Workshop Maintenance Engineer I (Landing Gear Workshop)

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline in Dubai is seeking a Workshops Maintenance Engineer I to manage aircraft components maintenance and achieve regulatory compliance. The role involves overseeing performance staff, conducting maintenance tasks, and leading capability enhancement projects. Qualified candidates should hold a degree in engineering, have 12 years' workshop experience, and EASA Form1/GCAA AW1 certification for landing gears. This position offers a competitive tax-free salary along with generous travel benefits and a comprehensive healthcare package.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Discounted flights

Healthcare package

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in Engineering Workshop.
• 7+ years of EASA Form1/GCAA AW1 certification experience for landing gear workshop.
• Experience in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering related fields.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance tasks as per regulatory procedures.
• Identify and implement new capabilities for aircraft components.
• Perform landing gear overhaul and repair tasks.
• Conduct root cause and risk analysis for findings.

Skills

Aircraft components maintenance

Corrective actions and risk analysis

Knowledge of NDT methods

Knowledge of plating and machining methods

Education

Degree in Aeronautical subjects/Mechanical/Avionics/Electronic/Tech Engineering

Engineering Apprenticeship

Job description

Job Purpose

As a Workshops Maintenance Engineer I you will carry out routine maintenance tasks and defect rectification of aircraft components as per company and associated regulatory procedures.

In this role you will:

Generic

• Carry out aircraft components maintenance and servicing tasks in compliance with manufacturer and safety procedures. Ensure that assigned aircraft components are maintained as per latest revisions of approved authority Technical Publications such as CMM, Aircraft documentation, Technical Notices, Quality Notices, and Engineering Procedures Manual etc. Ensure that personal approvals/licences are valid and applicable to aircraft components type/scope
• Determine if tooling/equipment used is serviceable and appropriate for the task and use specialised tooling where required. Ensure that trouble shooting procedures/tools used for fault rectification are carried out in a cost effective and efficient manner.
• Ensure that all activities performed are carried out in accordance with all safety rules and regulations and in adherence to company procedures, highlighting a deficiencies/requirement through the effective use of reporting tools. Ensure all work locations are kept clean and excellent housekeeping conditions are maintained.
• Maintain effective communication with Colleagues including Managers and Senior Engineers to ensure a seamless flow of information and to highlight any potential operational issues.
• Manage the performance of staff using performance review process and system. Ensure SMART goal setting, interim/annual reviews and development plans are in place for assigned staff members in accordance with company procedures.
• Attend training/recurrent modules as required to enhance skills and comply with CAR 145 requirements.
• Ensure resources and manpower available is support of the business needs allowing targets/milestones to be adequately achieved. Ensure that available resources are utilized fully to meet the business needs. Ensure for all staff allocated to him/her and themselves to efficiently clock on/clock off job cards in the process of performing their usual duties. Must be available to assume duties and responsibilities of shift manager/senior engineer shift whenever delegated by the section manager.

Specific Functions for Airframe Components

• Proactively identify New Capabilities build-up opportunities of aircraft components and conduct feasibility study, justify the requirement of establishing New Capabilities via Research and Development (R&D), Cost Benefit Analysis (Business Cases) to enhance the workshop’s capabilities. Be conversant with 145 AMO regulatory framework. Liaise with company internal Compliance Monitoring teams for obtaining necessary Regulatory approvals for shop activities.
• Lead the project to build up the agreed new aircraft components capabilities until it is approved by regulatory. Liaise with Fleet Technical Management (Engineering Technical Services - ETS), Part 21 DOA, UAE GCAA MOA (Manufacturing Organization), Component Repair or Reliability Departments for gathering facts and solid justification data for the capability establishment. Define new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) or Process Instruction Manuals / Stage Sheets / Work Order Job Cards that allows shop engineers to practice new capability deliverables. Develop and deliver training programs to enhance the technical proficiency of the Work Shop's staff. Introduce external training / refresher training to allow Authorization approval scopes of certifying engineers remain valid. Liaise with Technical Publications, ETS and ensure all Workshop publications (CMM, CMM-TR, SILs, CMM-ICA documents) are available for Workshop Personnel access.
• Coordinate with internal related stake holders to implement the built/approved new capabilities in the workshop until the output of production is fully compliance with regulations. Participate in company internal compliance monitoring 145 Audits, external EASA 145 or GCAA CAR 145 Audits and demonstrate workshop regulatory compliance at all times.
• To be involve into any potential optimization and/or continually improvement if it’s applicable for the newly built-up capabilities

Specific Functions for Landing gear shop

• Responsible to perform, assist, and support all Overhaul/Repair/Inspection tasks required for landing gears (wide body is preferred) as well as any activity related to chapter 32 of CMM with in Shop.
• Responsible for corrective actions, root cause analysis and risk & opportunity analysis of any findings.
• Should have knowledge of NDT methods used in landing gear overhaul
• Should have knowledge of plating and machining methods used in a landing gear shop.

Qualification

• Degree in Aeronautical subjects/Mechanical/Avionics/Electronic/Tech Engineering OR Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Licence OR Engineering Apprenticeship.
• 12 years of experience in Engineering Workshop.
• Landing gear workshop: 7+years of EASA Form1/GCAA AW1 certification experience.
• Experience in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering related fields.

Salary & benefits

Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That’s on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website.