Air Electrical Battery Shop Technician Supervisor

About the Role

BAE Systems is seeking an Air Electrical Battery Shop Technician Supervisor to join the Typhoon Maintenance Organisation in Taif. This full-time role involves overseeing aspects of the Air Electrical and Battery Shop, ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement. The successful candidate will also hold company line management responsibilities, providing functional direction, guidance, and exercising duty of care, welfare, health & safety for personnel.

Role Objectives

The primary objectives for this position include:

• Ensuring the effective delivery of all activities as outlined in the shop component repair plan.
• Supporting the Salam Project in achieving contracted Operational Readiness (OR) and Key Performance Measurements (KPM) for Maintenance Support Service.

Key Responsibilities

The Air Electrical Battery Shop Technician Supervisor will be responsible for a range of duties, including:

• Upholding a safety-first approach, implementing safety measures and guidelines to protect personnel, product, and operations, while promoting Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) and Product Safety & Environment (PS&E).
• Ensuring adherence to BAE Systems Operational Framework, Life Cycle Management (LCM) practices, Maintenance & Continuing Airworthiness (M&CA) Mandates, Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE), and Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Logistics Management Regulations (LMR).
• Enhancing customer satisfaction by supporting maintenance, airworthiness, safety, and continual improvement, and identifying potential new processes and procedures.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement (CI) throughout the maintenance organization, encouraging innovative ideas and initiatives, and adapting best industry practices.
• Reviewing maintenance practices, identifying potential improvements, and reporting any malpractice affecting airworthiness or safety to the Senior Maintenance Manager.
• Ensuring necessary facilities and resources are available according to company policies and monitoring personnel standards to identify negative trends or deficiencies.
• Managing personnel development reports within their direct and indirect line management.
• Providing training, consolidation, and counterpart development activities to RSAF and BAE Systems personnel.
• Maintaining operational readiness of shop equipment, scheduling calibrations, and ensuring correct tooling and approved data are available.
• Reporting and monitoring equipment and infrastructure damage or deficiencies using appropriate media.
• Ensuring all personnel undertaking maintenance are authorized and maintaining anti-FOD surveillance.
• Ensuring all maintenance tasks are carried out to the highest quality standards, including accurate recording on the airworthiness tool (ESS).
• Conducting oversight checks for shop husbandry and escalating any forecasted planning, consumable, or PPE deficiencies.
• Holding 2nd Signature authority and undertaking associated responsibilities.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Essential:

  • A recognized qualification to NVQ3/ONC/OND/BTEC level in a relevant technical discipline, a technical apprenticeship, or an equivalent technical qualification acceptable to M&CA.
  • At least 7 years of post-qualification practical maintenance experience within an operational flying aircraft environment, supported by formal recorded workplace applied related training, OR 3 years on the same aircraft type.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and proven ability to supervise engineering personnel at all levels.
  • Relevant type training (‘Q’ Course) and equipment-specific training if required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) membership at the appropriate level prior to commencing employment in KSA.

• Desirable:

  • Thorough understanding of company processes and procedures.
  • Broad aerospace and defense company/industry knowledge.
  • Proven supervisory experience within the defined area.
  • An understanding of RAF and/or RSAF engineering operating procedures.
  • A track record of meeting strict deadlines without compromising standards and quality.
  • Previous experience in delivering workplace training.
  • An understanding of ESS or similar electronic-based reporting systems.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Taif, within the Typhoon Maintenance Organisation at BAE Systems. The role requires a commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, compliance, and continuous improvement in a dynamic operational environment.