Simulator Shift Supervisor

at  BAE Systems

JOB PURPOSE

BAE Systems is the UK Government’s nominated Prime Contractor under the Government-to-Government arrangements that are in place to provide equipment, support and training to Saudi Arabia. We provide maintenance of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircraft and train RSAF and Royal Saudi Naval Force personnel safely in a training environment in how to use their aircraft, equipment and weapons.
BAE Systems Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the Saudi Arabian National Agenda including Saudisation and the training and development of Saudi National capability through the growth of the Saudi National Partner Companies thereby reinforcing Industrialisation and Partnerships.

The Simulator Shift Supervisor is responsible to the Simulator Team Leader for providing first-line supervision of maintenance production, quality and manpower management in support of the Aircrew Training Devices (ATDs) under the LOA3 Project. The primary duty is the day to day running of the simulator engineering department, ensuring that the simulators and training devices are available for operations as required and in a condition consistent with achieving operational and training capability targets.

• They will be responsible for the management of engineering and administrative support to the AMO as directed by the Simulator Team Leader; including but not limited to the management and implementation of all relevant company policies:
• Manages the engineers under control, and ensures that sufficient are available at all times to support operations and accomplish all assigned maintenance tasks.
• Ensures the correct accomplishment and recording of periodic maintenance inspections of the flight simulators
• Ensures discrepancies reported by instructors / aircrew are correctly recorded in the assigned Training Management Information System (TMIS)
• Assigns Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) to perform jobs.
• Ensures that engineers use the correct technical data, tools and test equipment when working on the simulator, and that all maintenance documentation and TMIS records are fully completed.
• Ensures that all operations, inspections, and maintenance documents are prepared and maintained correctly
• Reviews new and amended technical publications for applicability to the simulators and where necessary, ensure that the engineers are informed of any changes.
• Liaises with the simulator logistics specialist on all supply matters, and ensures that a suitable priority is assigned to all requests.
• Liaises with instructor/aircrew throughout the shift to ensure that the simulators are always ready for use
• Ensures that the Simulator Cockpit, Instructor’s Operating Station and required Databases are set up prior to a training sortie, as required to meet the training schedule.
• Monitors the simulator maintenance environment to ensure that the area is kept in a clean and safe condition.
• Where suitable, delegates secondary duties to engineers
• Deputise for the Simulator Team Leader as required

In this role the job holder will report to the following:

• RSAF Policies and procedures
• M&CA Mandates
• Base Maintenance Manage