Maintenance Team Leader (LAE B2)

British Airways; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare scheme

Competitive performance-related bonus

Discounted confirmed flights for friends and family

Discounts on car hire and hotels

Job summary

A major airline based in Glasgow seeks a B2 Maintenance Team Leader to oversee maintenance teams and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards. The candidate will need a valid UK CAA Part 66 B2 licence and experience in leading teams in an aircraft maintenance environment. Additional responsibilities include organizing schedules, coaching team members, and improving maintenance processes. This role offers a variety of benefits including a pension scheme, private healthcare, and discounted travel options.

Qualifications

• 3 years aircraft maintenance experience required.
• Experience in leading teams in an aircraft maintenance environment essential.
• Able to work shifts and in confined spaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance teams in scheduled maintenance tasks.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory and quality standards.
• Organise and agree team work schedule and allocate tasks.

Skills

Good technical decision making

Good leadership and people skills

Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Effective communicator

PC literate

Education

Valid UK CAA Part 66 B2 licence

Maintains base maintenance authorisations on type A320 family

Job description

British Airways, the nation’s flag carrier, connects Britain with the world. We celebrate over 100 years of service, from our early international flights to today’s global network.

The role

B2 Maintenance Team Leader (UK CAA B2) – London-based, Glasgow Maintenance Team. The role leads and supervises maintenance teams carrying out scheduled maintenance tasks, inspections, and defect rectification, ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory, and quality standards.

What you’ll do

• Team compliance with environmental, quality, health and safety and housekeeping standards
• Maintenance oversight of individual and team activities ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory and company standards
• Collaborate with colleagues, Shift manager and support department to achieve departmental targets
• Organise and agree team work schedule and allocate tasks to deliver areas to agreed targets
• People management of the team IAW policies (e.g. disciplinary)
• Individual coaching, performance management and development (e.g. one‑to‑ones)
• Improve schedules and aircraft downtimes
• Provide technical leadership of teams maintenance tasks
• Sign off work on completion within the full scope of individual approval
• Effective communications within the organisation
• Deliver departmental productivity and cost targets by driving improvement to work tasks, processes and work environment

What you will bring to BAMG

• Good technical decision making
• Good leadership and people skills
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Effective communicator at all levels within the organisation
• PC literate, can work with engineering systems and document management systems
• Can work shifts
• Can work in confined spaces as required (fuel tanks)
• Can work under pressure to timescales

Your experience

• Valid UK CAA Part 66 B2 licence (Essential)
• Maintains base maintenance authorisations on type A320 family and recency required (Essential)
• Experience in leading teams in an aircraft maintenance environment (Essential)
• 3 years aircraft maintenance experience (Essential)

Benefits

• A pension scheme with potential contributions of up to 16% (if you contribute 5%, BA will contribute 11%)
• A private healthcare scheme
• A competitive performance‑related bonus
• A flexible benefits scheme which gives you the option to buy from a range of benefits such as life assurance, and critical illness cover
• Discounted confirmed flights for friends and family on BA from date of joining
• Once in role, access to standby flights (with eligibility for the Club cabin) for yourself and your nominees
• Discounted standby travel on other airlines in the Oneworld Alliance
• Discounts on car hire, hotels, leisure activities, entertainment and much more

Inclusion & Diversity

We recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity, and identity to work. We encourage people from all backgrounds to be part of our journey to become a Better BA.

At present, British Airways Maintenance Glasgow are not able to offer sponsorships for this role.

Candidates must have a Right to Work and live in the United Kingdom to be considered for this position.