Battery Bay Supervisor

The Battery Bay supervisor reports to the Armament and Avionic Workshop controller and is an experienced and skilled aircraft electrical supervisor, undertaking a range of detailed maintenance activities in the Aircraft Battery Bay.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining airworthiness through appropriate task delegation and authorisation on aircraft batteries and associated equipment. They should be able to demonstrate awareness of broader external dependencies and identify areas for continuous improvements .

• Undertaking detailed maintenance and inspection activities on the Aircraft Battery components. Assuring work carried out has been completed in accordance with the SOW/Work package using the relevant approved technical information. Resolving faults and maintenance issues, including an awareness of configuration management
  


• Standing up the initial Battery Bay before Aircraft deliveries
  


• Undertaking and complete tasked maintenance & diagnostic activities on the Aircraft Battery components which may include, as appropriate, component removals, inspections, repairs, modifications, fault rectifications, replacements and/or functional/system test.
  


• Demonstrate a flexible and proactive attitude to carrying out responsibilities appropriate to the role and takes direction appropriately.
  


• Maintaining personal & teams task authorisation for working on an aircraft or components in accordance with regulatory requirements.
  


• Undertaking support tasks within the battery facility, which are required to maintain compliance with the MOE and regulatory procedures (e.g. oversight checks, control of tooling/test equipment etc.)
  


• Undertaking fault evaluation and raise ad hoc work cards for found faults during maintenance
  


• Supervising the team to ensure that maintenance is undertaken to schedule and highlight any issues, escalate as required. Report on any impact to the wider programme
  


• Ensuring the staff are sufficiently competent and approved for the maintenance tasks allocated to them
  


• Responsible for meeting agreed delivery targets in the short to medium term through the supervision of others. Progress reporting against delivery targets to management
  


• Provide guidance and leadership to the team. Develops team members using formal assessment processes, e.g. PDR s, supports and sponsors training requests including on the job training . Demonstrate sound and comprehensive communication and people management skills in order to exchange complicated information.
  

Requirements

• Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship, ideally in Aeronautical Engineering or Military equivalent apprenticeship / qualifications. Academic qualification for this role is a minimum of City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance or equivalent. Aircraft platform training (On a/c requirement).
  

Benefits