Cabin Appearance Engineer - Base Maintenance

Air Arabia; Sharjah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline is seeking a skilled professional to supervise cabin appearance maintenance on Airbus A320 aircraft. The role requires an Aeronautical diploma and significant workshop experience, including at least 1 year certifying Airbus A320 maintenance. Ideal candidates must demonstrate strong maintenance knowledge and communicate effectively in English. This position emphasizes safety, teamwork, and cost-awareness in operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Aeronautical diploma or equivalent in applicable engineering.
• Ability to obtain unrestricted GCAA CAR 66 corresponding Category License.
• Extensive working experience in a similar role in a workshop.

Responsibilities

• Carries out and supervises cabin maintenance tasks on aircraft.
• Manages the safety of assigned maintenance tasks.
• Provides positive support to other operational teams.

Skills

In-depth maintenance knowledge

Good computer skills (Microsoft Office)

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English

Education

Aeronautical diploma or equivalent

Unrestricted GCAA CAR 66 corresponding Category License

Job description

Job Purpose

Carries out and supervises Cabin Appearance Base‑level maintenance tasks on Air Arabia and third‑party aircraft within the corresponding license category, ensuring the required work is performed, certified and recorded accurately and timely in accordance with Air Arabia and regulatory requirements.

Key Result Responsibilities

Operational Excellence

• Constantly verifies and ensures compatibility and readiness of cabin appearance components as per approved standards and quantity to be used as and when needed.
• Reviews assigned task cards with the Workshop Supervisor to gain a full understanding of the work, priorities, documentation requirements and cautions prior to starting work.
• Prepares and performs scheduled cabin appearance maintenance according to assigned task cards, ensuring feasibility and cost effectiveness; ensures that the required documentation, parts, tools and GSE are obtained and used per issued instructions (wherever applicable).
• Carries out component (cabin appearance) test and inspection tasks to the standard necessary to fully identify and record any defects or damage in accordance with approved maintenance procedures.
• Performs defect rectification in accordance with Aircraft Approved Data and instructions provided by Engineering Department.
• Signs off maintenance tasks performed or supervised within the scope of own authorisation, verifying that the task card and associated documents have been completed to the required standard following completion of all maintenance.
• Manages communications with other Engineers and Technicians related to the assigned tasks, ensuring proper coordination, continuity and handover of work.

Key Result Responsibilities – Continued

Safety

• Manages the safety of assigned maintenance tasks, ensuring all published mandatory precautions are taken prior to commencing work and during task execution.
• Takes positive steps to protect self and other persons in the area of the maintenance activity from any possible injury, including the use of proper GSE and protective equipment.
• Manages human factors aspects of maintenance, ensuring that the continuity of critical maintenance tasks is protected, by avoidance of task interruption and the proper use of handover procedures.

Reputation and Teamwork

• Internal Customer Service: provides positive support to other operational teams in ABY, provides proactive and helpful professional advice, suggestions and solutions.
• Leadership: provides sound supervision and guidance to Technicians assigned to support own tasks. Ensures they are adequately briefed to perform the non‑certifying maintenance tasks.
• Representing Air Arabia: presents a positive and competent image of technical professionalism to ABY Flight Crews, other companies’ personnel and ABY customers.

Cost Awareness

• Maintains positive awareness to the cost of aircraft maintenance including use of time and materials.
• Minimises unnecessary waste of consumable material and part repair cost by avoiding unnecessary damage and repeat work during maintenance.

Qualifications (Academic, Training, Languages)

• Holds / has held an Aeronautical diploma or equivalent in applicable engineering and necessary Aircraft Maintenance License and company maintenance approvals on the relevant component of Airbus A320.
• Ability to obtain an unrestricted GCAA CAR 66 corresponding Category License.
• Able to demonstrate in‑depth maintenance knowledge.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English to a good standard for technical communications.
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office).
• Ability to obtain UAE Driver’s License.

Work Experience

External applicants

• Extensive working experience in a similar role in a workshop.
• At least 1‑year experience certifying maintenance on the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.
• At least 4‑year experience in a Base Workshop Maintenance environment.