ELP/Maintenance Support Engineer

The Part M Engineer is responsible to the Airworthiness Records Lead for the delivery of Engineering Logistics Portal (ELP) capability and on and off aircraft Task Definition Engineering within the Availability service at RAF Leeming.

The role holder will be responsible for on base management of aircraft equipment, including configuration management, determining the repair location for equipment declared unserviceable and creating and managing work packages for any on-base repairs.

The role holder will be involved in delivery of Maintenance Support Engineering tasks, including support to the authoring and approval of task definitions within the System of Record (IMS).

Core Activities

The Role Holder Has The Following Responsibilities

• Ensure the configuration of equipment managed within the Integrated Maintenance Solution is accurate and up to date as it transits through the ELP, including engineering data quality inspections.
• Authoring and approving of off aircraft task definitions within the aircraft system of record. Ensuring compliance with approved data and the company process. Support on-aircraft maintenance tasking as required.
• Deliver the authoring and activation of tooling, calibration and GSE maintenance requirements.
• Against the requirements of the approved Tactical Fleet plan, analyse the maintenance requirements for specific components and resolve any issues to ensure the timely creation of component work packages.
• Develop and maintain the associated work package(s), including the technical instructions, resource and materiel requirements for the individual maintenance activity.
• Undertake the planning of additional and emergent work during maintenance, to ensure work load is managed effectively against schedule requirements.
• Performance indicators – Ensure the effective provision of Maintenance Tasking & Verification activities by meeting delivery targets and reporting any impact on Continuing Airworthiness.
• Completion of activities – Ensure all Maintenance Tasking & Verification activities are appropriately documented and airworthiness records are maintained on relevant systems.
• Procedure/standards – Comply with the MAI CAME, its associated procedures and standards and any other Company procedures and standards.
• Safety Management System – Ensure Human Factors and Error Management philosophies are applied to all Maintenance Tasking & Verification activities and the means by which risks are mitigated and managed.
• Management System Assurance – Ensure Maintenance Tasking & Verification activities are compliant with the Governance and Assurance framework, including supporting Process Confirmations and audits.
• Statutory / Regulatory & Legislative requirements – Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding and application of the relevant Continuing Airworthiness Regulatory framework. Ensure compliance with all other requirements, e.g. ITAR, EaPW, ISO, etc.
• Contractual Requirements – Ensure compliance with applicable contractual requirements and the incorporation of required changes into the Maintenance Tasking & Verification processes.

Knowledge

Key Accountabilities

• Recent in-depth experience, to a level appropriate for the role within a Maintenance & Support environment, including direct experience of supporting or maintaining fleets of aircraft.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Hawk AJT aircraft and its associated support equipment
• Thorough knowledge of interaction between MAOS and DAOS organisations
• Detailed understanding of Safety and Quality Management
• Understands the Regulatory Framework and its applicability to the Maintenance Tasking and Verification processes and activities.
• Have operational knowledge of the fleet’s performance and the business key performance metrics.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Fleet Planning, Maintenance Tasking & Verification and Demand Management.

Skills

• Good to strong quantitative and analytical skills/experience, with Lean management principles.
• Effective, credible communicator with good interpersonal skills.
• Requires product knowledge and a good understanding of the relationship with interfacing / contributory areas.
• Able to analyse and interpret data with a high level of attention to detail.
• Comprehensive understanding of current IT software packages used within the Maintenance Tasking & Verification discipline.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with strong organisational and presentational skills.
• Minimum of a recognised qualification to NVQ3/ONC level in a relevant Technical discipline, or Part 66 Category A qualified, or suitable equivalent.
• IT Literate

Benefits

• Competitive Basic Salary
• 25 Days Annual Leave
• Annual Bonus
• On site Parking
• Pension Scheme
• Shift Allowance