Production Lead Power Generation

As Production Lead at Fokker Services, you will be responsible for managing all operational elements of our repair shop Power Generating. You will challenge and inspire your operational team of highly skilled technicians and support staff. You will lead your team towards business goals with a strong focus on performance via operational management and continuous improvement. You will perform (basic) performance analysis and report your results towards internal and external stakeholders. You will represent your team in (cross) departmental meetings/events and actively engage with Operations-, Procurement-, and Commercial-stakeholders to maximize the operational performance of the repair shop.

The Team

You will be an active member of the operations team at Schiphol and work closely with the Process Engineers and colleagues from the Planning Production and Control team. In this role you will report to the Head of Production and work together with other Production leads in pursuit of operational excellence.

The Challenge

Fokker Services Group has a double-digit annual growth ambition within MRO. You will be challenged to deliver an outstanding operational performance and strong customer focus, whilst investing in the future by implementing new capabilities and technologies. To succeed it will be mission critical to inspire, challenge, and motivate your team to become that company the best want to work for.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and inspire a large team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment;
• Cultivating a strong safety culture, committed to continuous improvement in health and safety;
• Ensure that technicians have the work instructions, processes, equipment, and tools to meet business unit goals and metrics;
• Partner with cross functional teams to drive performance;
• Maintain constant communication with management, staff, and vendors to ensure alignment;
• Develop, achieve, and maintain scorecard of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and presents results to leadership in formal and informal sessions including monthly performance review meetings;
• Contribute to the annual operating plan by articulating your department’s operational needs;
• Actively engage with engineering to develop and implement of new capabilities/technologies.

• At least 5 years of prior relevant experience;
• General understanding of MRO operations, including scheduling, resource planning, maintenance procedures and quality systems;
• Customer centric with strong communication skills in English and Dutch;
• Initiative-taking, self-directed, with the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities;
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and requirements, relevant to the MRO operations;
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret Aircraft and Component Maintenance Manuals;
• Experience in managing operations, including, quality, safety, and operations management;
• Ability to effectively articulate operational needs to leadership;
• Excellent analytical skills and are proficient in using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint;
• Demonstrated experience in managing continuous improvement projects;
• IPMA-D (desirable);
• Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt (desirable).