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, 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 effective 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.