Maintenance Manager

JMC Aviation are working with a MRO company based in South Wales, looking to recruit a new Maintenance Manager to join their team. This company are global leaders in Aircraft Storage, Disassembly and Storage services. The role has arisen as the company is growing on the maintenance arm of their business, while welcoming the introduction of a new hangar. The team are dedicated to delivering exceptional maintenance services, ensuring value at every step for some of the world's leading lessors and airlines. In a varied and dynamic environment, the company work with a diverse range of aircraft types and requirements - from short-term storage, complex modification packages, interior reconfigurations, to end-of-lease maintenance activities. This is a Permanent Position based in South Wales.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays - plus on occasion, discretionary annual leave days given by executive team
• Private Medical Care
• Company Annual Bonus at 10%
• Company Pension Plan

The Role:

The primary purpose of this role is to achieve operational excellence through leadership, positive culture and implementation of business improvement strategies, tools and techniques whilst remaining compliant with all relevant regulatory processes and procedures. Other duties involve:

• Responsible for the satisfactory completion and certification of all work required by contracted operators in accordance with the work specification.
• Ensure that the organisations procedures and standards are complied with when carrying out maintenance.
• Ensure the competence of all personnel engaged in maintenance is satisfactory.
• Establish a program of training and continuation training using internal or external sources.
• Ensures all subcontract orders are correctly detailed and that the requirements of the contract are fulfilled in respect all inspection and quality control.
• Provides feedback to the quality system about the services provided by contracted organisations, subcontractors.
• Responds to quality deficiencies in the area of activity for which he is responsible, which arise from independent quality audits.
• Ensures through the workforce under his control that the quality of workmanship in the final product is to a standard acceptable to the organisation and Competent Authority.
• Implementation of the safety policy and human factors issues.
• Ensures availability of facilities appropriate to the planned work including the hangers, workshops, Office accommodation stores as applicable for the planned work.
• Ensures availability of a working environment appropriate to the task being undertaken.
• Responsibility for the incoming inspection of component, parts, materials, tools and equipment, the related classification, segregation, and storage according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
• Develops production planning system appropriate to the amount and complexity of the maintenance scope of work.
• Ensures availability of tools, equipment, and materials to perform the planned tasks.
• Ensures availability of sufficient competent personnel to plan, perform, supervise, inspect, and certify the work being performed.
• Ensures availability of all necessary maintenance data as required by part 145.A.45.
• Recording and notification of any inaccurate, incomplete, or ambiguous procedure, practice information or maintenance instruction contained in the maintenance data used by maintenance personnel to the author of maintenance data.
• Providing a common work card or worksheet system to be used throughout relevant parts of the organisation and ensure such documents comply with part 145.A.45(e).
• Responsible for supplying the necessary technical documents for customers and storage of the organisation's technical records.

Technical/Academic/Experience Requirements:

The company requires as a prerequisite to employment as the Maintenance Manager and to be nominated for the Nominated Post Holders position the following:

• Extensive experience in aircraft maintenance, preferably with experience working with aircraft lessors.
• Degree or equivalent of knowledge or skill acquired through experience, other qualifications, and training/development.
• Experience of operating at senior level in an MRO function, evidenced by applying strong leadership and management skills to ensure successful delivery of outputs and outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage a range of project types and complex business initiatives and change programmes.
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement showing clear commercial acumen including the development and assurance of business cases.
• A people focused approach to leadership.
• Experience with P&L and business plan strategy and delivery desired.
• Working knowledge of inspection procedures, methods, equipment and accepted industry standards.
• Strong background in safety management systems (SMS) and quality assurance practices within the aviation maintenance industry.
• Working knowledge of the Part 145 and Part M regulations; Clear understanding of Human Factors, CCDCL and EWIS.

If you think this is the role for you and you have the necessary skills and attributes, please apply today or contact JMC Aviation for more details. Please note that due to the high level of applicants we will only be contacting shortlisted candidates regarding this role.