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PRINCIPAL ENGINEER

Employment Type Permanent
Location North Wales , Anglesey
Industry Sector Aerospace
Start Date ASAP
Salary/Rate £40000 - £45000 per annum + car
Reference 320293SP
Date Advertised 18-08-2008 - 00:02

This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.

Description

Job Purpose

A senior engineering management role responsible for all support engineering activities.related to Hawk IOS at RAF Valley.

To hold delegated authority on behalf of the Company.


Job Purpose

-A senior engineering management role responsible for all support engineering activities.related to Hawk IOS at RAF Valley.

-To hold delegated authority on behalf of the Company.

Accountabilities

-Delegate engineering authority to appropriately qualified management and key supervisors
-To manage and control contract outputs especially safety and quality assurance
-Provide direction and leadership on all aspects of engineering activities
-Build strong relations with our client and partner
-Liase with RAF Hawk Engineering and Fleet Management Authorities
-To manage the scheduled maintenance programme in partnership with the Fleet Manager's team
-Ensure Reported Failures, Incident Reports and Defect Reports are investigated and actioned in accordance with current regulations
-Ensure correct allocation of resources within the Depth business area to ensure engineering output meets the contact requirements and Company business plan
-To provide an up to date source of expertise appropriate to the contract content for the SC to use in the investigation of and bidding for new business.
-Represent the Company as its most senior engineering manager when required
-Promote a just and responsibility based human factors culture


Experience

-Experience ideally within military aircraft operations
-Significant understanding of airworthiness, specifically military airworthiness processes
-Maintenance experience, must have been in a line management capacity
-Ideally will have working knowledge of the fast jet training environment
-Thorough understanding of RAF engineering practices, manuals, documentation, schedules, quality assurance requirements and regulatory requirements
-Proven record off achievement
-An understanding of working with MOD contracts
-Commercially astute understands commercial and budgetary constraints
-Able to demonstrate past fulfilment of significant objectives within given timelines
-Able to implement and maintain efficient working practices
-Able to bring about effective change management processes
-Understanding of Quality and Health & Safety Issues

Qualifications

-Ideally a Graduate Engineer, preferably at Chartered status
-Experience at a level equivalent to authority level K

Attitude

-Commercially focused
-Disciplined Leader
-Customer focused
-Quality Orientated
-Methodical and analytical
-Energetic
-Enthusiastic
-Team Player


Skills

-An accomplished Leader
-Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
-Influencing skills
-Worked in a Unionised environment
-Highly computer literate
-Able to produce quality reports, produce presentations and provide written and oral briefings to Executive Level