Simulator Maintenance Technician

AIR ONE International Holdings; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension 7% (employer) + 3% (员工

Medical insurance

Life insurance 4x salary

Job summary

AIR ONE International Holdings is seeking a Simulator Maintenance Technician to support and maintain up to four commercial Full Flight Simulators and Fixed Based Trainers at Burgess Hill, West Sussex. The role involves preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and ensuring regulatory compliance in a busy training facility.

The successful candidate will work with avionics and flight simulator systems, participate in shift patterns (4 on/4 off or comparable part-time options), and uphold safety

Qualifications

• Understanding of Electrical / Electronic systems.
• Knowledge of fault finding principles and corrective measures techniques.
• Working knowledge of Flight Simulator systems (Avionics, Aircraft Systems, IO, Motion, Control Loading, Visual).
• HNC/HND in avionics or Electrical & Electronic Engineering preferred.
• Experience with maintenance of simulators or similar systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance tasks on simulators and associated systems.
• Assist in diagnosing and correcting problems on simulators.
• Record and track maintenance activities using the maintenance management system.
• Carry out minor repairs, including soldering and crimping.
• Perform pre-flight checks and basic visual alignments.
• Carry out logistics tasks for parts, repair, and validation.
• Adhere to QSL quality management system and health & safety procedures.

Skills

Electrical / Electronic systems

Fault finding & corrective measures

Flight Simulator systems knowledge

Education

HNC/HND in avionics

HNC/HND in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Job description

Job Description

The Simulator Maintenance Technician (Sim Tech) will be based at Burgess Hill, West Sussex and will report direct to the Training Centre Maintenance Manager (TCMM).

The Sim Tech role involves day to day running and proactive maintenance of up to four commercial Full Flight Simulators (FFS) and Fixed Based Trainers based at our Burgess Hill Training Facility.

The Sim Tech will be required, in the execution of their duties, to comply with regulatory requirements and work in accordance with the procedures applicable to their tasks. Any potential for non-compliance or the introduction of a hazard or risk will need to be reported to the TCMM, as well as recommendations for improvements to procedure or process.

The Sim Tech is also required to make themselves familiar with, and comply with, all QSL Health and Safety procedures and complete all courses in a reasonable time when requested. The Sim Tech will familiarise themselves with risk assessments, method statements, COSHH procedures, LockOut TagOut etc.

The Sim Tech will be trained in alignment with their role and responsibilities as per the Company training matrix. They shall be trained in the Company Safety Management System to the level defined on the training requirements matrix for their role, and any specific health and safety responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance tasks on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
• Assist in diagnosing and correcting problems on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
• Utilise the maintenance management system to record and track maintenance activities.
• Perform secondary duties e.g. calibrations, tool inspections etc.
• Perform pre-flight checks prior to the days operations.
• Perform basic visual alignments.
• Carry out minor repairs in the workshop to include soldering and crimping.
• Perform logistics duties, including parts received, repair, and testing/validation
• Run automatic and manual Qualification Test Guide (QTG).
• Comply with QSL quality management system.
• Provide customer service support and address customer needs in a timely manner.
• Perform housekeeping functions to maintain the simulators as required.
• Perform administrative tasks as required.
• Be aware of Part ORA and CS-FSTD(A) regulations.
• Ad hoc building maintenance duties

Please note this list is not exhaustive. The Sim Tech role involves working a variable work pattern which may be changed at any time to meet the Company and customer needs. Flexibility in the approach to working is a key requirement for this role. The role covers currently a 24 x 7 working pattern.

The role is being offered as full time or part time with the following shift pattern:

• Full time: 4 on, 4 off
• Part time within a job share: 4 on, 12 off

Essential Knowledge and Experience

• An understanding of Electrical / Electronic systems
• An understanding of fault finding principles and corrective measures techniques
• Working knowledge of Flight Simulator systems (to include some or all of the following; Avionics, Aircraft Systems, IO, Motion, Control Loading, Visual)

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working on Boeing and/or Airbus simulators.
• Experience of CAE, and/or Sim Industries, TRU Training Devices
• Experience gained in a customer support or client facing role
• Proactive completion of routine Preventative Maintenance activities
• Checking of Qualification Test Guides (QTG’s)

Desirable Qualifications

• HNC/HND in aircraft related discipline (Avionics)
• HNC/HND in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Benefits

• Company pension contribution is 7% and employee contribution is 3%
• Medical insurance
• Life insurance (4x salary)