Aircraft Maintenance Coordinator

£39.98 per hour Umbrella / £30.22 per hour PAYE

As an Aircraft Maintenance Coordinator, you will be responsible for providing technical and scheduling advice to the deployed fleet, receiving incoming requests, and monitoring aircraft serviceability states.

All applicants must be capable of achieving a full UK Security Clearance (UKSC), without restrictions.

1. Provide a single point of contact for the deployed fleet, empowered to make decisions and with clear escalation pathways to ensure continued operations.
2. Report serviceability states of the forward fleet on a company and customer level by means of distributed status reports.
3. Drumbeat the recovery of AOG aircraft at MOB and Deployed.
4. Liaise with other AIOC team members to ensure that aircraft are quickly and effectively recovered.
5. Collaborate with Logistics, Fleet Tasking, and Availability Management teams to ensure smooth operations.
6. Monitor the Minimum Operational & Safety Equipment List (MOSEL) and Acceptable Deferred Faults (ADF's) to ensure compliance with regulations.
7. Maintain communication with Pt.145 Line Supervisors regarding serviceability states and readiness levels at Main Operating Base (MOB).
8. Coordinate the progress of aircraft, manpower, spares, and facilities for tasks accomplished by Part 145 maintenance organisations.
9. Escalate issues to HOAIOC, DEOC, RAF DExO, and FTAM as necessary.
10. Enact the Business Continuity Plan and RAF Crash and Disaster Plan in the event of a major incident.
11. Liaise with external resources and spares/tooling as necessary to achieve a fast, safe, and economic recovery and return of the aircraft to service.
12. Inform RAF Stakeholders (DExO, DEOC) of any delays or changes to tasking details.
13. Provide out-of-hours cover for raising in-service event reports, notices to crew, and Fleet Tasking prioritisation.
14. Manage applications for Concessions rectification, interval extension, and aircraft cannibalisation.
15. Provide deployed operational status information via the Daily Ops Brief and Daily Escalation Brief.
16. Provide Daily Operational Priorities for Team Atlas.
17. Conduct a verbal handover with the incoming shift regarding ongoing events, recently resolved issues, and imminent problems.
18. Provide KPI data to Senior Leadership Team (SLT) stakeholders as required.
19. Maintain competence levels in line with continued development activities of the organisation and evolution of the aircraft.

1. Ideal candidate holds an EASA PT.66 engineers' licence or demonstrates relevant experience and competence knowledge of SFAR-88, EWIS, and Human Factors.
2. Proficient in the use of Communication and Information systems (Sharepoint, Q-Pulse, MDS, local databases, etc.).
3. Knowledge of systems and platforms is a real advantage.
4. Fluent (native) spoken and written English is essential.
5. Some military aviation experience is useful but not essential.