Lead Aircraft Maintenance Engineer – Shift (Heathrow)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel benefits

Discounted airfares

Career development opportunities

Job summary

British Airways Heathrow is seeking a Duty Engineer to lead aircraft maintenance operations on a shift basis, ensuring adherence to the maintenance plan and safety standards. You will coordinate a shift team, allocate work, monitor progress and plan ahead to support on-time aircraft delivery to customers.

The role offers the chance to work within a high‑performing engineering environment, develop leadership skills and progress a long career with one of the world’s leading airlines.

Qualifications

• Aircraft maintenance and/or engineering background with supervisory experience.
• Experience with aircraft maintenance planning and compliance.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of safety and quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production targets while adhering to the maintenance plan and aircraft compliance.
• Provide effective leadership of maintenance colleagues and manage expectations to deliver daily operation.
• Allocate tasks as required by the maintenance plan.
• Act as first contact for operations; provide technical feedback and escalate to Satellite/Technical specialists/Planning.
• Support incident and accident management procedures.
• Champion quality standards, monitor trends, and coordinate continuous improvements to implement solutions.
• Communicate aircraft work status and coordinate Planning and Production requirements.
• Capture and analyze data to ensure targets meet measures.
• Engage and manage internal and external stakeholders and customer relationships.
• Support development of a high-performance team in line with company Hallmarks.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Data analysis

Process improvement

Delivering to customer requirements

Influencing and communication

Interpersonal skills

Prioritise tasks

IT literacy

Education

Aircraft maintenance A licence

Engineering degree

Aircraft Apprenticeship

Authorisation on relevant Aircraft Types (desirable)

UK driving licence

Airport restricted zone access (essential)

Airside driving licence (desirable)

Part 145 knowledge (Desirable)

SAP transactions knowledge

Safety & quality management knowledge

Tools

SAP transactions

Job description

British Airways Heathrow is seeking a Duty Engineer to lead aircraft maintenance operations on a shift basis, ensuring adherence to the maintenance plan and safety standards. You will coordinate a shift team, allocate work, monitor progress and plan ahead to support on-time aircraft delivery to customers.

The role offers the chance to work within a high‑performing engineering environment, develop leadership skills and progress a long career with one of the world’s leading airlines.