Job title: Team Lead - Workshops
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Maintenance
Salary type: Monthly
Location: Abu Dhabi, AE
Job published: 2026-01-12
Job ID: 43350
Contact name: Billy McDougall
Phone number: +441412642353
Contact email: billy@volantesrecruitment.com

Job Description

Volantes Technical Recruitment is currently supporting the recruitment of an experienced Team Lead – Aviation Workshops to join a well-established aviation maintenance environment.

This role works closely with the Workshops Manager and plays a key part in delivering unit-level and intermediate maintenance on aircraft and associated components, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient workshop operations.

 

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Supervising day-to-day workshop maintenance operations

  • Coordinating with shop supervisors on servicing and repair techniques in line with applicable directives, technical manuals, and standard operating procedures

  • Distributing, monitoring, and controlling all work orders assigned to workshop teams

  • Maintaining and updating personnel records

  • Preparing performance evaluations, special reports, and ensuring maintenance records are accurate and compliant with applicable maintenance management systems

  • Recommending, implementing, and administering maintenance plans and policies

  • Identifying the need for external contractors and coordinating and inspecting contracted work where required

  • Conducting regular inspections of workshop facilities and producing the necessary reports

  • Determining manpower, man-hours, parts, and facility requirements to improve workshop productivity

  • Monitoring logistics requirements including parts, tools, manuals, and equipment to sustain and enhance workshop operations

  • Performing maintenance trend analysis and applying production control, quality control, safety practices, training requirements, and other maintenance management principles

  • Maintaining accountability records for all tools and equipment assigned to the Workshop Department

 

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Associate Degree in an aviation discipline, or equivalent experience

  • Degree from an accredited aviation-related institution preferred

  • Significant aviation maintenance experience may be considered in lieu of formal qualifications

  • FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) licence or equivalent is desirable

Experience

  • Minimum of 15 years’ experience in aviation maintenance or a closely related field

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management or supervisory role

  • Proven leadership and supervisory capability, ideally within a multicultural and/or military aviation environment

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