Senior Workability Specialist

BAE SYSTEMS; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A top defense contractor in Taif, Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Workability Specialist to enhance aircraft availability for the RSAF. The role involves optimizing asset performance, stakeholder engagement, and supporting continuous improvement in aerospace operations. A competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for family accommodation are included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Rent-free accommodation

Full health care scheme

Generous leave and travel allowance

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of aircraft engineering, maintenance and support standards.
• Previous experience of working with the RSAF and/or RAF.
• Management and team building skills for effective people management.

Responsibilities

• Support the Workability Team Leader in optimizing asset availability.
• Identify tactical solutions to reduce asset criticality.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Aircraft engineering knowledge

Fast jet operations support

Typhoon aircraft knowledge

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement project management

Supply chain logistics

Job description

Senior Workability Specialist

Salary: Competitive

Grade: 6

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.

This role is key to improving the performance of the SSS Ph4 contract by ensuring asset availability is maximised to increase and sustain aircraft availability to meet the contract KPMs namely 3rd Squadron Operational Readiness (OR) and the 10th/80th Non Mission Critical Supply (NMCS) measures.

In conjunction with the RSAF Customer the role will support making tactical decisions necessary to maintain those aircraft required to support the RSAF flying programme.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support the Workability Team Leader in providing the necessary support to the RSAF fleet by ensuring that asset availability is fully optimised to reduce criticality and increase/sustain availability.
• Identify, develop and project manage tactical solutions / mitigations to reduce individual asset criticality and preserve availability where required and to tangibly improve asset and platform availability.
• Compliance to local SHE plans 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 all Workability 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

• Knowledge and experience of aircraft engineering, maintenance and support standards
• Knowledge and experience of working in a fast jet operations support environment
• Knowledge of the Typhoon aircraft, from a maintenance, support and design perspective.
• 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

RECRUITMENT

Essential

• Experience of project managing continuous improvement activities in an Aerospace environment
• Understanding of Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Standards along with change management
• Experience of dealing with customers and suppliers
• Experience and knowledge of personnel development
• Experience and knowledge of the engineering life cycle
• Knowledge of supply chain and logistics

Desirable

• Knowledge of BAES Saudi Arabia business and the Salam programme.

Leadership Competencies

Essential

• Management and team building skills for effective people management including PC staff and interfacing organisations (RSAF and MODSAP)
• Networking and communication skills used at all levels within an organisation
• High level of interpersonal skills to co‑ordinate a large number of diverse activities

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 of 89,600 people in more than 40 countries. 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.