Licensed Aircraft Engineer at British Airways

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Reference: 9684
Location: Lagos
Career Area: Engineering

The Role

• Provides effective technical leadership of maintenance colleagues and maintenance supervision, to ensure compliance with all regulatory and company requirements and procedures.
• Works collaboratively with local management, control centres, quality, planning and technical departments to achieve required quality and cost targets, alongside the delivery of maintenance.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do:

• Lead and supervise maintenance activities including setting clear targets and expectations to deliver departmental
• Develop and motivate a team to its full potential and
• Ensure team and individual compliance with company procedures in direct relation to the supervision of maintenance tasks being conducted.
• Responsible for the successful completion of all allocated, planned and ad-hoc maintenance tasks. This is expected to be achieved through effective leadership, supervision of maintenance and efficient allocation of resources, equipment and
• Provide oversight and certification of individual and team maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety, company procedures, regulatory and airmanship standards (this includes C Certification for non-scheduled inputs and modification inputs in Base Maintenance areas)
• Ensure and support effective communication and escalation of issues that require additional
• Be responsible for remaining qualified and authorised required aircraft types, vehicles and equipment applicable to area and able to carry out all tasks associated with the Certifying Licensed Technician
• Be responsible for maintaining a safe working environment by adhering to quality, health, safety and environment regulations and housekeeping
• Hold a BX stamp, carry out the requirements of a BX stamp holder (as required by the area)
• Create a culture of continuous improvement in a production environment, in order to increase unit performance and colleague development.
• Complete IT and documentary transactions as required, making full use of
• Support the development of a high performing team and culture, in line with the company
• Further own knowledge and skills base with training, use of technology and experience

Requirements
What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Excellent technical decision-making skills
• Information gathering, interpretation and decision
• Problem solving and acting on own
• Ability to interpret technical publications to make fact-based decisions in a complex operating
• Identifies solutions with strong situational
• Highly self-motivated, capable of working as part of a team as well as leading a
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Strong prioritisation, planning and organisation
• Good IT literacy
• Strong analytical skills
• Innovative, flexible and adaptable
• Stakeholder management

Your Experience:

• CAA Part-66 Category B license or NCAA license
• Unrestricted B1 (plus B2 optional)
• Valid full Nigerian driving license (or equivalent) (desirable)
• Ability to hold an airport restricted zone
• Ability to hold an airside driving

For internal candidates only:

• Restricted or Unrestricted B1 (plus B2 optional)
• Must hold a minimum of one aircraft type authorisation applicable to British Airways

Application Closing Date
4th July 2024.