Airport Engineering Manager

Based at: Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Salary details: £60,000 (inclusive of market supplement)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Flexible working arrangements: Flexible working requests will be considered.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is entering a transformative period as preparations continue for its planned reopening, following its closure in 2022 and sustained regional efforts to restore aviation activity to the site. Local partners and aviation specialists have been working together to rebuild the operational foundation required for a safe return to service.

About the role

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is entering an exciting new phase of development and growth. We are seeking an ambitious and experienced Airport Engineering Manager to establish, lead, and develop a brand-new engineering function that will support the safe, efficient, and sustainable operation of the airport.

This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on engineering leader to shape the future of engineering at a growing UK airport. Reporting to the Airport Asset Manager you will be responsible for creating the engineering strategy, building the team, developing maintenance standards, and ensuring all airport infrastructure and critical assets are maintained to the highest levels of safety, compliance, and operational performance.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting airport operations from reopening and beyond, creating a proactive engineering culture that delivers reliability, resilience, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and implement the airports engineering strategy.
• Establish a new in-house engineering function including organisational structure, systems, processes and governance.
• Develop, short, medium and long-term maintenance and asset replacement plans.
• Provide technical leadership to support airport growth and future infrastructure projects.
• Manage Engineering Budgets, capital investment programmes and lifecycle planning.

Engineering & Asset Management

Take responsibility for the maintenance and performance of all airport infrastructure and engineering assets including;

• Electrical Distribution Systems
• Mechanical Systems
• Building Services
• Baggage Handling Systems
• Security Related Infrastructure
• Standby power generation
• Fuel Systems & Utilities
• Introduce and maintain effective Planned Preventative Programmes
• Drive asset reliability, operational resilience and performance improvement

Compliance & Safety

• Ensure compliance with all applicable aviation regulations, health and safety legislation, environmental requirements and industry standards.
• Support regulatory inspections and audits.
• Act as the airports engineering’s subject matter expert for operational and capital projects.
• Develop engineering procedures, risk assessments, safe systems of work and permit to work processes.

Team Development

• Recruit, lead, coach and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Establish a culture of accountability innovation and continuous improvement
• Manage contractor performance and external maintenance providers.
• Support training, competency and succession planning programmes.

Project Delivery

• Lead engineering aspects of airport development projects.
• Deliver infrastructure improvements and asset enhancement programmes.
• Support mobilisation and commissioning of new facilities and systems
• Provide technical input into business planning and operational decision making.

About You

You are an experienced engineering leader who combines technical expertise with strong commercial and people management skills. You thrive in environments where you can create something new, influence strategy and deliver tangible operational improvements.

Please ensure you view the job summary as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.

Along with the opportunity to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring DSA thrives, we can offer you:

• Leading defined benefit pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• 29 days annual leave (rising to 34 after 5 years) plus 8 bank holidays
• Eligibility for Shared Cost AVCs
• Relocation package up to £8.5K
• Broad range of family friendly workplace policies
• Health Cash Plan
• Cycle to work and home technology salary sacrifice schemes
• Wide range of employee discounts and wellbeing benefits
• Financial wellbeing support including affordable loans
• Free access to Occupational Health, counselling and physiotherapy

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