MRO Project Manager

Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

The MRO Project Manager oversees landing gear overhauls, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery per customer specs. Collaborating with Product Line, Operations, Planning, Billing, and Engineering, the role focuses on contract fulfillment, customer satisfaction, and increasing profitability for each overhaul event.

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Tasks

The MRO Project Manager's main tasks are:

• Completing landing gear overhaul events on time and on budget.
• Maximizing customer satisfaction.
• Managing the progress of overhaul events and directing responsible parties to ensure that the event progress is in line with company and customer interest.
• Ensuring complete customer contract fulfillment on events.
• Coordinating technical requirements with the Engineering team.
• Supporting in coordinating schedule changes with the Planning team.
• Providing feedback regarding the overhaul event status to the Account Manager (e.g., planned delivery, scrap material, cost) and Customer Support Specialist.
• Tracking and reporting the cost of each event compared to budget and defining countermeasures if necessary.
• Participating in and/or arranging Event status meetings.
• Reviewing margin sheets and reporting profitability of each overhaul event after completion.
• Initiating actions/projects to improve overall profitability and following up on implementation with responsible parties.
• Managing post-job event completion reviews and scoring systems.
• Working closely with the Billing & Finance Department.

Requirements

The ideal Candidate should meet the following requirements:

• Experience in the Aerospace industry desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred.
• Experience working with technical records or airline CAMO/part management processes. Ideally, the candidate shall be from an MRO background.
• Must have strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent ability to analyze figures and financial reviews.
• Ability to read and understand customer contracts/specifications and put in place action plans for contract adherence.
• Good IT skills with the use of standard Microsoft packages. Proven experience of using MRP/ERP data systems (SAP/AMOS etc.).
• Self-motivated, driven, and ambitious.
• Representational abilities in terms of corporate/commercial awareness – face-to-face contact.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Analytical approach to work.
• Flexible approach to work.
• Outgoing personality.
• Innovative approach to management skills.
• Candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK unrestricted.