Workshop Supervisor -MRO (Avionics)

Location: Noida, India

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Position Summary :

The Workshop Manager reports to the Accountable Manager and is responsible for the Maintenance Operations Department activities.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Perform repairs, modifications and retrofits activity including release of ARC form.
• Responsible for In-House Test bench maintenance activity including operational liaison with external vendors.
• Support the workshop for technical /product related issues; coordinate with Field Service team as needed.
• Responsible for the satisfactory completion and certification of all work required by contracted operators/ customers in accordance with the work specification (Work Order and approved MOE procedures) and compliance with applicable DGCA requirements, company s procedures and customer requirements.
• Develops and implements training programs and recurrent training using internal and/or external sources for improving technical qualifications, personnel, productivity, versatility and workmanship.
• Facilitate the audits inspections and respond to quality deficiencies in the area of activity for which he/she is responsible, which arise from independent quality audits.
• Ensuring through the workforce that the quality of workmanship in the final product is to a standard acceptable to the organization and DGCA.
• Responsible for the implementation of the safety policy, human factor issues and good maintenance practices.
• Assures availability and use of suitable tools, materials and equipment appropriate to the ratings of this maintenance organization repair station, in accordance with manufacturers, customers and THALES directives to perform the planned tasks.
• To record and notify any inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous procedure, practice information or maintenance instruction contained in the maintenance data used by maintenance personnel to the author of maintenance data.
• Provide a common work card, Task Routing Sheet Form to be used throughout relevant parts of the organization and comply with 145.A.45 (e).
• Responsible for notifying the Accountable Manager whenever deficiencies emerge, which require him/her, attention in respect of finance and the acceptability of standards (Accountable Manager and Quality Manager to be officially informed of any lack of 25% of available man-hours over a calendar month).
• Responsible for ensuring that any work for internal workshops or external contracted / subcontracted organizations is correctly detailed in a work order/contract and that the requirements of the contract/work order are fulfilled in respect of inspection.

• Ensures availability of all necessary maintenance data in terms of CMM, Repair Instructions from THALES OEM.
• Responsible for carrying out and ensuring the competence assessment of all personnel engaged in maintenance including certifying staff, Technicians and Stores personnel.
• Responsible for ensuring, through the workforce under him/her control, that the quality of workmanship in the final product is to a standard acceptable to THALES and DGCA;
• Ensure that all work on aircraft components is carried out to the standards specified in 145.A.65 (b)
• Supplying necessary technical documents for customers and to ensure specified records are maintained with respect to all maintenance work carried out by the organization as per the requirements of MOE.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities :

1. Engineering Competencies

• To innovate, improve, implement, evaluate and sustain the engineering/repair processes and capabilities
• To advocate engineering best practices in engineering team and workshop to improve work processes and for optimum operational efficiencies.

2. Central Engineering Liaison & Co-operations

• Liaise with Central Engineering for technical related matters to support repair needs.
• Cooperate with engineering entities on projects and Chronic unit management.

3. Technical and Means support

Monitor & Escalate support effectiveness (with job prioritization) to Industrial support Manager and Industrial maintenance manager . Ensure adequate support to operations requests and ensure adequate support given for capability setup, qualification and relevant technical supports as required.

New/add-on repair capability buildup and New Product Introduction

• Accountable on Activity setup

Customer Investigation Request

• To lead and coordinate with repair shop and product support engineers with regards to the investigation findings and recommended corrective actions.

Product repair process recovery, sustaining and improvement

• Support testing procedure/ documentation updating, discrepancies and issues
• Technical Publication Review for Product & Test Means
• Support piece parts issues
• Improve repair process, write internal work instructions to facilitate repair
• Perform Impact Analysis as necessary
• Develops the capability of BITE decoding

Documentation Typo Recovery and Clarification

• Provide technical judgment and liaise with Central Engineering to provide solution for document, repair process and piece parts discrepancies to prevent work stoppages
• Demonstrate to Quality Dept. on the accuracy of the justified data for use as supplement or correction to official documents

Projects:

• Liaise with Central Engineering for support, sharing of knowledge or innovations and Joint projects.
• Request or participate Joint engineering projects that will benefit all regions.

Evaluate when new consumable and chemicals are introduced to workshop for usage

• Liaise with Central Engineering to ensure correct new chemicals/ consumable introduction
• Follow up with new chemical introduction process

Equivalency evaluation and proving of replacement/alternative equipment

• Liaise with Central Engineering (as necessarily) when require additional support on the equivalency proving.

Manage and maintain means and tools records.

Skill & Qualification:

• Diploma/ Degree in Aerospace/ Aeronautical/ Electronic/ Electrical/ Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant working experience in technical support function including 3 years of maintenance experience in Avionics Component domain.
• Exp in Production and Repair Integration and Testing, conducts integration and test operations to guarantee the intervention in terms of quality, cost and deadline while respecting the range and the associated production/repair plan.

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