Scheduled Maintenance Upgrade

**Scheduled Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) Aircraft Team Leader**
- 00090045

**Scheduled Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) Mechanical Senior Supervisor**

**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.

**JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Plan and coordinate, in consultation with the SMU Maintenance Manager, Aircraft Team Leader, and the aircraft Mechanical requirements.
- Prioritise tasks in liaison with the SMU Maintenance Manager, Aircraft Team Leader and other Senior Supervisors.
- Highlight to the SMU Maintenance Manager, Aircraft Team Leader and other Senior Supervisors, any issues likely to impact the aircraft programme.
- First stage/Mandatory certification of completed maintenance, modification, or repairs carried out by the Mechanical team.
- Ensure timely and accurate information is supplied when submitting technical queries.
- Works within the requirements of the SMU Quality System and RSAF Technical Orders.
- Ensuring that personnel allocated to tasks have the required authorisations and skills to complete the tasks in a timely manner.
- Limiting the requirement for overtime by effective planning.
- Takes the appropriate action to address any poor performance, highlighted by inspectors or supervisors, by members of the Mechanical team.
- When necessary, take appropriate action for the resolution of any disciplinary matters for any members of the Mechanical team.
- Has responsibility, within their scope of delegated authority, for ensuring the personnel he is supervising, have the necessary knowledge, skills and authorisations to carry out allocated tasks and ensure that that task is completed in accordance with (iaw) RSAF TOs/publications, and any approved data and the SMU Quality system.
- Provides a level of direct supervision to personnel appropriate to their skills and competency to ensure that Engineering standards are maintained to the required quality standards.
- Investigates and provides reports on technical issues and accident/incident events of both Customer product and personnel.
- Ensures an effective house-keeping programme is maintained.
- Ensures that sound maintenance practices and documentation procedures are followed at all times.
- Before delegating any task, ensures all personnel are duly authorised and certified to accomplish the task.
- Ascertains that pre use checks are carried out as required, on the equipment used in the task he is supervising.
- Ensures accurate demands for replacement components/parts are place.
- Monitors the forecast date for demands and in liaison with the SMU Maintenance Manager. Aircraft Team Leader and other Supervisors places on the ‘critical list’ any that are likely to impact the programme.
- Ascertain whether serviceable and calibrated test equipment is available for the planned tasks, and if not informs the SMU Maintenance Manager.

**RECRUITMENT SPECIFICATION**

**_Essen_**_tial_**
- Must be educated to HND level or recognised equivalent or have relevant experience supported by formal, recorded workplace applied related training.
- Must have completed a recognised aircraft engineering apprenticeship in industry/military or similar qualification in aircraft or ground support systems.
- Familiar with RSAF Engineering paperwork processes.
- Must have extensive proven post qualification practical maintenance experience within operational flying aircraft environment supported by formal recorded workplace applied related training OR 5 years on same aircraft type.
- Must have previous Typhoon experience within the Mechanical Trade supported by formal ‘Q’ annotation.
- High level of interpersonal skill to co-ordinate a number of activities and the ability to communicate, influence and direct decision making.
- Skilled in the use of the MS Suite of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, power point)

**_Desirable_**
- An understanding of engineering operating procedures_._
- Experience of working in the aviation industry in the Middle East preferred.
- Experience in using IMS/ESS.
- Experience is using Trilogiview.
- Knowledge of BAE Systems certification and qualification procedures, RSAF maintenance procedures and practices and SMU contractual obligations.
- Successful completion of a metal fabrication and structural repair course.
- The ability to act upon their own initi