Maintenance Manager

Job description / Role

Overview

Overall responsible for managing the day-to-day engineering operations and supporting the company's commercial and operational requirements by optimum deployment of resources to achieve efficient, safe, and cost-effective results. Will attend to all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements and will absorb disruptions caused by AOGs/casualties by constantly liaising with other sections to minimize grounding. This role is responsible for managing multiple stations in one country or multiple stations in more than one country.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze, and execute annual budgets with adequate emphasis on the business needs of the organization. This includes manpower, capital expenditure, and non-capital items within budgets to ensure overall cost-effectiveness.
• Maintain the highest quality standards by constantly ensuring staff under direct control are aware of all technical publications and revisions and maintain a "Read and Sign" register to reflect the same. Shall also actively pursue quality circle programs engaging staff from all grades in an effort to identify areas that require improvement and initiate action plans to deal with working environment issues.
• Carry out audits of various activities and document findings to establish trends and formulate the necessary plans to counteract any adverse findings. Forecast requirements for future inputs and make the necessary provisions to allow for timely handling and completion. Maintain operational obligations through deploying resources in accordance with the task requirements, making sure all targets and deadlines are achievable.
• Conduct monthly meetings with staff highlighting concerns and expectations which shall be documented. Use this forum to communicate and emphasize any management issues and include instilling a safety culture amongst the staff to actively participate in the drive to maintain good engineering and housekeeping practices.
• Good effective communication is to be undertaken through constant liaison with other engineering sections in an effort to enhance the overall communication channels used to constantly provide procedural revisions that will benefit the business.
• Identify all technical and non-technical training requirements and agree on an action plan to address staff and business needs to the benefit of the section, ensuring we maximize productivity.
• Conduct timely and proper opening, agreeing, and closing of performance management reviews for all staff under his control ensuring that overall ratings are distributed in a fair and even-handed manner and that ratings above superior are supported and justifiable, providing technical leadership and guidance as required for the engineers within the respective section.
• Compile monthly station reports reflecting operational/efficiency data, staff information, and station issues. Maintain a leave/bid system to enable staff to avail their annual leave while ensuring adequate resources are available to fully attend to the business and operational needs. This is to be achieved by ensuring strict control of overtime and lieu hours while keeping the associated costs under control.
• Perform departmental internal and product audits (daily, weekly, monthly) of aircraft and maintenance activities within the hangar, simulator bays, and ramp operations in accordance with an agreed timetable to verify ongoing compliance with all regulatory requirements and ensure to identify and correct any findings that can improve safety, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Ensure the status of the aircraft and simulators is accurately reported at all times, liaising with other stakeholders to constantly challenge and deliver the necessary service and/or product.

Qualifications & Experience

The jobholder must have an ICAO type II / JAR 66 / GCAA type rated licenses on company aircraft as well as company approvals. For the Emirates Flight Training Academy, must have UAE GCAA/ICAO Type II/EASA Part 66 license rated in B1.1 and/or B1.2 categories, in addition to company approvals. Rating in at least one Emirates Flight Training Academy aircraft type is desirable. The candidate should have 10+ years of extensive experience in a commercial aviation maintenance organization or similar, with 5 of those years in a senior position. For the Emirates Flight Training Academy, at least 10 years in an aviation maintenance environment with a reputable aircraft maintenance organization is required. At least 5+ years certifying experience as a license or company authorization holder and at least 2+ years in a supervisory position.

Knowledge/skills: The jobholder must be a good administrator and manager with the ability to handle a multi-national workforce and capable of resolving and dealing with conflicts, situations, and complex projects. Fully conversant with air legislation and legal matters that relate to the operation and maintenance of aircraft to international standards.

Leadership Role: Yes

Safety Sensitive Role: Yes

Details of Safety Sensitive Role: Working at height, exposure to hazardous energy systems, heavy lifting, working in areas with motorized mobile equipment, working in confined spaces, contact with contaminated materials (humans/animals/chemicals), contact with dangerous goods, working in an extremely noisy environment, working in heat, working with pressurized substances, exposure to fixed protruding sharp objects, exposure to contact with moving/falling objects, airport driving permit.

Please note that you must have the right to live and work in Egypt.

About the Company

A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide.