Survival Equipment Supervisor
// Role Summary
Lead a specialist team in maintaining critical survival and aircrew equipment, ensuring safety, compliance, and operational readiness for aviation operations.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise a team responsible for survival and aircrew equipment maintenance.
- Ensure all activities meet stringent regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
- Oversee inspection, testing, and certification of essential equipment.
- Drive team performance, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate work to ensure safe and timely delivery of outputs.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance.
// Role Specification
Survival Equipment Supervisor
As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you will lead a specialist team responsible for the safe, compliant, and effective maintenance of survival and aircrew equipment. Your leadership will directly impact safety performance, regulatory compliance, and overall operational effectiveness. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a leadership role where you’ll guide a high-performing team, drive quality standards, and ensure critical equipment is always ready for use in demanding environments.
Day-to-day, your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and supervising a team delivering survival and aircrew equipment maintenance.
- Ensuring all activities meet regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
- Overseeing inspection, testing, and certification of equipment.
- Driving team performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Coordinating work to ensure outputs are delivered safely and on time.
This role is full-time, 40 hours per week, based on site at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. A targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination may be required as a condition of employment.
Essential Experience:
- Proven experience in survival or life support equipment maintenance.
- Experience leading or supervising within a technical or engineering environment.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capability.
- High level of personal responsibility, flexibility, and accountability.
- Knowledge of military engineering standards, procedures, or equivalent.
Qualifications:
- Formal engineering training (RAF Trade Group 13 or equivalent).
- Trade authorisations such as QSEAC or AVMEDSE.
- Additional technical qualifications in aircrew equipment or specialist systems (desirable).
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance for this role.