Job Title: Aircraft Surface Finish Supervisor
Location: Holyhead, Anglesey
Compensation: £36,267.49 shift premium + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58170
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Surface Finish Supervisor at our RAF Valley site.
The role
As an Aircraft Surface Finish Supervisor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The Surface Finish Supervisor is responsible for planning, conducting and completing aircraft, component and support equipment surface finish paint restoration activities to the highest standard in line with current regulation and instruction from Hawk aircraft authorities.
Day-to-day, you'll oversee maintenance and coordinate maintenance documentation within Surface Finish category in line with competency limitations and certification, as well as:
- Ensure all tool control procedures IAW the relevant Acceptable Means of Compliance are followed.
- Monitor the handling, distribution, and satisfaction of engineering instructions (MODs, RTI's, UTI's STIs, SIs etc.) and their associated reporting procedures.
- Maintain an effective changeover by debriefs or written log to provide a smooth transition and continuation of trade tasks between each shift (Where/when applicable)
- Provide line management support to junior colleagues by way of PDR/Development, Performance Improvement, and technician mentoring. And Champion a culture of Near Miss and Error Reporting and take the lead for subsequent investigations.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week, and is based on site at RAF Valley. The role alternates between 1 week of early shifts and 1 week of late shifts: Early shift 9am - 4.15pm, late shift 4pm - 12am, with an early finish every Friday.
Essential experience of the Aircraft Surface Finish Supervisor
- Relevant industry experience within Aviation
- Supervisory experience
Qualifications for the Aircraft Surface Finish Supervisor
- Training in relevant discipline to City and Guilds Level or NVQ level 3 equivalent (STANDARDS REQUIRED - EMAE R233,R235,3090,3091)
- Full Driving Licence
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Clearance.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 14/08/2024
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