Lead Engineering Technician

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

Reports To: 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