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We have been commissioned by a leading Airline to source a Vice President Technical on a permanent basis for their HQ in Lagos, Nigeria.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a progressive company and become part of a forward thinking and well established organisation.
Reporting to the President of Operations you will be responsible for the following:-
Scope & Responsibilities:-
- Provide sound leadership and direction, developing a multidisciplinary team and performance measures that can support the Engineering Maintenance organization in all of its technical requirements.
- Provide 24 hour on call emergency / incident support.
- Develop cost effective Maintenance Programmes and modifications that match the requirements of the client whilst ensuring the highest technical standards are applied.
- Actively encourage ideas and developments that improve contract performance as a whole, including the making of recommendations for organizational changes as well as creating new and/or improving existing work processes.
- Develop the design functions of the group so as to enable effective business case based decision making on all modifications, maintenance schedule changes, and deviations from manufacturer requirements.
- Ensure effective project management of all aircraft related activities, where necessary taking personal responsibility to manage projects to deadlines.
- Develop communication strategies while managing relationships with all airline departments and outside companies.
- Enhance the technical information interchange and working relationships with third party maintenance organizations responsible for maintenance and spares support.
- Establishing and maintaining material stock levels and inventory values throughout the fleet.
Experience:-
- Strong demonstrable negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Must be thorough, detailed and analytical in their approach to work and have excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Must have the ability to work well on their own initiative with good leadership qualities and can demonstrate solid Man Management skills.
- Must have an understanding of Budget Management, financial control and Contractual issues.
- Must have a sound knowledge/understanding of the Modification, Materials Management, and Maintenance Schedules procedures, being able to describe any future issues facing the airline with respect to these processes.
- Must have a sound knowledge/understanding of the Aircraft Maintenance Contracts, Materials Management Contracts, and Maintenance Schedules procedures, being able to describe any future issues facing the airline with respect to these processes.
- Ensure a safe, compliant operation of Fleet.
- Manage the overall lifetime cost of ownership of the Fleet
- Provide daily and out-of-hours technical support to all areas of the airline.
- Provide support to the airline on fleet related issues 24 hours a day.
- Prioritization of all tasks within the Group.
- Management of group members to the highest possible standard through recruitment and performance management.
- Allocation and control of annual departmental budgets.
- Negotiation of service level agreements with other airline departments and the delivery of service level agreements with OEM's, Vendors, and 3rd Party organizations.
- Management of the fleet's compliance with Regulatory statements and Negotiation of Maintenance Schedules with Regulatory Authorities.
- Accountable for the technical standard, reliability and safety of the Fleet.
- Accountable for the modification standard of the Fleet and the cost effectiveness of the Fleet's operation.
- Accountable for the actions and performance of all staff in the Fleet Technical team.
- Accountable for the effectiveness of modifications and their timely accomplishment.
- Escalation of issues to Senior Management.
- Representation at Industry meetings and conferences.
- Advising the board on the drafting of future strategies for the Fleet
Qualifications:-
- An Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) license with ratings.
- 3 years experience in maintaining the same category and class of aircraft used by the AOC holder including 1 year in the capacity of returning aircraft to service; and 1 year supervisory experience maintaining the same category and class of aircraft used by the AOC holder.
- Previously held a Post Holder for Maintenance
- Aircraft Engineers License EASA Part 66
- Type Ratings on: - B737, A330, A340, CRJ900 or Q400 or combination
- A minimum of fifteen years experience in airline engineering, with a minimum five years experience in a significant Man Management role with professional engineering staff.
If the above opportunity is of interest to you please forward your CV and salary expectations with a covering letter to kevin@brookwoodaviation.co.uk, all applications will be treated in the strictest confidence and unfortunately only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Brookwood Aviation Solutions is acting as an Employment Business with regards to the above advertisement.
This job expired on 25/05/2012
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