What you’ll do:

• Accountable for reviews, evaluation and approval of technical documentation that ensures the organisation operates in a safe, reliable and cost-effective manner.
• Supports optimal technical decision making across the team and leads technical discussions across departments, using expertise and considering the business effects.
• Responsible for maintaining technical standards, policy and strategic direction including scoping the impact of, and influencing, future legislation.
• Develop and manage healthy OEM, MRO, internal customer & stakeholder relationships
• Acts as a consultant on technical and airworthiness matters on behalf of British Airways with internal and external suppliers, customers and regulatory bodies.
• Responsible for delivery of a portfolio of projects and programmes of commercial value to the business.
• Hold and exercise CAA Part M, Part 145 and Part 21 technical engineer approvals as required by the role to support the business needs.
• Maintains oversight of fleet reliability, monitoring fleet technical performance and developing improvement plans to ensure performance targets are achieved.
• Leading or supporting technical investigations in line with the corporate safety management manual.
• Prioritising workload and taking appropriate action to maintain compliance with all appropriate company procedures, policies, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Reports, presents and communicates operational and business performance and significant events to senior stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Problem solving, analytical & technical decision making
• Strong team player, highly collaborative and emotionally intelligent
• Project management, organisation & prioritisation
• Report and business case writing with high degree of commercial awareness
• Computer & IT literate
• Customer focused with effective verbal and written communication skills
• Highly self-motivated showing initiative in a changing environment
• Experience of effective supplier management
• IT support systems experience highly desirable
• Hands on aircraft/engine/product experience desirable

Your experience:

• Ability to hold CAA or BA company approvals (e.g. Part-21J Part-145 & Part-M) (Essential)
• HNC / HND or equivalent in an Aerospace Engineering or related subject (Essential)
• Recognised Aircraft Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent industry experience (Essential)
• Degree in an Aerospace Engineering subject (Desirable)
• CAA pt66 Licence (Desirable)
• Knowledge of safety and quality management systems (Essential)
• Knowledge of regulations including CAA Part M, Part 145 and Part 21. (Desirable)
• Knowledge of company processes and procedures applicable to the work environment & people (Desirable)
• Knowledge of at least one aircraft, engine, product type design, mechanical & electrical systems, structures, materials & supporting ground systems. (Desirable)
• Knowledge of maintenance programmes, technical reliability and condition monitoring tools and processes. (Essential)