Senior B1 Mechanical Inspector – Aviation Maintenance Lead in Farnborough

Licensed Mechanical Inspector (FAR) £5000 Sign On Bonus in GAC Farnborough

Unique Skills:

Our aircraft are industry leaders and so are our people. We're looking for talented, motivated individuals who are ready to do innovative work, and we offer exciting career opportunities worldwide.

About Our Group:

We are a regional service center supporting our customers on multiple lines of our Gulfstream aircraft for ongoing maintenance and support. We are a global company where our R&D through delivery to customers is done in the United States, but we provide continued customer support around the globe.

About the Role:

# 4x4 Shift.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Other EASA Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance License with relevant aircraft Type Ratings required.
• Certification experience within an EASA Part 145 organisation.

Position Purpose:

The Licensed B1 Mechanical Inspector is responsible for ensuring compliance with maintenance, inspection and legislative standards as specified by EASA and the Quality and Airworthiness Manager.

Job Description:

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acting as an inspector in support of a specific aircraft, line or base maintenance input in accordance with MOE Part 146, as revised.
• Perform the day to day duties and responsibilities of a Licensed Mechanical Senior Inspector, when requested by a Service Team Manager.
• When requested by a Maintenance Team Leader or Service Team Manager, the daily management of the manpower resources, consisting of licensed mechanical and avionics inspectors and fitters, as assigned to a specific aircraft line or base maintenance input.
• Certifying those tasks that they have been trained on and authorised to perform Inspect and certify, at both Farnborough main base and other locations worldwide.
• In addition, carrying out any other maintenance tasks, requested by the Maintenance Team Leader.
• For base maintenance, this can include Category ‘C’ Certification for those qualified in accordance with MOE Part 34, as revised.
• Promoting and ensuring that aircraft line or base maintenance commitments that they are assigned to are fulfilled within the assigned time scale.
• In the event of a delay for any reason, they are responsible for informing the Maintenance Team Leader and Service Team Manager as soon as possible.
• Promoting and ensuring that all aircraft maintenance documentation relevant to the work that they have personally performed or supervised is completed fully, including all task stage requirements before the end of each shift or their reassignment to another work task, during the same shift.

Additional Functions:

• Understanding and sharing the strategic position of the department in relation to Product Support.
• Advising the STM of any difficulties or shortcomings that may be experienced through performing departmental duties.
• Awareness and understanding of departmental measures in place for the monitoring of department goals, product delivery and quality.
• Maintaining personal & departmental husbandry to ensure continued department success.
• Ensuring handovers are carried out as required to ensure work flow.
• Attending Stand-up Board meetings as required to roll out performance communications and discussions.
• Such other duties as may be, from time to time, delegated by the STM or Department Manager.
• Promoting and ensuring that the quality of workmanship in the final product is to a standard acceptable to the EASA and the UK CAA.
• This is achieved by complying with statutory and company standards for all maintenance and design change work on aircraft and/or components, including ensuring the correct and adequate standards of cleanliness and tidiness for the work in hand.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Extensive combination of line & base maintenance experience.
• Evidence of aircraft inspection and certification experience gained.
• Experience within the corporate industry an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of Aviation Legislation.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good practical computer user skills.
• Flexible approach to working patterns.
• Able to demonstrate a well-organized approach to daily job tasks.