GSE Mechanic - Ground Support Equipment

Emirates; Dubai; On-site; AED 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flight discounts

Hotel discounts

Job summary

Emirates Engineering is seeking a GSE Mechanic in Dubai to provide platforms and access equipment for aircraft maintenance. You will perform servicing, inspections and upgrades while ensuring safety and compliance with industry standards.

Role includes guiding junior staff, logging activities, and coordinating parts and tools to meet maintenance timelines within a fast-paced hub environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of schooling or equivalent engineering trade certificate.
• Minimum 2 years’ engineering experience, preferably in aviation.
• UAE driving license would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide platforms, stands and access equipment for Emirates Engineering and Line Maintenance.
• Carry out basic support servicing and component replacements as instructed.
• Perform daily inspections of equipment for reliability and safety.
• Deploy, adjust and remove access equipment per procedures and guidelines.
• Maintain, repair and upgrade access equipment per CAAC/DM requirements.
• Keep work site clean and all tooling serviceable.
• Record activities in logbooks/work orders and databases.
• Guide and train junior staff on maintenance aspects of access equipment.
• Utilize tracking software to create job cards and update completion status.
• Notify senior staff of spare parts and tools needed to finish tasks.

Skills

GSE Maintenance

Aircraft Ground Equipment

Safety Compliance

Education

Engineering trade certificate / High School

Tools

Maintenance tracking software

Job description

Job Purpose

AtEmirates,we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Emirates Engineering is a cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facility, GCAA CAR V approved, supporting Emirates’ vast Airbus and Boeing fleet and thirty other airlines through third-party contracts. Our highly qualified team excels in maintenance, engineering, quality, planning, and logistics, setting industry standards with an unwavering commitment to safety and excellence.

GSE Mechanic

The GSE Mechanic will provide aircraft maintenance support by delivering dedicated access equipment and temporary work platforms, ensuring that maintenance, repair, and modification activities are carried out with safe, appropriate, and adequate access equipment across EK Engineering. All equipment will be maintained, serviced, inspected, and repaired as directed by the docking supervisor to ensure safe and reliable operation.

In This Role You Will

• Provide platforms, stands and access equipment as required by Emirates Engineering Base and Line Maintenance departments in support of the various aircraft maintenance and repair activities. Carry out basic support servicing and/or component replacements of Emirates and third-party aircraft as instructed and supervised by the Licensed Engineers.
• Carry out daily inspections of the equipment for operational reliability & safety to ensure that no risk of personal injury, aircraft damage or equipment damage exits.
• Carry out deployment, adjustments and removal of access equipment and installations to the required procedures and standards in accordance with the manufacturers recommended guidelines and recognised engineering practices.
• Carry out scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, repair and upgrade work on the access equipment and installations in accordance with Civil Aviation Authority, DM requirements, manufacturers requirements and engineering practices to ensure all such equipment is maintained in a safe and reliable condition.
• Ensure that the work site is always kept clean and tidy and all tooling is in a serviceable condition.
• Ensure that all work-related activities carried out during the shift are recorded accurately and legibly in the logbook/work order for input into the relevant database.
• Guide and train the Junior staff as required on the maintenance aspects of all access equipment.
• Use the in-house maintenance and operation tracking software to create job cards and update the system upon job card completion.
• Inform the senior staff / supervisors of any spare parts and tools that are needed to ensure timely completion of any maintenance works.

Qualification

To be considered for this role you must meet the following requirements:

• 10 years of schooling or equivalent engineering trade certificate.
• Minimum 2 years’ engineering experience, preferably in aviation.
• UAE driving license would be an asset.

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our websitewww.emirates.com/careers.