d)—(1) The minimum entry qualifications for a Line Maintenance
Manager are :
(i) An Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) licence with airframe
and powerplant ratings ;
(ii) 3 years in maintaining the same category and class of aircraft
maintained by the AMO, including 1 year of returning aircraft to service
from line maintenance ; and
(iii) 1 year supervisory experience maintaining the same category
and class of aircraft maintained by the AMO.
(2) The Line Maintenance Manager shall be responsible for :
(i) Ensuring that all maintenance required to be carried out on the line,
including line defect rectification, is performed to the required standards ;
and
(ii) Any corrective action resulting from quality compliance monitoring.
Type Ratings required: AME License in at least one of the following aircraft:
Falcon; Hawker; Beechcraft; Learjet; Bombardier-Challenger; Global Express
Ensuring the desired quality of work and the team work, as well as availability of working
documents and technical instructions.
Ensuring that all Line Maintenance activities have been properly carried out and instruct all
certifying staff within their shift accordingly.
Ensuring disposition and supervision of information with regard to maintenance activities on line.
Ensuring proper use of tools, ground equipment, vehicles, etc.
Ensuring when a work is performed on line for segregation of serviceable equipment and tools
from the unserviceable ones with serviceability labels.
Ensuring as well of completeness of all tool boxes given personnel assigned to him at all time
with this manual.
Development and update of a detailed manual for Line Maintenance procedures and Line
Maintenance reporting of ground support equipment.
Regular maintenance and visual control of towing bars and all other ground equipment.
Ensure and check with the service provider that all Maintenance and scheduled control of air
compressor and Ground Power supply are in place.
Report immediately to the Accountable Manager and BMM in case of dangerous condition of any
equipment.
Making sure that the Line Office condition such as lighting, ventilation, meet the required
standards at any time.
Ensuring that all Line Maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with the instructions of
approved manuals, and that all maintenance is carried out within the Scope of Works of the
maintenance organisation.
Ensuring the availability of sufficient certifying personnel, approved technical manuals,
information and publications necessary to perform the required maintenance activities as
instructed.
Disposition and monitoring of overtime change of normal working hours and adequate
compensation
Assessment of all personnel engaged in Line Maintenance by establishing a program of training
and continuation training using internal and external sources; on-the-job instructions evaluation
and examination/ testing where necessary.
Keeping records of training and experience of all maintenance related personnel.
Coordinating with the Base Maintenance Manager to ensure that inspections/tasks will not
adversely interfere with other work as regards the availability of all necessary personnel, tools,
equipment, material, maintenance data and facilities.
Ensuring cooperation with the NCAA Inspectors and Quality control Inspectors during audits or
investigations of incident/ accident.
Investigation of incidents on aircraft, components and equipment in close cooperation with the
safety and Quality department to ensure prompt rectification of the same. Introduction of
precautions as to such incidents.
Ensuring timely corrective actions on all non-conformity findings as a result of audits (internal,
customer and authority).
Disposition and supervision of overtimes change of normal working hours and compensation with
regard to economic aspects.
Reporting daily to the Maintenance Manager concerning the aircraft status information,
maintenance activities and personnel.
Reporting occurrences of incidents, accidents, or situations that could have led to incidents or
accidents, unacceptable performance, design, material and lack of materials to the Accountable
Manager and Safety and Quality Manager.
Ensuring the availability and maintenance of special tools, general maintenance equipment and
test equipment for the correct and efficient execution of the Line Maintenance activities.
Ensuring supervision of safety and security personnel, aircraft, vehicles and equipment used on
line
Ensuring that all environmental requirements have been met.
Maintaining the required standard of health, safety and environmental protection within the
department as specified by the organization’s Integrated Safety Management System.
To cross check and ensure that calibration of all tools, test, special and weighing equipment
when used on line are indicated per electronic inventory system is kept up to date.
Ensuring in cooperation with the BMM / Engineering Department and supervision as to
disposition of personnel, spare parts and equipment required for work vis-à-vis to have a
maintenance man-hour plan in relation to Line Maintenance.
To liaise with the BMM to ensure that when it is required to handover the continuation or
completion of a maintenance tasks for reasons of a shift or personnel changeover, relevant
information must be adequately communicated between outgoing and incoming personnel.
Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Accountable Manager and / or the Managing Directors as the case may from time to time.