B1 or B1/B2 Licensed Aircraft Engineers
Key Information
Biggin Hill
£Competitive
Permanent
Siobhan Miller
Oaklands Global are currently seeking highly skilled and motivated B1 or B1/B2 Licensed Aircraft Engineers to join their client on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers to work in a dynamic environment, carrying out maintenance on a range of aircraft types in line with UK CAA regulations. The opportunity is also there to gain new types.
Job Purpose: Responsible for carrying out aircraft maintenance in compliance with company procedures, aircraft technical data, local authority regulations and EH & S practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Reports directly to the Maintenance Manager
- Holds UK CAA issued Maintenance License or accepted equivalent
- Is able to work off trade, in order to support the varying demands of maintenance and the other trade certifiers
- Helps to maintain clean and presentable facilities for all planned work, ensuring that the highest industry standards are met in terms of husbandry and working environment
- Assists with the coordination of the hangar activity to ensure smooth and effective control of maintenance.
- Supports the Maintenance Manager with the daily maintenance activity
- Supports, promotes and drives the On Time Delivery for every base maintenance. Ensuring that all resources and staff shortfalls are reported
- Responsible for the correct and timely recording of maintenance
- Reports any errors or near misses, and support in the investigation and preventative actions
- Responsible for ensuring discipline of personal tool control on the shop floor
- Responsible for risk assessments of tasks undertaken (self) within area of operation, including Line maintenance
- Support company EH & S discipline and expectation
- Delivers strategic projects as defined by the Maintenance Manager
- Carry out continuous improvement investigations and root cause analysis investigations as requested to reduce quality escapes and COPQ
- Carries out any reasonable request by the Maintenance Manager
Requirements
- Reasonable leadership & man-management skills
- Ability to provide strong drive and motivation
- Knowledge of planning
- Solid problem-solving ability and organisational skills
- Flexible and able to manage varying demands and workloads
- Understanding of continuous improvement philosophies
- Understanding of EH&S practices and policies
- Knowledge of human factors, human performance and limitations
- Knowledge of logistic processes
- Knowledge of organisational capabilities, privileges and limitations
- Knowledge of Part-145 & any other relevant regulations
- Knowledge of relevant parts of the maintenance organisation exposition and procedures
- Knowledge of occurrence reporting systems (mandatory & internal) and understanding of the importance of reporting occurrences, incorrect maintenance data and existing or potential defects
- Knowledge of safety risks linked to the working environment
- Knowledge of Safety Management Systems and Just Culture
- Knowledge of CDCCL when relevant
- Knowledge of EWIS when relevant
- Understanding of professional integrity, behaviour and attitude towards safety
- Understanding of conditions for ensuring continuing airworthiness of aircraft and components
- Understanding of his/her own human performance limitations
- Understanding of personnel authorisations and limitations
- Ability to consider human performance and limitations
- Ability to determine required qualifications for task performance
- Ability to confirm proper accomplishment of maintenance tasks
- Ability to identify and properly plan performance of a critical task
- Ability to prioritise tasks and report the discrepancies
- Ability to process the work requested by the operator
- Ability to properly process removed, uninstalled and rejected parts
- Ability to promote the safety policy
- Ability to properly record and sign for work accomplished
- Ability to understand work orders, work cards and refer to and use applicable maintenance data
- Ability to use IT systems
- Resources management and production planning skills
- Teamwork, decision-making and leadership skills
- Ability to encourage a positive safety culture and apply a Just Culture
Why Work With Oaklands Global?
We are the world’s leading aviation and aerospace recruitment and executive search firm, trusted by the most respected names in the industry to deliver results with integrity, discretion, and excellence.
With over 50 years of combined experience, we don’t just fill roles, we shape careers and give our clients a competitive talent advantage. We take immense pride in the quality of our searches and are committed to representing only the very best candidates to the very best businesses.
At Oaklands Global, every application is handled with the utmost professionalism and complete confidentiality. If this opportunity interests you, please apply in confidence to Siobhan Miller. Whether or not your profile is shortlisted, you will hear from us, because we believe in treating every candidate with respect and care.
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