Commercial Fixed Wing
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Fatigue; Time Pressure; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Company Policy; Staffing; Human Factors
The morning of [date] my mechanics had just finished a VSV (Variable Stator Vane) actuator change at the hanger ramp. Roughly at XA:30. It was raining that morning. They had worked though all their breaks and lunch.  Being pressured by management. At that point we leak checked the engine and it still required high power runs. At XA:45 I instructed them to start to clean up and catch up on paperwork. Knowing that the high power runs require us to stay late. It was an hour before I was supposed to go home and I inform my Supervisor that we are going to clean up and finish paperwork at which point I was told 'no you are going to do it.' I again said that I not only don't have enough fuel on the plane to perform such task but the cleaners are on. And also the fact that at that time of the morning it is quite busy at the airport and I don't feel comfortable with taxiing the plane to do the high power runs.  With the added pressure from the manager and being threatened with discipline I comply with another lead to perform the tasks. I ended up leaving 30 min after schedule time. To complete paperwork. This was unneeded stress and pressure. Especially since first shift already assigned mechanics to it. And the following day I was approached by management and told that I would face discipline because of how it all unfolded. And that I needed to complete an engine change by end of shift if I wanted them to drop the disciplinary action from moving forward the next day. This is not the only time this has happened but hopefully the last. [Caused by] the pressure from my manager on myself though the instruction of my Supervisor.
Aircraft Maintenance Lead is pressured by Management to do work in an unsafe environment.