Base Maintenance Lead – Multi-Site Operations

Ryanair Group Holdings; Glasgow; Presencial; GBP 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ryanair Engineering is expanding maintenance capacity with a Base Maintenance Manager (Lead) to oversee base maintenance across six sites in Europe. The role reports to the Head of Heavy Maintenance and requires extensive Part-145 experience and strong leadership of distributed teams.

Based at one of the sites, the role involves travel, ensuring MOE and procedures are up to date, and delivering safe, compliant maintenance across the network.

Formación

• Significant experience in base/heavy maintenance within a Part-145 environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing multi-site or distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of EASA Part-145 and MOE requirements.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage all Base Maintenance Managers across the network, driving performance and accountability.
• Ensure maintenance is delivered and certified in accordance with MOE and Part-145 requirements.
• Maintain high standards of safety, compliance, and workmanship across all bases.
• Oversee manpower planning, resource allocation, and production delivery across multiple sites.
• Ensure bases are resourced with facilities, tooling, materials, and competent personnel.
• Drive training, competency, and performance standards across all maintenance teams.
• Manage subcontractor performance and ensure contract/quality compliance.
• Liaise with CAMO, suppliers, and internal stakeholders on planning and defect resolution.
• Own safety performance, risk management, and incident reporting across the network.
• Investigate and resolve operational, safety, and compliance issues.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Multi-site management

Maintenance operations

Part-145 knowledge

Safety compliance

Descripción del empleo

Ryanair Engineering is growing its maintenance capacity from 50 to over 100 bays of maintenance across Europe as the fleet is set to expand to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests per year within the next 10 years.

Job Description

Ryanair are currently recruiting for a Base Maintenance Manager (Lead) to join the Engineering team of Europe’s largest airline group.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for the delivery of Base Maintenance across multiple heavy maintenance locations, supporting a growing fleet and network.

The successful candidate can be based at any of the 6 sites and should be an experienced and driven engineering professional, capable of leading multi-site operations in a fast-paced environment.

Reporting to the Head of Heavy Maintenance (Internal), this role has full responsibility for base maintenance performance, compliance, and output across the internal Ryanair mase network. All internal site-based Base Maintenance Managers report directly into this position.

With maintenance activity spread across Prestwick, Seville, Kaunas, Wrocław, Shannon and Hahn, frequent travel and the ability to lead teams remotely is essential.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead and manage all Base Maintenance Managers across the network, driving performance and accountability across each location
• Ensure all maintenance is delivered and certified in accordance with MOE and Part-145 requirements.
• Maintain the highest standards of safety, compliance, and workmanship across all bases
• Oversee manpower planning, resource allocation, and production delivery across multiple sites
• Ensure all bases are appropriately resourced with facilities, tooling, materials, and competent personnel
• Drive training, competency, and performance standards across all maintenance teams
• Manage subcontractor performance and ensure compliance with contractual and quality requirements
• Liaise with CAMO representatives, suppliers, and internal stakeholders on maintenance planning and defect resolution
• Own safety performance, including risk management, occurrence reporting, and human factors
• Investigate and resolve operational, safety, and compliance issues across the network
• Ensure MOE and technical procedures are applied consistently and kept up to date
• Provide regular reporting and escalation to the Head of Heavy Maintenance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in base/heavy maintenance within a Part-145 environment
• Proven leadership experience managing multi-site or distributed teams
• Strong understanding of EASA Part-145 and MOE requirements
• Track record of delivering operational performance in a fast-paced environment
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills
• Flexible approach with the ability to travel frequently across bases.

Additional Information

Excellent career progression

The final compensation and benefits will be determined by the chose work location

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