Weapons Senior Supervisor

Job Description

The Weapons senior supervisor is responsible
to the rectification controller and should be an experienced and skilled
armament technician undertaking a range of detailed maintenance activities on
the Typhoon aircraft or aircraft components.

They will be responsible for maintaining airworthiness through
appropriate task delegation and authorisation on an aircraft or aircraft
component. Responsible for meeting agreed delivery targets at a tactical level.
Demonstrates people management and leadership skills. Demonstrates awareness of
broader external dependencies and identifies areas for continuous improvement.

·       Undertake and complete tasked
maintenance & diagnostic activities on the Typhoon or weapons systems/components which may
include, as appropriate, aircraft ground handling, flight servicing, aircraft role changes, embodiments, component
removals, inspections, repairs, modifications, fault rectifications,
replacements and/or functional/system test

·       Undertaking detailed maintenance, inspection
and supervision activities on an aircraft or aircraft components. Assuring work
carried out has been completed in accordance with the SOW / Work package using
the relevant approved technical information. Resolving faults and maintenance
issues, including an awareness of configuration management

·       Supervising the team to ensure that maintenance
is undertaken to schedule and highlight any issues, escalate as required.
Report on any impact to the wider programme

·       Ensuring staff are
sufficiently competent and approved for the maintenance tasks allocated to
them. Maintain personal & teams task authorisation for working on an
aircraft or components in accordance with AMC requirements

·       Undertaking support tasks
within the Aircraft or component maintenance facility which are required to
maintain compliance with the MOE and AMC procedures (e.g. oversight checks,
control of tooling / test equipment)

·       Provide guidance and leadership to
the team. Develop team members using formal assessment processes, e.g.
PDR’s, support and sponsor training requests including ‘on the job training’.
Demonstrate sound and comprehensive communication and people management skills
in order to exchange complicated information

·       Undertaking fault evaluation and raise
ad hoc work cards and for ‘found faults’ during maintenance

·       Ability to scope and carry out
independent and vital inspections

·       Demonstrating a flexible and proactive
attitude to carrying out responsibilities appropriate to the role and tasks

·       Maintaining personal & teams task
authorisation for working on the Typhoon or components in accordance with
regulatory requirements

·       Ensuring that maintenance is
undertaken to schedule and resolve any issues, escalate as required

·       Ensuring all maintenance activities
are appropriately documented and airworthiness records are maintained on
relevant systems (IT/paper based). Compile required reporting, identify any
issues and escalate as appropriate

·       Providing support
and guidance, including allocation of tasks to appropriately authorised
maintenance technicians

·       Compiling
appropriate reporting, identification of any issues, resolving and escalating
as appropriate to ensure the maintenance servicing remains on schedule

·       Providing OJT aligned to the role
training specification to QAF candidate