Manager, Flight Training Devices

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Flight Training Devices Manager – FlightSafety International, Farnborough, UK

We have an exciting opportunity for a Flight Training Devices Manager to join the FSI Learning Centre based in Farnborough. We pride ourselves on our professional reputation for excellent flight training within the general aviation industry.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering team managing 14 full flight simulators
• Responsible for all maintenance, repair and NAA qualification of flight training devices (FTD)
• Control all Flight Training Device moves, decommissions and installations
• Oversight & management of Flight FTD hardware / software upgrades & modifications
• Liaise effectively with Corporate, commercial and military customers at all levels within and outside of the business
• Manage staff to ensure scheduling FTD maintenance and to ensure effective utilization of simulator time
• Responsible for Learning Centre facility routine maintenance, oversight of maintenance contracts/contractors and special building projects.

• Strong leadership capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface at all levels with customers, contractors, subject matter experts and aircraft/avionics manufacturers
• Strong organization and team resource planning skills
• Strong implementation/influential management abilities

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant technical discipline or completion of a civilian / military technical school
• 10 years’ related experience including direct simulation, technical support, fault analysis and repair of digital / analog FTDs and subsystems or related experience
• Ideally, minimum 5-7 years of supervisory experience, including hands-on supervisory role of NAA certified full flight simulators, or related experience
• Project and contract management experience desired