Power By the Hour (PBH) & Rotables Director job at Aberdeen Full Time NEW

Reach Beyond!: CHC provides unmatched helicopter services that enable our customers to reach beyond – to work in remote and challenging destinations that limit others – and come home safely. We are dedicated to our purpose of getting our customers where they need to be, when they need to be there, anywhere in the world – safely and reliably. All you have to do is get on board!

At CHC, we pride ourselves on our values and culture:
Accountability: Take pride and ownership of our actions and results.
Collaboration: Working together with transparency and trust to drive continuous improvement.

Care: Creating a safe and sustainable environment for all.
Integrity: Doing what’s right and fostering a culture of respect.

Excellence: Prioritizing quality services and setting industry standards.
Role Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• HUMS data
• Reliability data & trends
• Condition and strip reports.
• Regulatory and airworthiness requirements
• Actively manage technical risk to maximise time-on-wing, availability, and asset value.

• Create and deliver OPEX and CAPEX budgets for rotable assets.
• Ensure accurate margin reporting and forecasting for the internal PBH business.
• Develop and maintain rolling 12 / 24 / 60-month forecasts, incorporating:

• Utilisation profiles and mission requirements
• Removal rates and reliability trends
• Repair cycle times and shop capacity constraints.
• Repair vendor management and costs.
• PBH exposure and escalation thresholds
• CHC fleet forecasts

• Meticulously track and validate cost per flight hour at both aircraft and component levels, ensuring precise financial transparency.
• Investigate cost variance drivers, balancing technical risk, availability, and financial exposure.
• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to improve lifecycle cost measures year over year.

• Lead repair cycle management for engines, gearboxes, and dynamic components.
• Exercise delegated repair approval authority in accordance with Delegation of Authority.
• Approve and govern:

• Repair vs overhaul vs replacement decisions.
• Workscope selection and life-limited part strategies
• Scrap versus exchange decisions.
• Challenge OEM and MRO quotations using:

• HUMS and condition evidence
• Bills of material and labour validation
• Root cause analysis of defects and damage
• Drive improvements in turnaround time (TAT), cost predictability, and reduction of repeat removals.

• Define and maintain optimal pool sizes for rotables, considering:

• Removal rate volatility
• Repair cycle duration.
• Geographic and mission requirements
• AOG exposure and reduction

• Balance ownership, pooling, and leasing strategies from an operational risk perspective.
• Partner with Supply Chain to ensure procurement and logistics activity aligns with approved asset strategy.

• Manage technical performance under PBH agreements covering engines, gearboxes, and blades.
• Monitor utilisation against contractual thresholds to prevent adverse cost outcomes.
• Maximise warranty recovery through technical evidence, data analysis, and defect substantiation.
• Produce clear, demonstratable asset performance reporting that links:

• Technical decisions
• Financial outcomes
• Operational and lifecycle optimisation
• Support fleet reviews, budget cycles, audits, and executive decision-making with authoritative asset insight.

• Technical Operations / CAMO – technical authority and lifecycle governance
• Reliability & HUMS Engineering – predictive maintenance inputs and condition data
• Maintenance Planning – lifecycle-driven planning assumptions
• Finance / FP&A – P&L visibility, budgeting, and financial governance.
• Supply Chain – execution of approved asset and pool strategies.
• Commercial – PBH, warranty, and contract support

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes:

• Robust professional background spanning airworthiness, aerospace engineering, complex supply chain dynamics, and strategic asset management.
• Demonstrated experience with:

• Engines and dynamic components
• HUMS-driven maintenance environments
• Repair governance and approval processes.

• High level of financial literacy, including budgeting, forecasting, and lifecycle cost modelling.
• Demonstrated expertise in holistically balancing safety protocols, technical risk mitigation, operational availability, and financial constraints within high-stakes decision-making environments.
• Comfortable operating within regulated aviation environments.

• Improved aircraft and component availability
• Extended time-on-wing and reduced unplanned removals.
• Reduced cost per flight hour and improved forecast accuracy
• Optimised pool size relative to operational demands
• Clear, credible asset decision support
• Cost management and reduction of company rotable asset lifecycle costs