Aircraft Maintenance Duty Engineer - Shift Lead

British Airways; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel benefits

Discounted fares

Career development opportunities

Job summary

British Airways is recruiting a Duty Engineer to oversee aircraft production at shift level from our Heathrow Base Maintenance team. You’ll lead maintenance colleagues, allocate tasks, monitor progress and ensure compliance with the maintenance plan to keep aircraft on schedule.

You’ll work with Planning, Satellite and Technical specialists, deliver data-driven improvements, manage stakeholder relationships and drive high performance while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant certification or licence in aircraft maintenance (licence A or equivalent).
• Experience in supervising maintenance activities and safety processes.
• Understanding of Part 145 maintenance concepts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the operation to defined production targets ensuring adherence to the maintenance plan and aircraft compliance.
• Provide effective leadership of maintenance colleagues, setting and managing clear expectations to deliver the operation on the day.
• Allocate tasks as required by the maintenance plan.
• Provide support as first point of contact for operational colleagues and give technical feedback and escalation as appropriate to Satellite, Technical specialists, and Planning.
• Support incident and accident management company procedures.
• Champion high quality standards, monitor trends, and coordinate continuous improvement to define and implement permanent solutions.
• Coordinate communication of aircraft in work status between Planning and Production departments.
• Capture and analyse data to ensure performance targets are achieved against operational measures.
• Engage with and manage internal and external key stakeholders and customer relationships; support development of a high-performance team and culture.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Data analysis

Process improvement

Customer focus

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Aircraft maintenance knowledge

IT literacy

Education

Aircraft maintenance licence / engineering degree / apprenticeship

Tools

SAP transactions

Job description

British Airways is recruiting a Duty Engineer to oversee aircraft production at shift level from our Heathrow Base Maintenance team. You’ll lead maintenance colleagues, allocate tasks, monitor progress and ensure compliance with the maintenance plan to keep aircraft on schedule.

You’ll work with Planning, Satellite and Technical specialists, deliver data-driven improvements, manage stakeholder relationships and drive high performance while maintaining safety and quality standards.