Senior Technical Manager
Role Definition:
The Senior Technical Manager manages day-to-day technical delivery across ALM’s technical department. Sitting between the Head of Technical and the wider technical team, the role turns departmental priorities into controlled execution.
Reporting Line:
Reports to: Head of Technical Direct reports: Technical Manager, Airworthiness Review Engineers and Technical Coordinator
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Own the day-to-day operation and delivery rhythm of the technical department.
• Run the weekly technical workflow meeting and maintain visibility of all active technical
workstreams.
• Manage the department workflow tracker, ensuring actions have owners, dates, status,
blockers, risks and escalation points.
• Allocate work across the Technical Manager, Airworthiness / Technical Review Engineers and
Technical Coordinator.
• Hold the technical team accountable for delivery of assigned aircraft, engine, component,
transition, acquisition, return, inspection and technical project workstreams.
• Ensure material projects have clear scope, milestones, supplier responsibilities, internal
owners, decision points and reporting cadence.
• Review weekly project updates before escalation to the Head of Technical.
• Identify slippage, weak ownership, supplier delay, cost exposure, records risk or compliance
risk early and ensure timely escalation with recommended actions.
• Ensure lease obligations, return conditions, inspection findings and technical risks are
converted into executable plans.
• Monitor performance of MROs, OEMs, CAMO providers, inspection providers, records
providers, engine shops, consultants and subcontractors across active projects.
• Standardise ALM technical outputs including inspection reports, transition trackers,
maintenance status summaries, LLP/BTB reviews, records findings, technical recommendations and close-out reports.
• Coach and develop Airworthiness / Technical Review Engineers toward future Technical Manager capability.
• Ensure the Technical Coordinator maintains e ective meeting discipline, document control, workflow tracking, action logs, project administration and reporting support.
• Act as deputy operational lead for the department during Head of Technical travel, leave or senior external commitments.
Expected Outputs:
• Weekly technical workflow review and live department control tracker.
• Clear allocation of work by owner, due date and escalation route.
• Monthly project delivery/status summary.
• Resource and workload view across the department.
• Supplier performance visibility and escalation log.
• Coaching and development plans for the technical team.
Cover / Redundancy:
• Provides vertical redundancy for the Head of Technical on operational department control.
• Can step down into Technical Manager workstreams where critical cover is needed.
• Ensures the Technical Manager, Engineers and Coordinator can support each other without
work stalling when an individual is absent.