Team Leader Sheet Metal Work

Sabena Engineering; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Skill development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Sabena Engineering is seeking a Team Leader for Sheet Metal Works based in Brussels. The role involves overseeing aircraft operations, assigning tasks, and ensuring quality and safety in all processes.

The ideal candidate holds an engineering degree in aviation maintenance, has a minimum of 4 years of experience, and possesses strong team leadership and communication skills. This position offers a competitive package and opportunities for skill development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in aircraft maintenance or equivalent.
• Holding a B1 license and mastering structural inspections is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of the SRM.

Responsabilités

• Assign tasks to team members and monitor progress.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the team.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Document completed jobs and manage time efficiently.

Connaissances

Team player

Excellent communicator

Solution oriented

Dynamic

Formation

Engineering degree in aviation maintenance or equivalent through experience

Outils

Microsoft Office

AMOS

Description du poste

Sabena Engineering is a leading independent and international aviation solutions provider for civil and military operators. Our capabilities cover the main aircraft types, including Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed, regional and military aircraft and rotor aircraft. With our unique and innovative solutions to both regular and complex needs, Sabena Engineering is all set to grow as a worldwide proximity partner, bringing its expertise wherever needed.

SABCA offers a full range of services to the civil, space and military aviation markets and recently expanded into the commercial Unmanned Autonomous Systems market as an integrator of aerospace-grade solutions for the industry.

Sabena Aerospace & SABCA are part of a unique industrial ecosystem in the Belgian aerospace industry which is owned by Sabena Aerospace (holding company) and by the Société Fédérale de Participations et d’Investissements (SFPI/FPIM).

Are you ready to join us?

The Team leader Sheet Metal Works is responsible for operations on the aircraft, mainly focused on Sheet Metal Works, and achieves any related objectives given by the Project Coordinator. His/her role involves assigning tasks to team members, monitoring and reporting the progress of the works. He is preferably but not necessarily a licensed engineer.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Reporting & Coordination
• Reports to the Project Coordinator
• Receives daily objectives and priorities from the Project Coordinator
• Reports operational difficulties and deviations immediately
• Reports disciplinary issues and unresolved problems
• Acts as back-up to other Team Leaders
• Provides shift handover notes regarding contractor working hour deviations
• Leadership & Team Supervision
• Provides guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to the team
• Motivates and inspires team members
• Engages the team with work cards and daily objectives
• Assigns tasks according to team members’ skills
• Ensures discipline, teamwork, tidiness, and professionalism
• Values employees through recognition and appreciation
• Manages personnel hierarchically and ensures discipline is respected
• Planning & Task Management
• Analyzes work to be completed and distributes tasks efficiently
• Responsible for meeting daily task deadlines
• Assigns and monitors work during aircraft checks or other assignments
• Ensures team productivity throughout the shift
• Performs the structural inspections depending on his company privileges and works on the aircraft personally when team productivity allows
• Ensures resources match workload and escalates shortages when needed
• Technical Oversight & Support
• Signs off work performed personally and supervised work within company privileges
• Helps and supports team members technically
• Analyzes findings and prepares repair quotations and estimates
• Determines labor, tooling, parts, and backshop requirements
• Creates part requests in the system
• Documentation & Time Management
• Ensures prompt sign-off of completed jobs (job cards, work orders, panel lists, etc.)
• Ensures proper clock-in/out procedures in Protime and AMOS systems
• Performs and corrects daily AMOS clocking entries
• Acts as back-up for other Team Leaders in clocking administration
• Investigates and justifies discrepancies between allocated and actual work time
• Resource & Productivity Management
• Mobilizes the team to maximize productive hours
• Ensures optimal use of rotables, consumables, and materials
• Monitors contractor working hours outside standard schedules
• Takes corrective actions to reduce recurring clocking errors
• Team Development & Continuous Improvement
• Coaches, trains, informs, motivates, and stimulates team members
• Works with the Cabin, Composite & Painting Manager to develop team versatility and qualifications
• Analyzes improvement ideas from the team and promotes them to management
• Safety, Quality & Compliance
• Promotes awareness of safety, quality, productivity, and discipline
• Ensures compliance with regulations and standards in force
• Maintains operational discipline and proper workplace standards, tidiness and cleanliness of the sheet metal works all along the check

Your Profile :

• Engineering degree in aviation maintenance or equivalent through experience.
• Holding a B1 license and mastering structural inspections is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of the SRM
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in aircraft maintenance or equivalent through experience
• Solution oriented, stress resistant
• Dynamic
• Team player; able to analyse, to synthesize, to prioritise; excellent communicator
• Customer oriented and service sensitivity
• Language skills (English and French and/or Dutch)
• IT skills (Microsoft office)
• Knowledge of AMOS is an asset

Our Offer :

• Join the Sabena Engineering family, which is passionate about aviation and fully dedicated to its success. Within our organization, everyone contributes to our target to meet our customers’ needs, with their own expertise and their responsible behaviour.
• Have the great opportunity to contribute with us to bringing aviation expertise wherever needed.
• Benefit from a competitive package and develop your skillset to contribute to the company’s success.