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.
What are your contributions to the team?
• Ensure effective leadership and supervision of allocated personnel in providing structures support for the Operations and UMT teams.
• Promote a Safety and Just culture within the team and ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Deputisation for Operations Manager as required.
• Monitor and check labour requirements for structures support on all projects in work.
• Communicate internal technical updates to the operations leadership and project management teams on the status of assigned sheet metal tasks on the aircraft and in the Structures Workshop.
• Proactively lead continuous improvement within the team and promote accountability for assigned tasks.
• Ensure IOR and Accident reports are completed and submitted in a timely manner as required.
• Highlight issues to the Operations leadership before the GEMBA walk or ensure they are escalated in good time to the relevant leadership team.
• Assist the Manager Operations with resource management, motivating and the developing of team.
• Ensure that the team are productive when there are no structures work.
• Ensure you and the team are all up to date with Read & Signs.
• Be responsible for team compliance with environmental and Health & Safety regulations/guidelines.
• Ensure that structures personnel assigned to tasks are qualified and/or competent to perform them.
• Monitor workmanship standards and compliance with regulations and company procedures to ensure continued airworthiness of the aircraft.
• Ensure that documentations are up to date and tasks are completed with efficiency and compliant to quality standards ensuring the use of applicable technical data.
• Provide input on future GSE, tooling and consumable requirements to the Manager Operations and Director of Operations.
• Supporting and implementing business change with a culture of continuous improvement.
How to thrive in this role?
• Recognised aeronautical training for aircraft mechanic or workshop tradesman.
• Up to date EWIS, FTS, HF training.
• Demonstrated experience of managing sheet metal workers in AOG, line and base maintenance environments as well as supporting multiple projects simultaneously.
• Working knowledge of Environmental, Health & Safety rules, Human Factors, Human performance/limitations, and regulations as they apply to safety and environmental aspects of aircraft maintenance operations
• High level of understanding of Part M/CAMO roles and responsibilities, inclusive of interaction to 145 MRO
• Excellent technical decision-making ability on structures tasks and can make sound and logical decisions under pressure.
• Effective interpersonal interaction abilities with good written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to support planned and ad-hoc projects with sheet metal tasks.
• Ability to effectively escalate unresolvable customer, technical, compliance or personnel related issues.
• Substantiated experience in growing individual capability by motivating, coaching and developing others.
• Ability to demonstrate intermediate to advanced computer literacy and have an excellent understanding of Engineering IT systems.
• Effective in delegating and encouragement of teamwork, considerate and respectful in all aspects of your work.
• Demonstrate responsibility for your own work and continued professional development.
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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Job Structures Team Lead
Primary Location Biggin Hill Service Center
Organization Bombardier Services (UK)
Employee Status
Requisition 5313 Structures Team Lead
