As a Technical Shift Controller Nights, you will be responsible for overseeing the technical operations of the airline’s fleet and infrastructure during the night shift. Our Maintenance & Engineering Department helps us to drive Aer Lingus’ ambition by ensuring that all aircraft, ground support systems, and critical technical operations are functioning properly, supporting the airline’s operational efficiency and safety during overnight hours.
Your responsibilities a Technical Shift Controller Consolidated Nights will include:
- Supervision and certification of Line Maintenance work to ensure compliance with prescribed airworthiness standards and the requirements of the MOE. Reporting to and deputising for the relevant DSEM.
- Leadership, motivation and direction of line maintenance crews to ensure delivery of the highest level of technical performance to achieve company and department annual Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
- Control of duty manpower levels and the coordination of aircraft maintenance in conjunction with the Duty Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Production Planning Specialist and Short-Term Planner through monitoring of AMOS “maintenance forecasts” for planned items, ensuring tasks are performed in a timely manner prior to exceeding their due date.
- Ensuring that all tooling is returned at the end of each shift and a detailed shift handover is completed.
- Responsible for ensuring excellent housekeeping standards are maintained.
- Ensuring compliance with company, regulatory and Health and Safety requirements. Notifying any Quality Compliance issues to maintenance management.
- Ensure all AOG events are prioritised and allocate resources as required to ensure maximum first wave fleet availability at 05:00 irrespective of the operating schedule.
- Utilising all available manpower, actively pursue closure of deferred and repetitive defects on a continual basis to ensure the best possible product is presented to our crews. Liaise with Station Managers to ensure maximum efficiency is attained by allocating personnel to Line or Hangar activities as required.
- Oversight and full engagement with all aspects of TMS to include annual leave and sick leave, within your area of responsibility, while adhering to planned absence and leave rules.
- Development of line maintenance staff including motivation and recommendation for appropriate further training. Partaking in the training and implementation of Limited Defect Rectification approval for Cat A staff. Ensuring that line maintenance crews complete prescribed training courses to maintain currency of training and continuity of approvals.