Technical Services Engineer

Aviation Links; Bentfield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JMC Aviation is recruiting for a Technical Services Engineer at Stansted. The role involves coordinating maintenance activities, managing complex maintenance and modification projects, and ensuring compliance with EASA/Foreign NAA requirements.

You will liaise with customers and approved third-party vendors, prepare work packages, and maintain critical path timelines while delivering high standards of safety and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in project management within an engineering environment.
• Experience in aviation maintenance, operations, CAMO, or manufacturing.
• Strong PC user skills, particularly in Excel, Word, and MS Project.
• Experience using Wings ERP or equivalent.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance activities to optimise on-time delivery, within budget, and achieve high customer satisfaction.
• Produce accurate maintenance work packages and manage complex maintenance and modification projects in line with processes and procedures.
• Manage complex aircraft maintenance and modification projects to protect the critical path.
• Communicate with customers to plan maintenance inputs, ensuring work scope is received and translated into a tangible work package.
• Coordinate with approved third-party vendors to arrange services and align time estimates with critical path.
• Work with Part-21 design organisations to engineer and support customer modification requests meeting EASA/Foreign NAA requirements.
• Prepare and chair internal pre-input review meetings and meetings with customers to discuss defects and requirements.
• Coordinate the acceptance of aircraft into maintenance.
• Proactively identify and resolve critical path issues affecting the input schedule.
• Provide daily project progress updates to customers during aircraft maintenance.
• Instruct the shipping agent on aircraft import/export procedures for base maintenance projects.
• Review and complete the aircraft library, including Technical Log and Deferral Log, during input and release to service.
• Assist Document Control with reviewing paperwork and resolving issues.
• Generate documentation and support certifying staff through the return to service stage of aircraft maintenance input.
• Assist the SBDM in managing customer expectations effectively.

Skills

Project management

Aviation operations knowledge

Stakeholder communication

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Wings ERP

MS Project

Job description

Job Title: Technical Services Engineer
Location: Stansted
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Annual Salary

Role Conditions

• 5/5/4/4 shift pattern, working 07:00 – 19:00
• Overtime paid at 1.5 times hourly rate
• 29 days annual leave entitlement including bank holidays
• 2x life insurance
• Electric car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

About the Role

On behalf of our client, a leading organisation in the aviation industry, we are currently recruiting for a Technical Services Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic environment with a strong focus on safety, compliance and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance activities to ensure they are optimised for on-time delivery, within budget, and achieve high customer satisfaction
• Produce accurate maintenance work packages and managing complex maintenance and modification projects in line with processes and procedures
• Manage complex aircraft maintenance and modification projects to protect the critical path
• Professionally communicate with customers to plan maintenance inputs, ensuring work scope is received, understood, and translatable into a tangible work package
• Communicate with approved third-party vendors to arrange services, ensuring their attendance and time estimates align with critical path requirements
• Work with Part-21 design organisations to engineer and support customer modification requests, ensuring documentation meets EASA/Foreign NAA requirements for implementation under company approvals
• Prepare and chair internal pre-input review meetings as well as meetings with customers to discuss defects and specific requirements
• Coordinate the acceptance of aircraft into maintenance
• Proactively identify and resolve critical path issues that could affect the aircraft input schedule
• Provide daily project progress updates to customers during aircraft maintenance
• Instruct the shipping agent on aircraft import and export procedures for base maintenance projects
• Review and complete the aircraft library, including Technical Log and Deferral Log, during input and upon release to service
• Assist Document Control with reviewing completed paperwork and resolving any arising issues
• Generate documentation and support certifying staff through the return to service stage of aircraft maintenance input
• Assist the SBDM in managing customer expectations effectively

Candidate Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in project management within an engineering environment
• Experience in aviation maintenance, operations, CAMO, or manufacturing
• Strong PC user skills, particularly in Excel, Word, and MS Project
• Experience using Wings ERP or equivalent
• Right to work in the UK

Why Work with JMC Aviation?

At JMC Aviation, we specialise in aviation recruitment across engineering services and training to airlines, MROs and OEMs, leasing and asset management companies, and component overhaul organisations. With deep industry knowledge and a global network, we match the right talent to the right roles — contract or permanent.

• Industry-leading compliance support
• Fast onboarding and documentation assistance
• Dedicated recruitment consultant
• Placements across the globe
• Extensive experience and knowledge of the aviation sector

Compliance & Equal Opportunities

JMC Aviation is committed to equal opportunity and diversity in the workplace. All applicants will be considered based on merit, qualification, and business need, regardless of age, gender, nationality, or background. We operate in full compliance with global aviation recruitment regulations.

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