John Flaherty

Typhoon Ground Crew Training Team Leader at BAE Systems (Oman) Limited

Adam, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman

About

• An experienced people manager and Team Leader with 40 years experience in Aviation • A qualified Lead Training Specialist with over 28 years practical teaching experience in multiple and varied roles. • A Human Factors, Error Management and Safety Management Systems Training Facilitator. • A confident and capable manager within training and engineering. • An experienced course designer within DSAT and BSAT. • A confident, experienced teacher, instructor and learning facilitator, able to formulate training programs and disseminate information accurately to UK and foreign nationals. • An experienced senior supervisor and trade manager, able to identify shortfalls, providing practical solutions and prioritizing requirements. • A skilled and approachable team leader, able to motivate others to achieve excellent standards. • Multi-skilled avionic technician within busy engineering environments working on high value assets. • Ability to assimilate information quickly, to formulate and implement new ideas. • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Experience

  • BAE Systems (Full-time · 12 yrs 1 mo)
    • Training Team Leader
      Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    • Lead Training Specialist
      Jun 2014 - Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Director at RAINE AVIATION LIMITED
    Nov 2013 - Jun 2014 · 8 mos

    Associate Consultant Human Factors & Safety Management Systems Training in Aviation

  • Consultant at Baines Simmons
    Nov 2013 - Jun 2014 · 8 mos

    Delivery and facilitation of Human Factors and Error Management and Multiple Safety Management Systems Courses including Event Investigation to Military (Army, Navy and Royal Air Force) and Civilian (Rolls Royce, BAE, Meggitt, BA, FlyBE) Aviation clients

  • BAE Systems SDT (Full-time · 1 yr 9 mos)
    • Human Factors Consultant
      Mar 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Consulting on behalf of Baines Simmons Limited on Safety Management Systems to BAE Systems personnel across Saudi Arabia

    • Lead Training Specialist
      Mar 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Avionics Training Specialist on multiple military aircraft platforms

  • Senior Training Specialist at BAE Systems
    May 2007 - Mar 2012 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Senior Avionics Training Specialist training BAE Personnel on avionics systems across multiple aircraft platforms including Tornado, Hawk, PC9 and PC21