Aviation Operations Supervisor

GAL Global Aerospace Logistics; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GAL Global Aerospace Logistics in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced operations supervisor to oversee day-to-day aviation support activities. You will manage schedules, allocate limited resources, and coordinate with Base and HQ AMOC to keep flights on track.

The role emphasizes safety, KPIs, and timely reporting, with daily state updates and incident communications. Strong organization and ability to work across teams are essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the day-to-day operations related to own job to ensure continuity of work.
• Update daily and weekend/ holiday duty roster contact list to ensure it is up to date and provided to Base and HQ Management.
• Oversee to establish, publish and maintain GAL digital radio call signs.
• Establish format flying schedule displays to show individual aircraft scheduled for flight on a daily basis and ensure all deviations to the daily flying schedule are reviewed and reported accurately in order to inform impacted activities of changes in priorities, plans and schedules.
• Supports to maintain visual aids, electronic and manual, to show aircraft status both off and on station.
• Manage to establish priorities for completing limited resources such as fuel, wash rack and GSE and monitor status.
• Monitors to collate aircraft daily state data in order to be able to provide customer with daily state reports, as well as report any accidents/ incidents to Base Management and HQ AMOC.
• Ensure that the Supply Chain department to expedite aircraft on ground (AOG).
• Manage the changes on flying schedules with the applicable agencies in order to minimize disruptions to operational plans and flying schedules.
• Manage to update the cMRO database daily for mission capability, flight schedule, flight workbench and counter cascade in order to inform upper management and Base Management on the Key Performance Indicators' (KPIs) updates.
• Provide KPIs through the cMRO for the WTR, PMT and PMR, and validate these KPIs with the customers on daily and monthly basis to keep the scorecard updated and approved on a timely manner.
• Monitor the employees who are act as a point of contact to request external support services, such as firefighting, aircraft water, fueling and defueling, engineering support, ATC clearance for ground movement, etc.
• Provide HQ AMOC with updated monthly scheduled maintenance inspection forecast for each platform.
• Ensure to collect and document any accidents/ incidents reports to send and inform Base Management and HQ AMOC for action.
• Provide HQ AMOC with periodic reports such as weekly status on ground support equipment and base spare engine, as well as base weekend maintenance reports in order to keep them informed in a timely manner.
• Ensures comply with all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls to ensure a healthy and safe work environment.
• Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Follow standard Emergency Response Checklists and reports occurrences to upper management for prompt action.

Job description

GAL Global Aerospace Logistics in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced operations supervisor to oversee day-to-day aviation support activities. You will manage schedules, allocate limited resources, and coordinate with Base and HQ AMOC to keep flights on track.

The role emphasizes safety, KPIs, and timely reporting, with daily state updates and incident communications. Strong organization and ability to work across teams are essential.