Maintenance Technician - GSE

D.O.M. magazine; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary in Dubai

Travel benefits

Job summary

D.O.M. magazine is seeking a Maintenance Technician in the United Arab Emirates to perform preventive and corrective maintenance on ground support equipment, vehicles, and workshop machinery.

You will inspect, diagnose, and repair assets while guiding junior teammates to ensure safety and reliability. Experience in automotive, electrical, electronics, or mechanical maintenance is required, with UAE driving licence preferred.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma from a recognised institution in Automotive, Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical engineering.
• 2–4 years experience for Degree holders or 4–6 years for Diploma holders in maintenance in relevant industries.
• Certificate in technical courses like Welding, Hydraulics, PLCs, Fabrication, Battery Handling is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out express servicing, preventive maintenance and repairs on GSE, vehicles, plant and machinery.
• Diagnose breakdowns and perform corrective maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Guide junior team members in maintenance activities and repairs.
• Perform daily inspections for reliability and safety and report findings.
• Record work in maintenance system and assist with asset refurbishment programs.
• Identify spare parts and tools needed and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Support material flow within the automated handling system.

Skills

Maintenance practices

UAE Driving Licence

Education

Automotive

Electrical

Electronics

Mechanical

Tools

Welding

Hydraulics

PLCs

Fabrication

Battery Handling

Job description

Job Purposednatais one of the worlds largest air services providers offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents. We operate in 38 countries and 136 airports globally. To perform maintenance activities on powered and non-powered Ground Support, Material handling and Workshop Equipment in accordance to dnata standards and procedures. Independently handle most maintenance activities while being supervised/guided by seniors for complex maintenance issues.In this role you will: Generic Accountabilities:

• Ensures assigned work team maintains good housekeeping in the assigned work area, cleanliness of asset being worked on and that all allocated tools are fit for use.
• Ensures standard safety procedures are followed by self and team during maintenance activities to prevent any personal injury or equipment/vehicle and plant damage.
• Ensures the calibration & certification of all tools & lifting equipment used are current and highlight any discrepancy or damage to such tools to relevant team member.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, cost reduction, asset reliability and safety, by escalating ideas to the Master Level Technician for review.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Carries out express servicing, minor, intermediate & major preventive maintenance as per checklist provided on equipment, vehicles, plant & machinery as allocated relevant allocation team.
• Diagnosis breakdown reasons and carry out repairs & corrective maintenance on equipment, vehicles, plant & machinery, components and sub-assemblies under breakdown to minimise downtime.
• Guides junior or entry level team members to carry out maintenance activities and repairs to equipment, vehicles, plant & machinery, components and sub-assemblies under breakdown.
• Performs daily inspection of all equipment, vehicles, plant & machinery for operational reliability & safety and report findings to the master technician.
• Assists with the refurbishment & modification program execution/assistance.
• Reports condition of asset during execution of preventive maintenance activities and highlight repetitive faults to help plan and schedule any corrective maintenance requirement.
• Supports the master technicians during the annual asset evaluation program to provide inputs to the asset replacement and/or refurbishment program for capital budgeting.
• Ensures electrically operated equipment are provided with charged batteries.
• Ensures all work-related activities carried out during the shift by self and team are recorded accurately and legibly in the work order to help planning staff log the details of work done in the Maintenance Management System.
• Identifies need for spare parts and tools needed to ensure safe & timely completion of all maintenance tasks and inform relevant stakeholders on requirements.
• Provides operational support to ensure smooth material flow (cargo & baggage) within the automated material handling system.

QualificationTo be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements: Degree or Diploma from recognised institution in any of the below engineering disciplines:

• Automotive
• Electrical
• Electronics
• Mechanical

Experience: In the field of maintenance preferably in below industries.Degree Holders with 2 to 4 years of experience or Diploma holder with 4 to 6 years of experience in the field of maintenance in below industries:

• GSE and Cargo Workshops in other airports
• Automobile Workshop; (Cars, pickups, vans, small buses)
• Heavy Equipment (earth moving, trucks, buses, construction, waste management, heavy material handling)
• Process & Manufacturing Industries (refineries, aluminium processing, food processing, automated material handling, paper & plastic products are few examples)

Knowledge and Skills:

• Certificate in other professionally recognised technical courses like Welding, Hydraulics, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Fabrication, Battery Handling etc.
• Training from ground support & material handling equipment suppliers, established automotive and automotive component manufacturers.
• UAE Driving Licence preferred in order to gain ADP
• Proficient understanding of maintenance practices

Our services on the ground keep the world in the air. We’re one of the largest air services providers in the world, and you’ll find us in over 80 countries offering expertise in ground handling, cargo, travel and flight catering. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for people with imagination and creativity to join our team of more than 40,000 people. We want potential stars to help us deliver on the promises our customers make. Salary & benefitsJoin 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

D.O.M. magazine is the premier magazine for aviation maintenance management professionals. Its management-focused editorial provides information maintenance managers need and want including business best practices, professional development, regulatory, quality management, legal issues and more. The digital version of D.O.M. magazine is available for free on all devices (iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle).