Nelson Turbo Prop Maintenance Base is looking for 2 proactive, professional and passionate Hangar Duty Managers (HDMs). The successful applicants for this role will have proven leadership capabilities and will need to go beyond the technical aspects of the role to inspire, motivate and lead our people to achieve superior results on our business objectives.
The HDM role will mentor and coach employees, reinforce high standards of safety, customer service and adherence to company values and codes of conduct. The HDMs will also manage and control the overall hangar operation to ensure that Air New Zealand aircraft are maintained to the required standard in a revenue/cost effective, timely, accurate, safe, efficient and professional manner.
The Hangar Duty Manager role is an important people leadership role reporting to the Nelson Manager and will be a rotating shift position.
To be successful in the role, what are we looking for is:
- A proven ability to lead a team of technical experts by coaching, engaging, and developing teams and individuals to enable a safe and compliant, high-performing workforce
- A highly collaborative approach with the ability to bring multiple viewpoints and inputs together and develop an aligned direction
- A proven ability to lead change and manage industrial relations with large, unionised workgroups
- Proven experience in operations management ensuring maintenance activity delivers on regulatory and customer requirements, while maintaining an effective and efficient operation that is safe for our people
- A track record in delivering business objectives (Strategic, Quality, Health & Safety) by leading and empowering cross functional teams to solve problems and implement sustainable solutions
- Experience in incident / accident investigations and work with stakeholders to improve the root cause and prevent reoccurrence
- Aircraft engineering qualifications or related trade equivalency.
In return, we will offer you:
- Great learning and development opportunities
- A supportive and empowering culture - we love to see our people excel and their ideas come to life through our brand values: Welcome as a Friend, Be Yourself, Can Do and Share your Aotearoa
- Staff travel benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Subsidised Health Insurance
- And many more...
This is a great opportunity to join our Aircraft Maintenance team and ensure we are taking care of our customers through the delivery of safe and reliable aircraft maintenance services. Do you have what it takes? Please apply through the link on the Air New Zealand careers page.
Applications close 20th January 2025.
Additional Information
At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."
