Aircraft Maintenance Operations Manager
Aircraft Maintenance Operations Manager
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Job Description
Company:
Boeing Defence United Kingdom LimitedE-7 Wedgetail Mod Site - Operations Manager
Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company and currently employs over 2000 people in the UK and is responsible for delivering several exciting contracts to our UK and international defence customers including E-7 AEW&C P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft C4ISTAR Services Through Life Support for the Chinook & Apache Fleets Logistic Information Services and Training Services.
At BDUK we are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in aircraft maintenance operations. Our commitment to safety quality and innovation drives us to deliver exceptional service to our customers.
About the role:
We are seeking highly qualified and experience candidates to take on a pivotal role in managing Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Operations at our Boeing Repair Station in Birmingham. The successful individuals will be responsible for overseeing and leading the multidisciplinary Line Side Control Centre as well as coordinating with maintenance technicians and certifiers. Your primary focus will be to ensure the efficient execution of both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance repairs and modifications on aircraft ultimately driving the successful delivery of our aircraft projects. Join us in maintaining the highest standards of safety and performance in aviation!
Role and Responsibilities:
- The successful candidates will lead and manage the supplier maintenance teams to ensure safe and efficient execution of E-7 aircraft production modification and maintenance activities. Conducting and participating in daily meetings with the modification supplier counterpart.
- Foster a culture of excellence in maintenance planning and control emphasizing safety quality and efficiency.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the daily build plan is deployed ensuring safe timely and efficient execution of tasks by the suppliers maintenance team.
- Lead daily operations shipside action tracker meetings to address issues from production find solutions and remove roadblocks working with functional support teams.
- Coordinate with multifunctional support groups as required to resolve aircraft issues working actions and updating the Shipside Action Tracker (SAT) system to distribute out to appropriate support groups.
- Interpret manufacturing issues to keep production moving and resolve all chronic and recurring issues by ensuring processes are being followed and the team is working together to resolve issues.
- Agree and communicate with the first shift Boeing management and IE (scheduler) to evaluate and set the build plan for the second shift.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience either working on or managing aircraft build or maintenance activities within a civilian or military environment
- The ability to provide knowledge-based leadership/oversight and apply both technical and human factors (HF) knowledge with regard to the running and control of maintenance staff against industry and organisational requirements.
- An excellent communicator with a demonstrable ability to manage able to communicate the organisational and technical work requirements to their staff and to ensure their Maintenance Controllers and Team Leads support these requirements in order that key business targets are met.
- Capable of upward and cross-peer communicating and managing at all levels cross functional areas programme and the customers effectively.
- Demonstrable and proven working knowledge of EASA FAA CAA or MAA Regulation aviation Quality Assurance (QA) and Safety Management System (SMS) processes and the application of these requirements.
- Management of their team/s to ensure workflow progress to maintain the scheduled plan ensuring all work requirements are captured and workloads controlled for on time completion to budget to the first time Quality standards
- Capable of understanding and interpreting Technical Documents Technical Drawings and/or associated Authorised Technical Publications (ATPs) to provide guidance to their team/s if necessary
- Demonstrable and proven leadership capable of adopting appropriate leadership skills/ styles for effective management of their team/s
- Demonstrate and install the core Boeing Our Values & Behaviors with their team
- Ability to work independently under time constraints and pressure while managing multiple priorities.
- Familiarity with supply chain management and logistics related to aircraft maintenance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hold an Aircraft Maintenance License A&P EASA EMAR CAA or equivalent.
Boeing Benefits:
The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond focusing on your physical emotional financial and social wellbeing. Heres a snapshot of what we offer:
- Competitive salary with annual incentive plans including access to a pension plan with up to 10% employer contribution
- Access to a wide-range of free learning courses and tools to support your professional development
- An inclusive culture with a range of societies that you can get involved in
- Annual leave entitlement of 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
- Company-paid private healthcare medical plan (BUPA Medical Plan) and annual health assessment entitlement
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Business-leading maternity paternity and shared parental leave
- Access to a life insurance entitlement of six times your annual salary
- Access to a wide-range of physical emotional financial and social wellbeing programmes tools and incentives
Language Requirements:
Not ApplicableEducation:
Not ApplicableRelocation:
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.Security Clearance:
This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance post-start. See job description for details.Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program awardShift:
Shift Worker (United Kingdom)Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
