145 Repairs Administrator

Safran; Newport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Newport is seeking a Part 145 Admin on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Responsibilities include managing repair and service orders, maintaining stock inventory, and liaising with suppliers and customers. Ideal candidates will possess operations experience, knowledge of Part 21 regulations, and strong problem-solving skills. The role offers extensive benefits including 33 days holiday, private medical cover, and opportunities for career advancement through internal training programs.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Industry leading pension scheme

Private medical cover

Access to salary sacrifice benefits

4 x Life Assurance

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• Technical publications experience.
• Flexible to change.
• Methodical approach to tasks.

Responsibilities

• Administer repair, service, sales, and purchase orders.
• Provide updates on outstanding repair orders.
• Manage stock inventory and organization.

Skills

Operations/Seat Build Experience

Part 21 Knowledge/Experience

Computer Literate

Team player

Attention to detail

Customer Focused

Problem Solving Skills

Confident communicator

Education

White Belt Lean Six Sigma Engineering Apprenticeship

Job description

Overview

The Part 145 Admin will be an active member of the Part 145 team and key to maintaining our Approvals. Working in the shop floor and office environment, responsible for the administration of repair, service, sales, purchase and production orders and any administration support for the department. Provide regular updates relating to outstanding repair orders to the team. Daily checks with despatch for 145 deliveries bring them up to the 145 area and put on the relevant shelves for processing. Unpack boxes and check customer or supplier paperwork is correct to what has been delivered. Book into BaaN repaired items returned from Suppliers. Book in Customer repair orders raise service orders, purchase orders, lot numbers, cost estimates and take photos of customer returned units. Rotable stock inventory management updating rotable stock spreadsheet. Raise C of C's for rotable and repaired units take the units to despatch for shipment. Manage Return As Is / Beyond economical repair units on return from the OEM. Pack Meggitt Vietnam box ready for shipment. Update item shelf life. Scanning/Filing and archiving of C of C's Filing of Job Packs Raise advice notes, sales and purchase orders to send parts to suppliers for repair Manage supplier and customer orderbooks Raise scrap certificates Enter supplier quotation detail into BaaN and prepare the strip report for the customer Price up internal repair jobs Send quotations to customers and process customer approvals Update the customers regularly with the status of their current open orders Liaise across all departments to ensure delivery dates are met Respond to technical questions from the customers and suppliers Offer rotable units to customers to reduce turnaround time Ensure production orders are loaded in a timely manner so demand is loaded into BaaN Manage shortages to ensure we meet our lead times Process POD's into BaaN Manage A.O.G's Generate the sales order book To cross train where appropriate for full flexibility Actively participate and contribute to continuous improvement Willingness to participate in improvement activity across the business Must be prepared to undertake activities required out of the factory and when necessary outside the normal working hours Must embrace change and be willing to adopt new skills to support all areas of the business To be flexible in a team oriented environment Support and engage in company initiatives, including, Continuous Improvement, KPI collection, Process Improvements, etc. Undertake any training of themselves and support training of others as deemed required by management. Undertake other reasonable duties, which are consistent and commensurate with the skills, knowledge, experience and training.

Responsibilities

• THIS IS A 12 MONTH FTC

Qualifications

• 12 month FTC
• Operations/Seat Build Experience
• Part 21 Knowledge/Experience
• Technical Publications Experience
• White Belt Lean Six Sigma Engineering Apprenticeship
• Technical Mind‑set
• Computer Literate
• Team player
• Methodical
• Attention to detail
• Flexible to change
• Customer Focused
• Problem Solving Skills
• Confident communicator

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%
• Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection
• Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme
• Annual share save schemes
• Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools

EEO Statement

We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible and inclusive. As part of our commitment with Disability Confident Employers, we may offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. We strive to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment. Let us know if you need support to showcase your talents or require any reasonable adjustments with your application. This role is subject to pre‑employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment.