UMT Maintenance Team Manager

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Bombardier's Business Aircraft London Service Centre in Biggin Hill is part of an award-winning network and is the flagship of Bombardier's European operation. This Base and Line Maintenance Centre is the fastest-growing Service Centre in Europe and the largest Business Aircraft OEM in the UK. The facility has the capabilities to perform an array of maintenance checks, modifications and upgrades all from this site. Only 14 miles from London, Bombardier's Biggin Hill Service Centre is ideally located to support operators in the UK region and beyond.

Role Description

Reporting to the Director of Operations (Line Maintenance) UMTM manages day to day UMT Technical Operations across all Line Stations and AOGs abroad making sure there is a clear overview of Projects in work and the necessary resources allocated accordingly.

Responsibilities

1. Establishing a strong work ethic and encourage staff interaction and ownership of issues across all reporting areas and departments.
2. Ensuring on all relevant Line Stations, EASA and CAA regulations are met
3. Ensuring relevant procedures are developed, maintained, and reviewed with compliance to regulations
4. Ensuring all relevant directions, procedures and directives are correctly controlled
5. Managing the Line Stations costs and revenue, ensuring all expenditures are recorded and potential cost savings or potential overspends are brought to the attention of the Director of Operations
6. Ensuring all staff hours booking is accurate and reviewed/amended in a timely manner
7. Ensuring all non-conformities are responded to within laid down timelines
8. Maintaining an efficient and effective Station structure to support the Customer requirements
9. Ensuring staffing levels and skills are sufficient to fulfil shift requirements
10. Managing, understanding and striving to improve station KPIs
11. Carry out Staff PMP and relevant development plans
12. Ensuring all responsible staff are regularly briefed and aware of their responsibilities and updates
13. Initiating corrective or disciplinary action as required by HR guidelines
14. Ensuring that all responsible staff's qualifications are kept up to date
15. Ensuring all relevant staff are aware of all Health & Safety obligations and responsibilities
16. Ensuring meetings are established and maintained with Team Leads and Senior Management
17. Ensuring every Line Station store is a safe and efficient operation and in compliance with all relevant regulations
18. Instigating and maintaining a rolling audit, security measures, stores procedures and tooling inventory as required
19. Support UMT CPM to make sure Operational aspects related to invoicing are managed and controlled (hours, parts, engineering services etc)
20. Support Liaison Engineer on day to day activities and MRP situations.
21. Role requires occasional "hands on" support on the aircrafts therefore relevant continuous training and personal license requirements must be up to date as per relevant Regulations
22. Deputising for the Director of Operations in his/her absence

Requirements

1. Full understanding of regulatory requirements in relation to Part 145, Part-M, Part 66 and Part-21 - able to provide evidence
2. Experience in a management role and aviation line maintenance (Business Aviation preferred) -able to provide evidence
3. CAA/EASA Part 66 B1 or B2/C License holder - current or past (BBD Types preferred)
4. Proven leadership and man management skills -able to elaborate management style skills
5. Experience of managing departmental Health & Safety and Compliance- able to provide evidence
6. Previously been responsible for managing customer delivery performances -able to provide evidence
7. Experience of managing departmental budgets and financial performance - experience/understanding on P&L required
8. Able to demonstrate SMS and Part-145 reporting system knowledge
9. SAP, Salesforce Autotime and Microsoft Office experience preferred

Additional information:

• Role is shift based on a "5-4-5" rotation
• Role may require occasionally travel within UK and abroad
• Role may require to work during Bank Holiday and weekends

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected Characteristics to apply.

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