Survival Equipment & Avionics Team Lead

About the role

The Survival Equipment and Avionics Team Lead ensures that all off-aircraft maintenance work is performed to approved data and quality standards. Reporting to the Deputy Depth Maintenance Manager, the post holder organises, administers and controls the efficiency of the Part 145 bay operations, supervises the team and meets agreed delivery targets. The role requires a high level of survival equipment and avionics knowledge.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure all off-aircraft maintenance work complies with approved data and quality standards, and that regulatory and company quality standards are met.
• Set up aircraft bays and supervise the team so that maintenance follows schedule, escalating issues as needed and reporting their impact on the wider programme.
• Ensure staff are competent and approved for their assigned tasks, maintain personal and team task authorisations in line with AMC requirements, and develop team members through formal assessments (e.g. PDRs) and training requests.
• Manage performance indicators, set delivery targets, prioritise work across teams and represent the Maintenance Manager at management reviews.
• Assess escalated issues for impact on continuing airworthiness and sponsor escalations to management where appropriate.
• Comply with the regulatory framework, safety management system, management system assurance and statutory requirements (including ITAR, EaPW, ISO), and support audit responses and improvements.
• Provide information, statistics and data for the Operational Performance Review and oversee HMSS repairs and maintenance.

Required profile

• Engineering apprenticeship, ideally aeronautical engineering or military equivalent; minimum City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance or equivalent.
• Aircraft platform training (on aircraft required).
• At least 2 years of experience at technician level before taking a supervisor role.
• Log book showing currency and recency of skills, knowledge and authorities for aircraft types or bay work.
• Knowledge of exposure and functionally mandated procedures, and management training.
• Strong customer awareness and people management skills.

Required skills

• PDR training or experience.
• Safety management system (SMS) knowledge.
• Human factors standard course specification.
• EaPW and ITAR awareness courses.
• Operational and business management in an aircraft maintenance environment.