Technical Training Manager

Why join Marshall in this role?

This role will give you the chance to play a key role on ground-breaking and high-profile defence projects with values in the hundreds of millions. You will be part of an industry-leading team, working with Marshall and other major defence stakeholders and Primes.

Purpose of the position

To lead & line manage the technical training team and turn requirements into deliverables across the scope of the Part147 approvals and technical delivery capability.

With exciting growth plans, the successful applicant shall have the opportunity to shape, influence and deliver existing and future NAA approved programmes, as the Technical Training Manager Form4, within a team that recognises the need to balance old and new learning methods.

Responsibilities and tasks shall include:

• Own all Part147 processes, delegating responsibility where appropriate and ensure full compliance across the full scope of granted approvals.
• Day to day line management, development, and resource allocation of the Technical Training Team.
• Forecasting future capacity and capability requirements, produce detailed execution plans, Business Cases and deliver the outputs.
• Own continuous improvement across Time, Cost & Quality of the technical delivery across all technical programmes, including working with the Workshop Manager to reduce duplication and create seamless transitions between programmes.
• Provide technical subject matter knowledge in support of identification of customer requirements, solution generation including costing and the operational delivery plans.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong, collaborative leadership style, able to change styles to meet the needs of the individual.
• Highly organised, self-directing and pro-active.
• Able to confidently make decisions with an understanding of the effect.
• Conscientious and adaptable.
• Confident working with young people and experienced engineers.
• Prioritises safety, able to identify and mitigate hazards pro-actively and reduce to As Low As Reasonably Practicable.

Technical Competencies:

• Able to create operational delivery plans from complex technical or regulatory requirements.
• Understanding of Safety Management Systems.
• Identification and management of operational risks and communicating them to relevant stakeholder for awareness, support or escalation.
• Project Management of full lifecycle, preferably in an engineering context.
• Competent with Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint and willing to learn the wider Microsoft tools (Teams, Planner, SharePoint).

Experience:

• Management experience +2 years in an aviation engineering environment, with evidence of;
• Management of projects with multiple requirements, dependencies, and stakeholders.
• Leadership and line management of multidisciplinary teams >20 people.
• Demonstrable experience of delivery of outputs against regulations including day-day, initial application and audit findings.
• Demonstrable experience of both training and maintenance environment, capable of talking technically and commercially with customers.

Education:

• Aviation apprenticeship with relevant aerospace industry experience.
• Aviation degree with relevant aerospace industry experience in an MRO environment.
• Mandatory regulatory training (HF, FTS, EWIS)

Additional local needs

Possible occasional domestic and international travel to meet business requirements.

The benefits we offer you will include:

• 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)
• Pension contributions up to 9%
• Healthcare cash plan for you and your children
• Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work
• Life assurance at 4x basic salary
• Enhanced parental leave and pay
• Paid volunteering leave
• Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools
• Opportunities to develop your skill set and gain additional qualifications

About Marshall

Marshall is an independent, family-owned UK company with a diverse portfolio of businesses and a shared commitment to keeping our customers moving forward.

Whether that is supporting global armed forces to deliver mission-critical activities, keeping the UK distribution industry on the road, creating new sustainable communities where people can live and thrive, or developing the next generations of industry talent - we are incredibly proud to have been building extraordinary futures since 1909.

Marshall Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Marshall Group is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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