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PETE SCANLON
Basingstoke,Hampshire
Summary
I thrive when providing the best possible service for the business and its customers. Proactively seeking efficiencies while maintaining top-class compliance has always motivated me. With extensive experience in technical services, engineering, and planning across a range of roles, you'll find me an asset to your team who not only delivers but is always looking at how to raise the bar even higher.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
Work History
Continuing Airworthiness Consultant
Self Employed
Farnbourgh, Hampshire
02.2025 - Current
- Ensure the Continuing Airworthiness of a privately owned small business jet.
Continuing Airworthiness Manager
TechnicAir
Bournemouth
05.2021 - 04.2024
- Held CAA Form 4 (CAM position).
- Responsible for the CAMO department and ensuring compliance with the Continuing Airworthiness requirements of the CAA, FAA, Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man registries for 14 private business jets.
- Prepare aircraft documentation for ARC recommendations.
- Manage scheduled aircraft and powerplant system maintenance tasks, review the aircraft AMP tasks, issue work orders, and monitor all work carried out on the aircraft, engines, and components.
- Upload, revise, and control the aircraft maintenance tracking system.
- Review Tech Logs for defects, aircraft hours and cycles.
- Evaluate technical information such as minor/major modifications and repairs.
- Review legal requirements issued by the regulatory authorities, such as ADs, SBs, MRB, and MPD data.
Planning Manager
2Excel Engineering Ltd
Lasham, Alton, Hampshire
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Dealing with Boeing 737, 757 and Airbus A321.
- Led the Planning Department to ensure the effective management and delivery of work packs for engineers and timely return to operators.
- People management of Planning Team including competency assessments, training, appraisals, wellbeing, and performance management.
- Developed systems, processes and procedures to continually improve ways of working, ensuring they were fit for purpose and compliant with airworthiness standards and audit requirements.
- Key achievement - created 26k pa cost savings and reduced turnaround from 3-5 weeks to an average of 5 days by streamlining ways of working across multiple teams and introducing in-house scanning of work packs.
Technical Services Supervisor
Cobham Helicopter Services
Basingstoke
01.2007 - 01.2017
- Managed the Technical Services Team and supported engineers with technical queries to our Part 145 maintenance organization, ensuring compliance with airworthiness regulations.
- Continually seek to make changes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the department.
- Oversaw projects and ensured that the company was compliant with Part M Continued Airworthiness requirements for each relevant authority.
- Key achievement - championed corrosion control protection to create significant savings in both parts and working hours for the Part 145 org. For example, the new ways of working tripled the inspection life of rotor blades from 300 to 900hrs.
Technical Services Engineer
FBH Heliservices
Basingstoke
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Ensured continued airworthiness of the fleets (Part M) and provided technical support to the maintenance organisation on all aspects of aircraft defects, modifications, and both structural and composite repairs.
- Reviewed all EASA, FAA and TCCB A.D.s, Alert Messages, OEM and vendor published documentation and determined their airworthiness impact, cost and effectiveness in relation to the FBH operation.
- Reviewed Flight Safety Incident Reports and MORs to take the necessary action in relation to safety and aircraft reliability.
- Reviewed PBH and Warranty agreements.
- Liaised with manufacturers and component suppliers on technical issues and supported logistics by providing technical advice for their queries.
- Sourced companies who would manufacture and repair items or components, specialist tooling and equipment, to support the operations.
- Key achievement - set up and developed the Part M and Technical Services team and ways of working from the ground up, having joined the company in its initial stages. In 2007 I was promoted to the Supervisor role.
Technical Rep
TNT Aircraft Maintenance Services
01.2005 - 12.2005
Modification Planning Engineer
Monarch Aircraft Engineering
01.2003 - 12.2005
Technical Services Consultant
SAS, Sweden
01.2002 - 12.2003
Flight Test Engineer
Honeywell Engineering
01.2000 - 12.2003
Technical Support Engineer
various
01.1986 - 04.2024
- Held CAA Form 4 (CAM position)
- ONC Aeronautical Engineering
- City & Guilds Aeronautical Engineering
- Fokker Structural Repair course
- BAe 146 Airframe / Engine Course
- Honeywell AS 977 (HTF7500E) Engine Course
- AW139, AW109, Bell 212 and EC 350 GenFam courses.
- Textron Citation CJ4 GenFam Course
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Education
ONC -
Aeronautical Engineering
City & Guilds -
Aeronautical Engineering
Skills
- Aircraft maintenance tracking
- Technical documentation expertise
- Risk assessment strategies
- Regulatory compliance knowledge
- Customer engagement techniques
- Performance management skills
- Leadership in team dynamics
- Cost reduction initiatives
- Quality assurance processes
- Data analysis proficiency
- Project management capabilities
- Coaching and mentoring abilities
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports
- DIY
- Travel
Interests
Timeline
Continuing Airworthiness Consultant
Self Employed
02.2025 - Current
Continuing Airworthiness Manager
TechnicAir
05.2021 - 04.2024
Planning Manager
2Excel Engineering Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2021
Technical Services Supervisor
Cobham Helicopter Services
01.2007 - 01.2017
Technical Services Engineer
FBH Heliservices
01.2005 - 01.2007
Technical Rep
TNT Aircraft Maintenance Services
01.2005 - 12.2005
Modification Planning Engineer
Monarch Aircraft Engineering
01.2003 - 12.2005
Technical Services Consultant
SAS, Sweden
01.2002 - 12.2003
Flight Test Engineer
Honeywell Engineering
01.2000 - 12.2003
Technical Support Engineer
various
01.1986 - 04.2024
ONC -
Aeronautical Engineering
City & Guilds -
Aeronautical Engineering