Technical Specialist Lts1

**Technical Specialist LTS1**
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**Technical Specialist LTS1**

**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.

The job holder is responsible to deputise for the LTS Team Leader as necessary or as directed. Leading small teams of Line Technical Support (LTS) specialists in the field to provide technical advice on the Typhoon Weapon Platform, at Main and Deployed Operating Bases. They will provide technical support to maintainers in their investigation of aircraft, system, Line Replaceable Items (LRI) faults, utilising the approved dataset, personal experience and recourse to the Technical Query (TQ) service as appropriate.

Providing technical advice to the RSAF in generating National Technical Instructions, informed by Industry-provided approved data. Maintaining the Typhoon Asset Gateway capability, through the testing of LRIs.

Maintain a knowledge-sharing network across the UK-based In-Service Support Team (ISST), Typhoon Design Organization Team, Aircraft Maintenance Organization (AMO) and the RSAF. Ensuring compliance with all Function and Contractual requirements.

**JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- When nominated, deputise as LTS Team Leader, acting within the bounds of any delegations and authorisations.
- Provide technical support to Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and PC forward, depth and Scheduled Maintenance & Upgrade (SMU) facility aircraft maintainers, in their fault diagnosis and system / LRI investigations, to support continuing airworthiness through the use of approved data and the TQ procedure, including:

- Support to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) recovery, diagnostic, fault rectification and analysis.
- Crash Survivable Memory Unit (CSMU) recovery, diagnostic and analysis (Rotary Arrestor Gear engagement etc.
- Diagnostic interrogations utilising the AGERD 1648 test set ( DBTE/HLBA )
- Support to the Radar and Selex Field Service Reps (FSR) utilising specialist test equipment (AGERD 1162 test set).
- Provide LTS support to flight/ground trials, diagnostic fault investigation and recovery, DVI template preparation and implementation, and aircraft PMDS downloads for fault diagnostic and rectification.
- Support to Logistic tasks and Repair instructions.
- Analysis of Technical Support Specialist Reports, to identify 'bottlenecks' in the system and areas where improvements can be made, suggesting corrective actions as appropriate.
- Analyse Technical Specialist Reports and data provided by In-Service Data Management Team, to identify trends in maintenance and operations, to identify where improvements can be made.
- Provide technical advice to the RSAF in generating National Technical Instructions, informed by Industry-provided approved data.
- Maintain a Typhoon Asset Gateway service to ensure the accurate categorisation of suspected u/s assets, to prevent serviceable items entering the repair cycle.
- Maintain a knowledge-sharing network across the UK-based In-Service Support Team (ISST), Typhoon Design Organization Team, Aircraft Maintenance Organization (AMO) and the RSAF.
- Ensure compliance with all Function and Contractual requirements.
- Develop and provide structured On-the-Job training for, Saudi National Technical Specialist Staff, in the form of training, coaching, work experience and mentoring.
- Contribute to service delivery performance reporting by the provision of regular reporting of performance.

**RECRUITMENT SPECIFICATION**

**_ Essential_**
- Expensive proven post-qualification experience, ideally in a fast jet / Typhoon maintenance or continuing airworthiness (Part M) environment.
- Have extensive experience in a relevant management role.
- Recognised Degree or equivalent.
- Chartered Engineer status in accordance with UK Engineering Council standards or other national equivalents, OR experienced EASA Category B1; B2 or C Licenced Engineer, with military add on training applicable to trade.
- Fluent in English.
- Practitioner level of knowledge of AMO capabilities, the MOE and recognising defects / faults.
- Expert knowledge of the Typhoon air system and the maintenance environment.
- Expert knowledge of continuing airworthiness, personnel authorisations, safety sensitive tasks, the control of work cards.

**_Desirable_**
- Computer literate with a sound understandin