Aircraft maintenance technician

easyjet; Wootton Bridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline in the UK is seeking an Apprentice Aeronautical Engineer to join their engineering team. This role involves performing maintenance tasks, documenting records, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. The ideal candidate will hold GCSEs in English, Maths, and Science, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. Join us to support our mission of safe and comfortable air travel.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance tasks on aircraft components.
• Record and enter information for maintenance records.
• Comply with health and safety regulations.
• Identify problems and determine maintenance activities.
• Plan and use resources to complete tasks.
• Follow procedures and apply engineering principles.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Problem-solving skills

Teamworking

Initiative

Physical fitness

Education

GCSE in English, Maths and Science (grade 4-9 A-C)

Job description

With over 300 aircraft and 90 million+ passengers a year, it takes a hardworking and passionate engineering team to keep our aircraft in the air whilst ensuring our customers travel in comfort and complete safety. That's where you'll step in as one of our new Apprentice Aeronautical Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collect and interpret information or data to perform maintenance tasks.
• Record or enter information: paper based or electronic, including job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation.
• Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures, applying risk assessments, COSHH, tool control and safe systems of work.
• Identify problems, collect evidence, analyse evidence, and determine the cause and required maintenance activity.
• Plan, organise and use resources to complete tasks.
• Follow instructions and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Apply mathematical techniques and engineering principles to solve engineering problems.
• Apply maintenance methods and practices, including removal, refit, replacement, repair of systems or components.
• Test and check aircraft equipment or aircraft systems, for example built‑in test equipment, flight control systems, line replacement units or items.
• Assess condition of aircraft components and aircraft equipment, identifying required action.
• Select, check, use, store and control tools and equipment, for example ground support equipment or test equipment.
• Apply good housekeeping before, during and after the activity to the work area.
• Use information technology for document creation, communication and information management, complying with GDPR and cyber security.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
• Communicate verbally with colleagues and stakeholders, and communicate in writing.
• Apply equity, diversity and inclusion policies and procedures.
• Apply quality assurance procedures, for example completion of aircraft servicing schedules or aircraft technical logs.
• Apply team working principles.

Qualifications

• GCSE in English, Maths and Science (grade 4‑9 A‑C).
• Communication skills.
• Organisation skills.
• Problem‑solving skills.
• Teamworking.
• Initiative.
• Physical fitness.

Recruitment Process

The selection stages include video interview, online aptitude tests (numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning), telephone/video interviews and an assessment day.