Base Maintenance Controller

Singapore Airlines; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline company in Singapore is seeking a Maintenance Controller to oversee the timely completion of maintenance checks for its aircraft. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal, planning, and problem-solving skills, along with a Licensed Aircraft Engineer certification and at least 10 years of base maintenance experience. Responsibilities include managing preparations for maintenance checks and ensuring accurate documentation throughout the process.

Qualifications

• Experience in base maintenance work, preferably 10 years of experience.
• Ability to interact with various user departments.
• Strong ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage preparations and progress of maintenance checks with MROs.
• Report on the progress of each aircraft in daily engineering operations meetings.
• Determine reasonable charging of work done through the course of a hangar check.
• Conduct audits to ensure proper completion of maintenance works.
• Compile daily reports on maintenance check progress.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Planning and organization

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Job description

The successful candidate will join the base maintenance department in SIA Engineering Division. He/she will support the base maintenance functions. Reporting to VP Base Maintenance, the Maintenance Controller is primarily responsible for driving timely completion of maintenance checks and rectifications in a base maintenance hangar environment for SIA and SIA subsidiary airline’s aircraft. This will be inclusive of both maintenance checks that takes place in Singapore or overseas locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with all MROs in managing the preparations, progress of maintenance checks
• Attend the daily engineering operations meeting to report on the progress of each aircraft undergoing maintenance
• Work with MRO and Costing section to determine reasonable charging of work done progressively through the course of a hangar check
• Work on continual improvement projects to bring about maintenance cost-savings and efficiency gain in workflow for hangar checks
• Conduct periodic audits of the MRO to ensure proper completion of maintenance works and accuracy of documentation
• Compile and disseminate daily reports on progress of maintenance checks in base maintenance hangars

Requirements

The candidate should be a Licensed Aircraft Engineer and should have:

• Experience in base maintenance work, preferably 10 yrs experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills as the job requires interaction various user departments
• Excellent planning and organisation skills and be able to work independently
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills