Stores Supervisor

Gama Aviation Plc; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aviation company located in Glasgow is looking for an experienced Stores Supervisor to manage supply chain and warehousing operations for emergency services. This role is critical for ensuring timely availability of aircraft parts and materials while complying with aviation regulations. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, coordinating with engineering and logistics, and maintaining stock control. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in aviation procurement and excellent communication skills, alongside a commitment to supporting essential services.

Benefits

Competitive Group Pension Scheme

Comprehensive Life Assurance

Comprehensive Income Protection

Comprehensive Travel Insurance

Private Healthcare after probation

Free Car Parking

Paid Volunteering Days

Investment in Training and Development

Responsibilities

• Ensure correct storage of components and tools per regulations.
• Manage warehouse tasks including stock rotation and calibration.
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly checks according to regulations.
• Ensure efficient warehouse operations and maintenance.
• Process goods in line with aircraft regulations.
• Manage core returns from the maintenance hangar.
• Support procurement of AOG aircraft spares and services.
• Coordinate with engineering for aircraft checks.

Skills

Comprehensive knowledge of parts release paperwork in aviation

Working knowledge of aviation parts procurement

Key knowledge of maintaining a parts department

ADR & IATA Dangerous Goods Qualification

Forklift Operator

Ability to work unaided and without guidance

Team player and interactive

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Position: Stores Supervisor

Location: Glasgow

Working Hours: Monday – Friday Shifts- 0700-1500 & 1000-1900

Gama Aviation is seeking an experienced Stores Supervisor to join our Glasgow facility, supporting supply chain and warehousing operations for the Scottish Air Ambulance Service and Business Support Units. This role is central to ensuring the efficient, compliant, and timely availability of aircraft parts, tooling, and materials within a regulated aviation MRO environment.

Working a Monday to Friday split-shift pattern (0700-1500 & 1000-1900), the Stores Supervisor will take ownership of day-to-day warehouse operations, coordinating closely with Engineering and Logistics teams to maintain effective stock control, support AOG requirements, and ensure uninterrupted operational delivery across supported bases.

The Stores Supervisor will be proficient in warehousing, part accountability, stock rotation and purchasing and remain committed in their approach to work, prioritising the needs of the Scottish Air Ambulance as a primary focus. This role will also have responsibility for the maintenance, calibration and supply of tooling to the engineering workforce across the Engineering Service Line, Gama Aviation and its associated supported bases of Aberdeen and Inverness.

About us:

Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage.

With operations in the UK, US, Middle East and Hong Kong a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.

Responsibilities:

Warehousing, Customs and Tool Control

• Ensuring the correct storage and distribution of all of components, parts, materials and tools in-line with OEM recommendations and airworthiness regulations.
• Management of all warehouse tasks inclusive of shelf life, stock rotation, calibration.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly checks are carried out iaw airworthiness regulations.
• Ensuring the warehouse is kept clean, tidy and as efficient as possible.
• Ensuring all goods in processing is conducted in accordance aircraft regulations.
• Deliver the physical selection of, and completion of stock / tooling issues to Engineering.
• Ensuring all Dangerous Goods (DG) to and from vendors / outstations are iaw with these regulations.
• Ensuring prompt management of all core returns from the maintenance hangar.
• Processing all rotables through the supply chain to the appropriate vendors avoiding penalty clauses.
• Ensure the auditable and quality processes are meet.
• Complete HMRC customs import and export clearance as required.

Procurement (as required in support of the purchasing department)

• Ensure the cost-effective procurement of AOG aircraft spares and services.
• Deliver accurate and representative stock holdings iaw recognised calculations and provisions.
• Manage the distribution of stocks across the MRO outstations Aberdeen and Inverness.
• Ensure all 3rd party cores are observed and returned to retailers as mandated by time scale.
• Support aircraft maintenance checks undertaken at remote bases within Scotland.
• Ensure accuracy of all orders inclusive of cost, purchasing method and linked requisitions.
• Ensure expediting and progression is conducted, recorded and uploaded to the MRO software.

Forward Planning

• Ensure planning and coordination with engineering for upcoming aircraft checks and communicating with engineers daily to ensure they are fully updated on their incoming parts requirements.
• Deliver accurate and representative stock holdings and ensure outstation support is provided for Aberdeen and Inverness ensuring dispatched items have been received and are logged on the MRP inventory control system and the subsequent recording of any usage.
• Support is provided for aircraft maintenance checks undertaken at remote bases.

Communicate

• Ensure timely updates to the MRO of all parts received and their schedule for delivery.
• Ensure coordination with engineering is conducted.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

• Comprehensive knowledge of parts release paperwork in aviation.
• Working knowledge of aviation parts procurement – procurement, warehouse and tool control.
• Key knowledge of maintaining a parts department.
• ADR & IATA Dangerous Goods Qualification.
• Forklift Operator.
• Ability to work unaided and without guidance.
• Team player and interactive.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive Group Pension Scheme.
• Comprehensive Life Assurance.
• Comprehensive Income Protection.
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance.
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation).
• Free Car Parking.
• 2 Paid Volunteering Days each calendar year (subject to line manager approval).
• Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development.

* (Subject to insurance underwriting)

Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.