Simulator Fleet Manager

Job Purpose: Technical management of a team of Senior Engineers and control of
configurations and updates of the flight simulator fleet and associated
training devices, ensuring simulators meet the internal quality and training
objectives and external regulatory requirements. To ensure optimisation of the
simulator fleet fidelity & evaluate fleet safety updates and flight training
evolutions and their relevance to the simulator fleet. Job Outline: - Monitor
and control the status of the simulators in the fleet and report to Manager
Flight Training Facilities-MFTF on device availability, reliability and issues
of operational concern across the fleet. Update flight training to ensure
optimum rostering for devices. - To manage a team of Senior Engineers, setting
objectives and identifying technical and developmental training needs. The job
holder must apply specialist technical knowledge and must priorities issues
with operational or regulatory impact as well as continue to provide direction
ensuring consistency across the fleet. - Maintain and manage the modification
status of the training devices across the fleet in accordance with
international regulatory requirements. Monitor aircraft fleet developments to
assess Flight Training impact and recommend an appropriate plan for training
device modification or update. The job will involve technical interaction with
EK Engineering, Flight Training, Flight Operations Performance and Engineering
and external airframe and avionic suppliers. - Identify device technical
specifications and scope of updates. Device updates may be complex and involve
external interaction with agencies and suppliers. Analyse budgetary
requirements for device updates and report and recommend to MFTF. Manage the
project lifecycle - To ensure technical documentation for training devices is
appropriately updated and published for devices within fleet.- - Ensure common
training functionality across devices to maximise device utilisation. - Ensure
that device status reports for local and international regulatory authority
are completed for the certification of the training devices within the fleet.
Present the training devices to international regulatory authorities for
certification in conjunction with the Manager Quality Assurance and Audit-
MQA&A - Manage and plan activities in order to ensure allocated tasks and
projects are completed within the required cost and time scales to maintain or
meet operational requirements. - Develop and maintain close technical and
support links with industry training equipment and avionics suppliers. Monitor
training device supplier released service bulletins for applicability to fleet
and take appropriate action - Maintain technical specifications for future
training device procurements in cooperation with the FTF Projects Manager.
Continuously update with technology and regulatory advances to ensure that
device specifications meet current and future industry training philosophy
Qualifications & Experience: Engineering.Flight Simulator : ‎8+ Years Degree or
Honours (‎12+‎3 or equivalent) : - The jobholder requires professional
experience within the simulation and training equipment industry, with strong
flight simulation technical background. - Track record of managing medium to
large technical projects with experience of justifying, planning and
implementing new solutions. - Must be able to promote and gain acceptance of
new technical solutions with FTF management and engineers. - Experiential
knowledge will also be a significant factor in assessing situations and
planning resolution of problems encountered.
Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-
free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted
flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an
excellent leave and healthcare package. That's on top of transport benefits,
life insurance and more.