Maintenance Supervisor

Job Purpose: dnata is one of the world's largest air services providers
offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across
five continents. We operate in ‎38 countries and ‎136 airports globally. As a
Maintenance Supervisor, you will have to plan, schedule, direct and supervise
the day to day operations and staff to complete repairs, corrective and
scheduled maintenance of equipment to meet operational needs in line with the
agreed service and safety standards. Responsible for monitoring and
controlling of maintenance jobs through detailed inspections of the work
carried out, ensuring cost effectiveness and quality of maintenance. In this
role, you will: - Ensures daily work plans are in place to enable the
execution of all planned and scheduled maintenance jobs, and that sufficient
material and manpower resources are available to address unplanned breakdown
repair jobs. - Allocates material and manpower resources in accordance with
the work plan to ensure that technician teams are effectively utilized to
attend to all planned and unplanned maintenance jobs. - Ensures all maintained
equipment meet standards for operability and safety and ensures compliance
with general safety procedures in order to prevent personal injury or damage
to equipment during maintenance and other technical activities. - Supports
Technicians in managing repair methodologies, parts selection and technical
diagnosis to ensure individual repairs and maintenance is conducted safely,
efficiently and cost effectively. - Establishes regular two way communication
with teams and shift management to ensure clear understanding of objectives
including daily shift briefings, safety tool box talks, shift hand overs and
new process introduction. - Provides on the job training and support to guide
Technicians on maintenance techniques, fault diagnosis and repair, uses of
different tools and machinery and safe working techniques to ensure the
development of skills, safety, lean and 5S principles at work. This includes
familiarisation for new staff. - Conducts adhoc inspections of ongoing jobs
and regularly validate post-job quality inspections. - Maintains a detailed
log of all faults reported on various equipment, corrective actions taken, job
durations involved and spares used, in order to provide data for the
Maintenance Management System (MMS). - Continuously suggests and seeks
approval for corrective maintenance improvements, modifications to the
existing maintenance systems and equipment in order to improve their
performance, increase life of equipment, prevent recurrent failure and reduce
maintenance costs. - Maintains close liaison and communication with the
Service Delivery Officer or Service Delivery Manager with respect forecasting
future spare part and material requirements in order to minimize stock-out
situations. - Ensures all work is undertaken only when the proper safety
precautions are in place. This includes pre and post job safety procedures,
personal protective equipment and the right work environment for the job. -
Conducts technical investigations in response to incidents involving
equipment; identify root causes propose mitigations and corrective actions as
appropriate. - Ensures compliance to all relevant safety policies, procedures
and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety, legislative
compliance and a responsible environmental attitude. - Supports Service
Delivery Officer/ Service Delivery manager to conduct regular safety
briefings, while intervening when there is risk exposure, role model safe
behaviours and follows up on corrective actions
Qualifications & Experience: To qualify for the role, you must meet the below
requirements. - Diploma in either Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic or
Automobile Engineering from a reputed Institution - ‎4-‎6 year's experience in
Engineering, maintenance or workshop team management role - Proficient IT and
Computer Literacy - Advanced Supervisory Skills - Proficient Quality
Orientation Skills - UAE Driving license / Home Country Driving License -
Related Technical Skills in relevant area for example:
Fabrication/Welding/Sheet Metal Works, Electrical/Electronics, Mechanical,
Hydraulics, Air-Conditioning and Power, Engines, Auto-Electrical
Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary
and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on
flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information
about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website
www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what's it like to live and
work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle
section.