IMS Maintenance Support Engineer

About the role

The IMS Maintenance Support Engineer supports the delivery of Maintenance Tasking and Verification at strategic and tactical levels, helping maximise operational efficiency and minimise costs. The post holder uses subject matter knowledge and experience, with good to strong quantitative and analytical skills, Lean management principles and effective communication, and must understand the relationship with interfacing areas and analyse data with attention to detail.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse maintenance requirements for specific aircraft or components against the approved Tactical Fleet plan and Fleet Maintenance Plan, resolve issues and ensure the timely creation of the Statement of Work (SoW).
• Develop and maintain work packages, including technical instructions, resource and materiel requirements, and document independent inspection and safety-critical tasks.
• Plan additional and emergent work so workload is managed against schedule, and update and re-authorise the SoW for changes such as fatigue life limits, capability upgrades and customer-approved modifications.
• Work with Fleet Planning, Demand Management, Part 145 organisations, Technical Services, Airworthiness Records and third-party suppliers to meet continuing airworthiness and contract delivery standards.
• Review and report on maintenance task performance, the SoW, and the Pre-Input and Post-Output Review Meeting (PIRM & PORM) processes, escalating issues and trends.
• Assess maintenance activities against the approved SoW and certificate of maintenance to confirm completion or correct authorisation or deferral.
• Ensure delivery targets are met, activities are documented and airworthiness records kept on the relevant systems, and compile and escalate reports.
• Comply with CAME procedures and standards, apply Human Factors and Error Management, and ensure compliance with the QAF Governance and Assurance framework, including audit support and improvement monitoring.
• Apply the Continuing Airworthiness regulatory framework and contractual requirements such as ITAR, EaPW and ISO.

Required profile

• Recognised qualification to NVQ3/ONC level in a relevant Data Management or Technical discipline, or Part 66 Category A qualified, or suitable equivalent.
• Recent in-depth experience in a Maintenance and Support environment, including supporting or maintaining aircraft fleets and their Continuing Airworthiness Records.
• Understanding of reliability programmes and their impact on the operator's maintenance programme.
• Good understanding of data integrity in fleet planning and maintenance tasking, with direction given to data integrity teams on records issues.
• UK driving licence.