MRO Specialist Consultant - Gas Turbine Aero-Derivative Services

MRO Specialist Consultant – Gas Turbine Aero-Derivative Services

Aberdeen, UK

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest-growing engineering services firms, with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise supporting leading organizations across multiple industries.

We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey towards becoming a centenary organization, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for engineers who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible possible. Our teams work as trusted partners to customers, applying technology, innovation and engineering expertise to solve complex industrial challenges.

As part of a diverse global engineering organization, the successful candidate will contribute to meaningful work that supports operational excellence, continuous improvement and the development of a brighter engineering future.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced MRO Specialist Consultant to provide top-level MRO Excellence and transformation support for gas turbine aero-derivative service operations. The role will support the business in moving from issue-led workshop recovery to a more structured, controlled and performance-driven MRO operating model covering strip, clean, build, balance, inspection, test and return-to-service activities.

At a strategic level, the consultant will help define and implement an MRO Excellence framework that improves technical governance, workshop discipline, quality control, competence assurance, component decision-making, test confidence and customer delivery performance. This includes identifying current exposure points, establishing a clear operational baseline, and converting improvement opportunities into practical actions that can be owned and tracked by the senior management team.

The transformation support will cover both technical and business improvement activities. From a technical perspective, the consultant will provide hands-on support to resolve live workshop issues such as balancing consistency, vibration measurement, repeat test rejections, component inspection decisions, build quality concerns and return-to-service readiness. From a business perspective, the consultant will support risk reduction, capability development, performance transparency, customer confidence and future growth of the MRO service offering.

The role will also explain, structure and drive the key transformation workstreams in detail, including the development of robust QA/QC systems, review of training and competence matrices, implementation of formal RCFA methodology, creation of a high-level business threat register, review of GT parts management strategy, assessment of test facility capability, and introduction of tools and dashboards that provide clear visibility of operational performance, risk status and improvement progress.

In detail, this means working closely with workshop teams, engineering, quality, supply chain, senior management and customer-facing functions to strengthen the end-to-end MRO value stream. The consultant will help ensure that technical decisions are evidence-based, component acceptance and rejection decisions are consistent, repeat issues are investigated using structured causal reasoning, and lessons learned are embedded into process controls, training plans and management routines.

Required Skills (Technical Competency)

• Gas Turbine MRO Technical Expertise
• Workshop Investigation and Problem Resolution
• Technical Assurance and Mentorship
• QA/QC Systems Improvement
• Component Conditional Assessment
• RCFA and Corrective Action Leadership
• Risk and Threat Register Management
• Competence Matrix and Training Development
• Test Facility and Calibration Review
• Commercial and Contract Exposure Awareness
• Customer and Supplier Relationship Management
• Performance Metrics and Dashboard Development

Work Experience

Qualification and Necessary Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Previous experience in aerospace, aero-derivative gas turbines, rotating machinery, power generation, heavy engineering, or an MRO environment.
• Experience in technical authoring, digital work-instruction development, manufacturing engineering, shop-floor support, or process documentation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and task-delivery skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across onsite and offshore teams and support knowledge transfer between multidisciplinary stakeholders

Hybrid work and 3days work at customer site in Aberdeen UK