Overview

People. Passion. Pride. This is what has driven our teams since 1833.

Since that time, we have developed to become a critical partner in the global aviation industry, delivering time-critical logistics services at 350 locations in more than 65 countries, across six continents.

But at the heart of our business is our people.

Role Purpose

The Vice President of Technical Services is a senior leadership role with overall responsibility for our GSE operations and business. The role serves to provide the strategic oversight, standardization, and continuous improvement of all Ground Support Equipment (GSE) maintenance operations across our Americas business. This role leads GSE maintenance teams, processes, and compliance while also owning GSE capital planning and purchasing strategies.

What you will be doing

Provide leadership and oversight of all GSE maintenance operations, ensuring safety, reliability, compliance, and cost effectiveness.
Establish and standardize maintenance programs, policies, procedures, and KPIs across all locations.
Lead, develop, and mentor GSE maintenance leadership and technical teams, fostering a strong safety and performance culture.
Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.
Apply engineering expertise to drive equipment reliability, lifecycle optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Partner with operations, safety, and procurement teams to support equipment standardization and technical best practices.

Would you like to see more detail on the accountabilities of the role? Please see the attached job description for further information

Safety, Security, Wellbeing and Compliance:

You will have a responsibility and duty whilst at work to take reasonable care of the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others in accordance with provided information, training, and workplace health and safety rules or procedures. The company is committed to providing a safe working environment for all staff members. In all areas of our business there is a potential risk to the health, safety and welfare to everyone on our sites through the misuse of alcohol and drugs. As such the Company prohibits such misuse and carries out regular testing to enforce our Substance Misuse Policy.

Please see the attached job description for further details on safety, security, wellbeing & compliance.

What we are looking for

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field (required); advanced degree preferred.
10+ years of progressive leadership experience in GSE maintenance, technical services, or similar heavy equipment environments.
Proven executive or senior leadership experience managing large, multi-site technical or maintenance organizations.
Strong working knowledge of GSE maintenance, asset management, and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated experience in capital planning, purchasing, and vendor management.
Proven track record of scaling and growing a business commercially

Diversity

Menzies Aviation are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications for suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, and maternity. We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where the different knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and approaches of our global workforce are represented. Where everyone feels valued and can reach their full potential.

Please be aware that as part of our recruitment process, we may look to use a variety of resourcing tools to help us understand your skills and experience in relation to the role. Please feel free to contact to recruiter below, if there are any reasonable adjustments to our process that you would like us to consider.

As part of our recruitment process, we will always consider how candidates fit with our values which you can learn more about here.

Application Instructions

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