Structures Team Leader

Job Title: Structures Team Leader
Location: Malta
Employment Type: Permanent

• Competitive Salary
• Shift Allowance
• Overtime Entitlement
• Staff Travel Discount
• Life Insurance
• Health Insurance
• 2 months annual leave (summer shutdown)

About the Role

On behalf of our client, a leading organisation in the aviation industry, we are currently recruiting for a Structures Team Leader to support the support the activities of the maintenance department. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic environment with a strong focus on safety, compliance, and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise, assign and coordinate the work activities of the sheet metal workers and composite teams;
• Plan and develop work schedules and equipment usage schedules;
• Lead and direct the assigned teams in performing maintenance functions, including various aircraft sheet metal repairs and replacements, to ensure airworthiness according to specifications;
• Ensure proper identification of work scope of all assigned work, and ensures that all necessary technical data is available;
• Assign work to one’s team in a way that maximizes productivity, quality, efficiency, and timeliness and consistently monitors performance of the work;
• Provide on the job instruction and training regarding aircraft work, standard operating procedures and safety standards to employees in the Structures team;
• Review non-routine cards to identify repairs and/or replacements in a timely manner;
• Accurately identify necessary parts, materials, and tooling for each non-routine job and estimates maintenance on non-routine card in a timely manner;
• Monitor and control the flow and control and completion as necessary of work documents in one’s area of responsibility;
• Adopt a proactive approach to continuous improvement and compliance with continuous improvement standards;
• Supervise/monitor time stamping (clocking on job cards);
• Make sure that material bookings are correctly done on the right job cards to facilitate cost monitoring and AWR generation by the commercial team;
• Manage and keep housekeeping standards in assigned area/sections, ensuring that team members comply to 5s standards;
• Engage in the supervision of training and development of apprentices;
• Increase the engagement and motivation of staff members in one’s team;
• Engage one’s team in the generation and implementation of continuous improvement ideas;
• Improve one’s own work environment to ensure optimal delivery and performance;
• Promote a positive safety culture and to ensure that the safety and quality policy is communicated, promoted and implemented within the organization;
• Ensure that all elements of the SMS are properly implemented, maintained and continuously improved by fulfilling all SMS related duties and responsibilities as defined in SMS manual;

Candidate Requirements
Essential:

• Possess a minimum of 5 years of experience within structure mechanics work in aviation or equivalent industry experience and demonstrated competence;
• Be fluent in the interpretation of aircraft manuals particularly the SRM, and be able to follow modifications and/or SBs, and aircraft structural repair drawings;
• Possess sound leadership skills;
• Be able to multi-task, organize and work under pressure;
• Be computer literate with strong knowledge of MS office applications;
• Sound knowledge of AMOS and SAP;
• Be able to communicate well in English and ideally Maltese
• Holder of a Valid B1 and/or B2 EASA Part-66 Licence issued from an EU Member State
• Ideally in possession a sheet metal course or an equivalent technical course;

Why Work with JMC Aviation?

At JMC Aviation, we specialise in aviation recruitment across [engineering services and training to airlines, MROs and OEMs, leasing and asset management companies, and component overhaul organisations]. With deep industry knowledge and a global network, we match the right talent to the right roles — contract or permanent.

• Industry-leading compliance support
• Fast onboarding and documentation assistance
• Dedicated recruitment consultant
• Placements across the globe
• Extensive experience and knowledge of the aviation sector