Senior Asset Suppression Specialist

BAE Systems; At Ta'if; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Rent-free accommodation

Recreation facilities

Travel allowance

Health care scheme

Job summary

BAE Systems Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Asset Suppression Specialist to optimize maintenance and sustain RSAF fleet availability in Taif. You will lead strategic maintenance solutions, manage criticality reduction and collaborate with RSAF, MODSAP and UK teams to drive performance.

Key duties include reporting on progress, supporting life cycle management, and ensuring alignment with safety and contractual requirements for successful mission readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience with fast jet maintenance and support environments.
• Knowledge of RSAF/RAF maintenance practices is required.
• Strong stakeholder management across MODSAP and RSAF.

Responsibilities

• Support Asset Suppression Team Leader to optimise maintenance and improve asset availability.
• Identify and project-manage strategic maintenance and engineering solutions.
• Report on safety, performance indicators, and governance across stakeholders.
• Engage with RSAF, MODSAP and UK partners to align tactical activities.
• Produce periodic reviews and support life cycle management activities.

Skills

Typhoon knowledge

Fast jet ops support

Stakeholder management

RSAF/RAF experience

BAE Saudi network

Education

NVQ3/ONC/OND/BTEC level

Job description

Job Title: Senior Asset Suppression Specialist

Salary: Competitive

Location: Taif, Saudi Arabia

JOB PURPOSE

BAE Systems is the UK Government’s nominated Prime Contractor under the Government-to-Government arrangements that are in place to provide equipment, support and training to Saudi Arabia.We provide maintenance of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircraft and train RSAF and Royal Saudi Naval Force personnel safely in a training environment in how to use their aircraft, equipment and weapons.

BAE Systems Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the Saudi Arabian National Agenda including Saudisation and the training and development of Saudi National capability through the growth of the Saudi National Partner Companies thereby reinforcing Industrialisation and Partnerships.

To support the tactical and strategic asset management strategy of Keep on Wing, Keep on Base, Keep in Kingdom through improved maintenance, reliability enhancements, modifications and maintenance policy changes, etc that will enable us to improve performance (predominantly the aircraft availability KPM’s) and sustain our future SSS Ph4 performance levels.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support the Asset Suppression Team Leader in providing the necessary support to the RSAF fleet by ensuring that the maintenance processes are fully optimised to reduce criticality and increase/sustain availability.
• Identify, develop and project manage the implementation of strategic maintenance and associated engineering solutions to reduce individual asset criticality and preserve availability where required and to tangibly improve asset performance and platform availability.
• Compliance to local SHE plans by reporting on hazardous occurrences including accident /incident collation and reporting.
• Build and maintain a constructive and trusting relationship with all stakeholders including the RSAF Customer, MODSAP, PC teams and the Typhoon core programme personnel providing and discharging the tactical and strategic integration activities, mitigation activities and stakeholder engagement.
• Provision of frequent reporting to support findings, status, achievements and performance indicators for the various levels of stakeholders.
• Provide support to the Asset Suppression Team Leader for all Taif Operational & Management Reviews.
• Where required support on-going Engineering and Life Cycle Management activities including the definition of engineering change and capability insertion and promotion of Learning from Experience (LfE) to future contract negotiations.

RECRUITMENT SPECIFICATION

Essential

• A recognised qualification to NVQ3/ONC/OND/BTEC level in a relevant technical discipline, or a technical apprenticeship, or suitable equivalent technical qualification.
• Knowledge of the Typhoon aircraft, from a maintenance, support and design perspective.
• Knowledge and experience of working in a fast jet operations support environment
• Previous experience of working with the RSAF and/or the RAF.
• Knowledge and network base across both the BAESYSTEMS Saudi Arabia organisation and the wider UK support organisations.
• Experience of wide stakeholder management within both the MODSAP and RSAF organisations

Desirable

• Relevant type training (Typhoon ‘Q’ Course) and equipment specific training if required.

EXPATRIATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• In return for the required high levels of commitment and hard work you will receive a competitive salary, rent free accommodation and access to free recreation facilities, all available within Company secured accommodation.
• In addition, a generous leave and travel allowance makes this an opportunity not to be missed.

On successfully securing a role your appointment to Saudi Arabia will initially be on single status. On commencement of employment in Saudi Arabia you will have the opportunity to apply to have your family join you in the future. A full health care scheme is provided within Saudi Arabia.

SAUDI NATIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

In return for the required high levels of commitment and hard work you will receive a competitive salary and benefits package, including a generous leave and travel allowance, a full health care scheme and access to subsidised recreational facilities

BAE Systems

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of89,600 people in more than 40countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security and people, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

All appointments in Saudi Arabia are subject to receipt of all necessary Government and/or Customer approvals.