Operations Maintenance Manager (Line Maintenance)
Competitive Salary
Permanent

Client Overview:
The client is a leading MRO aviation contractor within the UK and overseas, who is part of a global organisation.

Role Overview:
The Operations Maintenance Manager is responsible for managing a group of line stations / business units to ensure locations can deliver operational excellence and best service to client base.
Post holder is accountable for the overall operational and commercial performance of his/her responsible area, developing operation model and implementing short / long term strategies to drive efficiencies and productivities.

Responsibilities:
  • Setting direction in line with the Company’s vision and strategy, leading and developing the Station Managers and the operational teams.
  • Accountable for the operational and commercial performance of the line stations / business units assigned.
  • Managing costs and budget, responsible for developing business case to support operational needs and business requirements.
  • Driving continuous process improvement using technologies, data analytics and lean methodology.
  • Engaging with the teams to ensure the departmental vision and priorities are clearly communicated.
  • Managing day of operation through a team of station managers to deliver operational excellence.
  • Performing Station Manager role for his/her home port or partner ports and accountable for operational and commercial performance (as assigned by the Director of Maintenance).
  • Developing station capability to support airline customer’s current and future business need in an efficient and cost-effective approach.
  • Ensuring efficient recovery of operational disruptions and AOGs in order to minimise the loss of aircraft availability for airline customers.
  • Managing and optimising manpower resources deployment, driving best practices on operational rosters and relief support across the network.
  • Developing and implementing succession plans to ensure sufficient and quality talents with the knowledge, skillset and competencies necessary to fulfil the business needs.
  • Being the point of contact, building and maintaining relationships with airline customers.
  • Overseeing the interview process, employment, management of the operational teams to ensure appropriate staffing levels and qualifications to accomplish maintenance work as required.
  • Maintaining daily adherence to agreed KPIs on compliance and performance.
  • Carrying out and/or overseeing the ongoing competence of the station managers and other team members as required.
  • Building a strong safety culture, encouraging proactive report of safety occurrence, performing investigation and implementing mitigation to prevent re-occurrence.
  • Responsible for corrective action resulting from Quality Audits performed within their area of responsibility.
  • Responsible for the disciplinary process management.
  • Ensuring OH&S and FRMS compliance within the Maintenance team.


Qualification & Education:
  • Engineering degree or Aircraft Maintenance Licence (UKCAA / EASA or equivalent) 6.2 Experience.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in line maintenance (with minimum 2 years in management role).
  • Experience of managing a remote team and delivering high performance
  • Experience of leading changes and delivering productivity and operational improvement.
  • Ability to build strong and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong commercial and business acumen 6.3 Training & Knowledge.
  • Excellent knowledge of Aviation standards in an airline maintenance environment (UKCAA / EASA).
  • Excellent knowledge of the application of Safety Management Systems.
Please can all interested candidates contact Joshua Moss on 0 7435 806 852
Or email your CV to josh@copello.co.uk  

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