Director of Component Reliability

2 weeks ago

London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom Willis Global Ltd Full time

Our client, a global aerospace and defense company, operating across 20 different countries and specializing in providing aviation services to commercial and government operators across the World, are looking to recruit a **Director of Component Reliability and Engineering,**to be based at offices near **Gatwick Airport, West Sussex.**

**On Offer**:

- An opportunity to join a forward-thinking aerospace / aviation service provider with great potential for future growth
- An attractive salary (Director level)
- Additional Leave (loyalty scheme which adds additional days leave for every year worked, up to a value of 25 days)
- Enhanced Pension (following probation); the company will double the value of the employee contribution up to a value of 10%
- Private Medical and Dental (following probation)

**Main Purpose of the Role**:
The Director of Component Reliability & Engineering will be accountable for the Aerospace Technical and Reliability department. You will undertake technical support, reliability reporting, configuration management & compliance, Technical and ReliabilityServices on behalf of the companies Integrated service commercial team.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Oversight and coordination of a global team of Reliability Engineers for the aerospace / aviation sector
- Relationship management of customers’ engineering departments, including the organisation of periodic reliability reviews and the review of engineering contractual KPI’s
- A full reliability and engineering service for the aerospace / aviation sector that provides statistical analysis on demand, identification of rogue unit performance analysis, allowing quick remedial action Ongoing AD/SB reviews and implementation
- Technical assessments of inventory reference mod status, applicability to fleet and recommended operator stock holdings to maximise cost benefits
- Details review and works scope recommendation to repair shops to improve reliability.
- Resolving Technical Dispute or Technical related financial queried
- Technical support to the BD, repair and AOG team.
- AD & SB managements/review for components, contract and Customer support.
- Root cause analysis on high demand/removal contracts and actions.

In addition, people management responsibilities include performance management; working with the team to develop, monitor and review performance, monitoring employee’s health and well-being issues and providing supportive leadership via motivating and supporting,coaching and mentoring when and where required.

**To Be Considered**:

- Strong Aerospace / Aviation component technical knowledge
- Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Access
- Analytical; an ability to break down information by spotting patterns, interpreting data and considering new information to make educated decisions and conclusion
- Communication: an demonstrated ability to convey or share ideas, tasks and feelings to a varfierty of people effectively without misinterpretation or misleading others
- Delegation: an ability to effectively direct the actions of others. Ensuring the right tasks are done by the right people at the right time
- Strategic Thinking: an ability prepare strategies and conjure ideas that will both cope with changing environments and consider the various challenges that lie ahead

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