Mechanical Technician

BAE Systems; Pickhill; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Mechanical Technician for base maintenance activities. The role involves carrying out detailed aircraft maintenance, fault diagnosis, and documentation in a Part 145 environment.

The candidate should have City & Guilds qualifications and at least 2 years of experience in aircraft maintenance, with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team on complex tasks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in aircraft maintenance.
• City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance.
• Familiar with Part 145 and MOE procedures; able to work to approved data.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance and diagnostic tasks on aircraft systems/components.
• Diagnose faults, follow diagnostic procedures and work with team to resolve issues.
• Provide guidance to less experienced team members in a dynamic maintenance environment.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Education

City & Guilds 2675

City & Guilds 2661

Job description

• Undertake and complete tasked maintenance & diagnostic activities on aircraft systems/components which may include, as appropriate, Aircraft Ground Handling, Flight Servicing's, Aircraft role changes, embodiments, component removals, inspections, repairs, modifications, fault rectifications, replacements and/or functional/system test.
• Demonstrates a flexible and proactive attitude to carrying out responsibilities appropriate to the role and takes direction appropriately.
• Maintain personal task authorisations for working on aircraft or components.
• Ensure that maintenance is undertaken to schedule and resolve any issues, escape as required., Performance indicators - Ensure the effective provision of Part 145 activities by meeting delivery targets and reporting any impact on Continuing Airworthiness. Understand how individual actions contribute to overall delivery performance.
• Completion of activities - Ensure all Part 145 activities are appropriately documented and airworthiness records are maintained on relevant systems (IT / paper based). Compile required reporting, identify any issues and accelerate as appropriate.
• Procedure/standards - Comply with the Part 145 Exposition, its associated procedures and standards and any other Company procedures and standards, as applicable. Identify and propose changes, as required.
• Safety Management System - Ensure Human Factors and Error Management philosophies are applied to all Part 145 activities. Understand the risks associated with Part 145 and the means by which they are mitigated and managed.
• Management System Assurance - Ensure Part 145 activities are compliant with the AM&S Governance and Assurance framework, including supporting Process Confirmations and independent assurance audits. Support the response to audit findings in a timely and appropriate manner and provide information to support the relevant reviews. Support the implementation of identified improvements to overcome any non-compliance and monitor effectiveness.
• Statutory / Regulatory & Legislative requirements - Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding and application of the relevant Continuing Airworthiness Regulatory framework. Support the implementation of any Regulatory-driven changes into the Part 145 activities. Ensure compliance with all other requirements, e.g. ITAR, EaPW, ISO, etc.
• Contractual Requirements - Ensure compliance with applicable contractual requirements, e.g. through support to contract reviews via the incorporation of required changes into Part 145 processes. The Mechanical Technician will be an experienced and skilled technician undertaking a range of detailed maintenance activities on an aircraft or aircraft component in a base maintenance environment. At this level the post holder requires a good understanding of the construct of the approved Technical Information set and is competent to work unaided to approved data, maintenance instructions and in accordance with the organisation's Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE). Demonstrates the ability to analyse and diagnose faults to equipment & assemblies, follow diagnostic procedures and work effectively within a team provide guidance to less experienced team members in a diverse and dynamic operational environment., Academic qualification for this role is a minimum of City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance or equal.
• Typically, 2+ years' experience in aircraft maintenance
• Requires general product knowledge/competency within own technical/subject area and a basic knowledge of those elements in other areas.
• Awareness of how the team integrates with others in order to achieve the overall objectives of the area and demonstrates an understanding of the requirement for continuous improvement and its application.
• Hawk Composite Flight Servicing- Pass. (Desirable)
• Human Factors- Standard Course Specification.