Avionics Technician: Peak-Season Maintenance & Repair

South African Airways (Pty) Ltd.; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

South African Airways (Pty) Ltd. is seeking an Aviation Technician to perform maintenance, servicing, inspections, repairs, overhauls and testing on aircraft engines, airframes and components in line with task cards and regulatory requirements.

The role supports HUB & SVM operations during the Technical Peak Season, requiring strict adherence to safety, quality and documentation standards, with responsibilities across planning, tooling, and data entry in AMOS and related systems.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Aviation Apprenticeship and Trade Test
• Must hold current AME license
• Must have current regulatory refresher requirements
• Driver's licence Code B
• Must be PC literate (AMOS and MS Office)
• Hold certification

Responsibilities

• Perform servicing, inspections, repairs, overhauls, maintenance, testing, trouble shooting and modifications to aircraft components on time in accordance with regulatory authority requirements.
• Operate support and specialized test equipment and ensure correct and serviceable tooling is obtained and utilized to perform overall/maintenance of components as per approved documentation.
• Inspect conditions of parts/components as per applicable regulatory authority requirements and institute corrective actions when required.
• Plan and process parts
• Perform all reasonable tasks requested by Senior Licence Technician/Production Leader and comply with work instructions manual.
• Feedback to Senior Licence Technician/Production Leader on technical discrepancies and daily progress activities to ensure that productivity and safety standards are met.
• Optimize and improve utilization of equipment
• Complete and stamp all relevant documentation pertaining to each task and in accordance with company policy and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical assistance in other areas
• Attend meetings/training/workshops as requested i.e. production meetings, safety, green area meetings etc.
• Prepare the work area as per manufacturers requirements and policies and procedures to ensure safe working environment.
• Return all tooling equipment to stores and clean work area on completion of task
• Issue and return of tooling/test benches in AMOS
• Moving of serviceable spares to main stores after workshop finalization
• Creation of repair documentation after components received in the work area
• Filling of repair documentation and work pack in the archives after components were released into service and retrieve work pack
• Order their own spares, collect them from main stores and create GT/3 spares list for their components allocated to them
• Clean and prepare their components for processing
• Moving spares to repair cycle or between workshops

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal and written communication

Team player

Education

Grade 12 / Matric

Aviation Apprenticeship and Trade Test

AME license

Regulatory refresher

Driver's licence - Code B

AMOS proficiency

MS Office proficiency

Tools

AMOS

MS Office

Job description

South African Airways (Pty) Ltd. is seeking an Aviation Technician to perform maintenance, servicing, inspections, repairs, overhauls and testing on aircraft engines, airframes and components in line with task cards and regulatory requirements.

The role supports HUB & SVM operations during the Technical Peak Season, requiring strict adherence to safety, quality and documentation standards, with responsibilities across planning, tooling, and data entry in AMOS and related systems.