and bring all H & S issues to the attention of the Station Manager.
Qualification & Education:
* A recognised apprenticeship within the aircraft industry or similar.
* Qualified Part66 Licence for types relevant to the station with a minimum of 3 certifying years of experience.
Experience:
Essential:
* Team Leader experience.
* Organisational skills.
* Negotiation skills.
* People management experience.
* Effective communicator.
Training & Knowledge:
* Experience of Base operated A/C.
* Supervisory and/or Managerial experience.
* Technical experience in aviation and experience of certifying Aircraft with a UK/EASA part 66 Licence.
* Working knowledge of Aircraft Maintenance Production Planning.
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: £71,000.00-£85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension.
* Life insurance.
* On-site parking.
* Private dental insurance.
* Private medical insurance.
* Referral programme.
* UK visa sponsorship.
Schedule:
* Day shift.
* Night shift.
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Luton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required).
Experience:
* Line Maintenance: 2 years (required).
* Team Leadership: 2 years (required).
Licence/Certification:
* UKCAA License (required).
Work Location: In person.
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