MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

To lead the strategic long term and day to day operations of engineering support and production planning functions in order to ensure that base checks are performed effectively, on time and that any engineering technical issues are resolved in a timely manner.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Leads, develops and supports the engineering base maintenance production planning, technical support and technical records teams to ensure that the flydubai fleet is maintained in accordance with the approved maintenance programme.
• Manages the day-to-day production support activities in base maintenance ensuring continuous airworthiness of inducted aircraft.
• Ensures that daily progress and critical path of the check is correctly managed to avoid any deviation from agreed Turn Around Time (TAT), interface with Operation Planning, Maintenance Planning and Engineering as required in order to implement any remedial plans.
• Manages the pre-input, daily production and washup meeting for each check, ensuring that all lessons learnt are captured sufficiently to ensure a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensures maintenance data is tailored appropriately and staged into task cards, that match the base maintenance working environment.
• Oversees the team’s rostering, leave management, workload allocation, process optimization, budget planning, addressing HR concerns, driving initiatives, and fostering team growth and development.
• Leads the streamlining of processes, the development of a clearer and more efficient organizational structure, and the planning of a new flydubai-owned Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility at DWC, to maximize insourcing potential.
• Manages hangar and capacity planning, including Gantt chart creation to monitor Actual vs Predicted progress of maintenance procedures to ensure they are completed on time.
• Ensures all technical issues and non-routine findings are correctly resolved in a timely and efficient manner by appropriately communicating with internal engineering stakeholders and/or Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) as required to ensure that appropriate approved data is obtained.
• Manages the preparation of reports on scheduled maintenance activity and ensuring appropriate escalation of any issues.
• Oversees, follows and supports established safety policies, practices and procedures prescribed in flydubai manuals and notices.
• Drives efficiencies by developing, implementing and executing a comprehensive engineering management strategy aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Minimum Education Level 

·       Bachelor's Degree (3+ years)

Education Specific Requirement (if applicable) 

·       Engineering Degree or ICAO Type 2 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Licence

Languages   

·       Fluent in English

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Years with Qualifications   

·       5 - 7 years experience

Professional Experience   

·       Minimum 3 years working in Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation (CAMO) in an engineering support oversight function.

·       Working knowledge of base maintenance activities and industry best practices for heavy maintenance task sequencing, planning and oversight.

Systems Knowledge (if applicable)         

·       AMOS desirable

CORE COMPETENCIES

·       Customer Focus

·       Teamwork

·       Effective Communication

·       Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve

·       Resilience and Flexibility (Can do attitude)

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

·       Inspiring & Developing Others

·       Decision Making

·       Strategic Thinking

·       Business Acumen