Cell Leader - Landing Gear

Collins Aerospace; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced supervisor to lead maintenance, repair, and operations teams on an onsite site in Dubai. You will drive safety, quality, productivity, and timely delivery while coordinating with cross-functional groups and managing technician performance.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, standard work, and visual management. A strong engineering/tech background with people leadership is essential for success in this fast-paced

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in MRO of components / engines / aircraft or operations, engineering and manufacturing.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
• Demonstrated problem solving and leadership skills.
• Safety awareness and a commitment to quality.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture through Tier meetings, toolbox talks, Gemba walks, and effective communication to ensure Technicians maintain a safety-first mindset, practice Safe Start, and comply with JHAs, PPE requirements, and approved work practices.
• Drive efficient use of available labor hours and resources.
• Identify opportunities to reduce process time, rework, COPQ, and other operational waste.
• Support and drive continuous improvement activities such as Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management, KANBAN and QCPC.
• Encourage technicians to identify and implement practical improvements to safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Lead/co-lead continuous improvement events and encourage team participation.
• Monitor cell performance and support recovery plans where performance is below target.
• Demonstrate fluency with key site and cell level operational metrics, participate in progress reviews.
• Provide oversight to Senior Technicians in daily shop-floor execution, including setting priorities and allocating Technicians.
• Monitor work progress against the production plan and elevate risks to schedule, TAT, DIH, and customer delivery.
• Coordinate movement of components between GATE processes to maintain workflow.
• Oversee the resolution (RTPR) or timely escalations of constraints involving parts, tooling, technical data, equipment, engineering support, logistics support and other resources impacting operations.
• Participate in daily Tier meetings and provide accurate updates on progress, constraints, recovery actions or escalations.
• Support overtime and manpower planning based on operational requirements.
• Support effective communication between shifts and ensure clear handovers of outstanding work and priorities.
• Ad hoc tasks as required.
• Work closely with Program management, Engineering, Quality, Materials Planning, Logistics, Stores, Customer Service, and other support functions to drive results or resolve production constraints.
• Ensure issues requiring additional support are escalated early with clear ownership and required completion dates, (SPQDC).
• Provide day-to-day directions, coaching, and technical support to Technicians.
• Set clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and workplace behavior.
• Promote accountability and ownership while maintaining a respectful and collaborative working environment.
• Support Technician development through OJT, training and skills development.
• Provide performance feedback to your team.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors.

Skills

Team leadership

Problem solving

Safety mindset

Education

Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Job Description:

Date Posted: 2026-08-26

Country: United Arab Emirates

Location: AE-DU-DUBAI-002 ~ Rd 36-Rm Jafza South Plot-S50604 Jebel Ali Free Zone ~ JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE

Position Role Type: Onsite

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do:

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Promote a strong safety culture through Tier meetings, toolbox talks, Gemba walks, and effective communication to ensure Technicians maintain a safety-first mindset, practice Safe Start, and comply with JHAs, PPE requirements, and approved work practices.
• Ensure work is performed in accordance with CMMs, Planning Documents, Technical data, and Quality procedures.
• Escalate safety, quality, tooling, equipment, or compliance concerns promptly.
• Support investigations, corrective actions, audits, inspections and other EHS / Quality initiatives.
• Reinforce good housekeeping, FOD prevention and TPM.

Productivity & Continuous Improvement, CORE

• Drive efficient use of available labor hours and resources.
• Identify opportunities to reduce process time, rework, COPQ, and other operational waste.
• Support and drive continuous improvement activities such as Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management, KANBAN and QCPC.
• Encourage technicians to identify and implement practical improvements to safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Lead/co-lead continuous improvement events and encourage team participation.
• Monitor cell performance and support recovery plans where performance is below target.
• Demonstrate fluency with key site and cell level operational metrics, participate in progress reviews.

Operations & Delivery

• Provide oversight to Senior Technicians in daily shop-floor execution, including setting priorities and allocating Technicians.
• Monitor work progress against the production plan and elevate risks to schedule, TAT, DIH, and customer delivery.
• Coordinate movement of components between GATE processes to maintain workflow.
• Oversee the resolution (RTPR) or timely escalations of constraints involving parts, tooling, technical data, equipment, engineering support, logistics support and other resources impacting operations.
• Participate in daily Tier meetings and provide accurate updates on progress, constraints, recovery actions or escalations.
• Support overtime and manpower planning based on operational requirements.
• Support effective communication between shifts and ensure clear handovers of outstanding work and priorities.
• Ad hoc tasks as required.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Program management, Engineering, Quality, Materials Planning, Logistics, Stores, Customer Service, and other support functions to drive results or resolve production constraints.
• Ensure issues requiring additional support are escalated early with clear ownership and required completion dates, (SPQDC).

Support Customer And Regulatory Requirements When Required.

People Leadership

• Provide day-to-day directions, coaching, and technical support to Technicians.
• Set clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and workplace behavior.
• Promote accountability and ownership while maintaining a respectful and collaborative working environment.
• Support Technician development through OJT, training and skills development.
• Provide performance feedback to your team.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in MRO of components / engines / aircraft or operations, engineering and manufacturing.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
• Demonstrated problem solving and leadership skills.
• Safety awareness and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in using continuous improvement tools.
• Exposure to ERP systems, SAP preferred.
• Proven success developing and leading a

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling,prioritizing, coaching and process execution.

Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 2 years prior relevant experience with specialized knowledge of technical or operational practices.

Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited bylocal laws/regulations.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.