For our department Maintenance within LuxairAirlines, we are looking for a (an):
Head of Maintenance (m/f/x)
Main duties:
Regulatory responsibility and maintenance delivery:
- Be responsible for the safe, compliant and efficient performance of maintenance services on Luxair and customer aircraft in accordance with EASA Part-145, the approved Luxair MOE, other applicable regulations, approved maintenance data and internal procedures.
- Act as Deputy Postholder of the Luxair Maintenance Organisation as per EASA Part-145, as defined in the applicable organisation documentation. Maintain the MOE sections relevant to the department, including job descriptions and maintenance procedures.
Leadership, resources and safety culture:
- Lead, motivate and develop the dedicated staff, ensuring that the necessary technical, organizational and personnel resources are available to support safe and effective daily operations.
- Promote a strong safety, quality and compliance culture within the department, while fostering cost awareness, optimal resource utilisation and continuous improvement.
- Ensure on-time delivery after scheduled maintenance ground times as well as an industry standard technical dispatch reliability.
- Be able to lead large team of more than 100 people.
Performance management and improvement:
- Monitor departmental and leadership performance through suitable KPIs, identify areas for improvement, and initiate corrective or improvement actions to enhance safety, quality, efficiency and overall performance.
Budget, cost control:
- Contribute to the budget process, monitor cost development and implement actions where necessary.
Stakeholder coordination and operational support:
- Cooperate with internal and external stakeholders of Luxair Technics, work autonomously on strategic and operational matters within the scope of responsibility, escalate when required, and ensure appropriate availability and responsiveness to support operational needs and critical situations.
Required profile:Minimum required criteria:
- Have a Master’s degree in aeronautics, engineering or an equivalent field, or proven relevant experience in the technical environment of the aviation industry.
- Have experience in managing a Maintenance Organisation per EASA Part-145.
- Have strong leadership, organisational and priority-setting skills, with the ability to lead, develop and motivate teams in a demanding operational environment.
- Demonstrate strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively at all levels inside and outside the company.
- Display a strong understanding of aircraft release constraints and operational requirements.
- Demonstrate solid stakeholder management skills and the ability to build constructive cross-functional partnerships.
- Be able to work autonomously, take decisions within the scope of responsibility, manage priorities and drive initiatives to completion.
- Demonstrate change management capabilities, a proactive approach to problem solving and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Be able to manage operational pressure while maintaining safety, compliance and decision quality.
- Be able to ensure appropriate availability and responsiveness to support operational needs and critical situations linked to the function.
- Be open to travel and participation in industry events.
- Be familiar with standard office and reporting applications.
- Have excellent communication skills in English, good working knowledge of French or German, spoken and written, is an advantage.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of data and sensitive operational matters.
- Have good negotiation skills
- Show strong sense for entrepreneurial and economical thinking
- Show the ability for clear expression in writing
- Be capable of working independently as well as in a team
Desired or to be acquired criteria:
- Must provide an effort in the undeveloped language
- Show user skills in the IT systems used in Luxair Technics
The ideal candidate:
- Be a current or former EASA Part 66 B1/B2 or C (or equivalent) license holder would be an advantage
- Knowledge of Luxemburgish or any other language is considered as asset
