Armaments Junior Supervisor

Role Overview

The Armaments Junior Supervisor is a proficient armament technician responsible for executing and overseeing various maintenance tasks on the Typhoon aircraft and its components. This role ensures continual airworthiness by delegating and authorizing tasks appropriately on aircraft or related components. The individual is accountable for achieving delivery targets on a tactical level while demonstrating effective leadership and people management capabilities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform detailed maintenance and diagnostic operations on Typhoon aircraft and weapon systems, including ground handling, flight servicing, role changes, component removals, inspections, repairs, modifications, fault rectifications, replacements, and functional/system testing.
• Supervise personnel performing maintenance in line with approved technical data and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Analyze and diagnose faults using diagnostic procedures and collaborate efficiently within a team environment.
• Maintain configuration management and resolve maintenance issues promptly.
• Ensure all team members possess the necessary competencies and authorizations aligned with Aviation Maintenance Certificates (AMC).
• Support maintenance facility operations such as oversight checks and control of tools/test equipment to comply with Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE) and AMC procedures.
• Lead and develop team members through formal assessments (e.g., Personal Development Reviews), facilitate training including on-the-job learning, and endorse training requests.
• Communicate complex information effectively and manage people efficiently within a diverse operational setting.
• Conduct fault evaluations, raise work cards for discovered faults, and execute independent vital inspections.
• Oversee scheduling adherence for maintenance activities, escalate concerns, and communicate impacts to the broader program as required.
• Maintain personal and team task authorizations, ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Keep a detailed personal Log Book documenting training and certifications, authorize and verify others’ logbooks within skill boundaries, and if qualified, act as a designated assessor for authorizations and task approvals.
• Ensure comprehensive documentation of maintenance actions and airworthiness records across IT and paper-based systems.
• Compile reports, identify issues, and escalate as necessary to maintain maintenance schedules and standards.
• Allocate tasks to authorized maintenance technicians and provide ongoing support and guidance within the team.

Qualifications and Experience

• Completion of an engineering apprenticeship, preferably in Aeronautical Engineering or a military equivalent.
• A minimum of three years’ experience, including time working with the Typhoon aircraft type.
• Academic credentials such as City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance, or an equivalent qualification.
• Additional certificates or qualifications including Typhoon Composite, Flight Servicing Engineering HNC or equivalent experience, Leadership Foundation, Human Factors, Explosives and Pyrotechnics (E&PW) Awareness, and ITAR Awareness.