Lead Engineering Technician

Hours of Work: 08:00 – 17:00 MONDAY TO FRIDAY

Reports To: Bob Austin, HEAD OF GROUP COMPLIANCE

JOB PURPOSE:

To take a lead role in developing & carrying out Maintenance, Repair & overhaul procedures for Commercial Airline

Ancillary equipment. This includes the validation of the procedure, process & activity to comply with Aviation safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

* Work through aircraft equipment manuals to develop in house capability for scheduled & unscheduled maintenance activities.

* Liaise effectively with designers, engineers and quality engineers to ensure test facilities are in place.

* Liaise effectively with designers, engineers and quality production engineers to ensure adequate tooling is available.

* Be internal first point of call for new capability assessment.

* Interrogate equipment OEM manuals to identify spare part requirements.

* Carryout aircraft equipment scheduled maintenance to qualify in house procedures & processes.

* Introduce new capabilities into the work flow

* Maintain a fully traceable technical file for each project.

Key Requirements

Experience

* Proven experience in a production or manufacturing engineering environment.

* Demonstrated hands on experience of equipment maintenance.

* Experience with commercial aircraft equipment or other high precision industry.

* Familiar with high flow air movement equipment, thermal transfer equipment, pressure testing & high precision assembly.

* Demonstrable experience of working within a highly regulated industry.

* Ideally from an Aerospace maintenance environment

Skills & Competencies

* Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities

* Knowledge of manufacturing processes and production planning

* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

* Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

* Impeccable attention to detail

Personal Qualities

* Positive ‘Can do’ attitude

* Ability to show initiative & vision

* Able to work individually

* Able to train others to carryout complex tasks
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed