Deputy Maintenance Manager - Rotary

Volantes Technical Recruitment are currently seeking a Deputy Maintenance Manager for a industry leading client at their brand new state of the art facility in Oxfordshire.

Our client can offer a fantastic salary as well as 8% pension match with 6% personal contribution as well as many other fantastic benefits.

The Opportunity

● Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, the Deputy Maintenance Manager acts as the senior production leader on the hangar floor. This role is the driving force behind the technical execution of our Completions and Modification activity, alongside the active management of daily Base Maintenance activities. As the formal second-in-command, you will fully deputise for the Maintenance Manager in their absence, assuming operational oversight to ensure continuous, compliant, and safe facility operations.

● You will be the "pulse" of the hangar—leading daily team briefs, setting the operational tempo, and serving as the primary enforcer of Part 145 standards, tool control, and housekeeping across all crews. A critical focus of this role is tactical resource planning and capacity management. You will dynamically allocate supervisors and engineering teams to ensure the facility operates within its capacity, maintaining strict turnaround times for base maintenance inputs while concurrently ensuring crews hit the modification project milestones defined by the Project Management Office (PMO). Additionally, you will act as the crucial technical bridge between the hangar floor and Part 21 Design, ensuring teams have the correct data before work begins.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential
● Proven ability to actively manage and balance both routine base maintenance activities and complex modification projects simultaneously.
● Capability, confidence, and leadership presence to fully deputise for the Maintenance Manager and assume facility-wide operational control when required.
● Strong production leadership skills, with the ability to lead daily shift briefs, direct supervisors, and keep engineering teams focused and moving.
● Proven experience in tactical resource planning, including manpower forecasting, shift management, and dynamic capacity allocation to ensure the facility operates efficiently within its limits.
● Demonstrated track record of driving hangar efficiency to maintain strict aircraft turnaround times (TAT) and executing project milestones.
● Deep understanding of the Part 145 regulatory environment and the ability to strictly enforce these standards (tool control, 5S, health & safety) across multiple crews.
● Strong analytical problem-solving skills to unblock technical hurdles and resolve scheduling conflicts between Base Maintenance and Completions.

Desirable
● A good working knowledge of Part 21 Subpart J (Design) and Subpart G (Production) interfaces, specifically how they apply to the hangar floor.
● A dual background spanning both mechanical base maintenance and bespoke helicopter completions/modifications.
● Familiarity with interpreting and implementing Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) and complex engineering drawings.
● Prior experience in a formal leadership or supervisory role within a busy rotary-wing MRO

Education, Qualifications or Training
● Active EASA Part 66 B1.3 (Rotary Mechanics) or B2 (Avionics) license. (A dual background or B2 is highly advantageous for completions, but strong mechanical base maintenance experience is equally critical).
● A minimum of 7 years of hands-on aviation experience in rotary-wing maintenance.
● Demonstrated experience in a senior supervisory or production management capacity.
● Formal training in human factors, safety management systems (SMS), or lean hangar practices (e.g., 5S) is highly advantageous.

Additional requirements
● This position is subject to National Security Vetting. Candidates must be able to obtain SC clearance, which generally requires having lived in the UK for the last five years. All successful applicants will also undergo a mandatory BPSS check.
● Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.
● All candidates must possess the current, legal right to work in the United Kingdom.