Aircraft Engineer - Mechanical

Skills

Job Specifications

Location: Teesside

Working pattern: 40 hours per week. Monday - Thursday 06:30-15:30, Friday 06:30-13:00, onsite.

Draken believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more.

The Role

We are currently recruiting for Aircraft Engineer - Mechanical. In this role, you will support aircraft maintenance activities under the supervision of the appointed B1 Licensed Aircraft Engineer. You will work in accordance with all relevant aircraft maintenance regulations, ensuring tasks are carried out safely, efficiently, and to the required standards. A strong awareness of regulatory requirements and a commitment to following company procedures at all times are essential to maintaining safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Safety first. Operate at Draken in accordance with the SHE Technical standards. Identify where the SHE Technical Standards are applicable to appointed operations/tasks and apply safe systems of work identified.
Apply countermeasures identified in applicable risk assessment to appointed operations/tasks.
To be an active participant in the Safety Management System (SMS) reporting culture and work towards safety improvements at all times.
Responsible to the nominated supervisor for the receipt / dispatch and servicing of allocated aircraft which include, daily checks, scheduled maintenance, component replacements, defect rectification / repairs, mandatory inspections, re-configuration of aircraft, and aircraft servicing / refuelling under the supervision of the allocated Licensed Aircraft Engineer.
Conducting all maintenance tasks on the aircraft in accordance with approved data contained within OEM maintenance publications and ensure compliance with published company procedures.
Carry out tasks to the best of their ability and certify any work within the terms of any company authorisations held. Sign and date all maintenance actions performed within a timely manner.
Complete worksheets/work cards during the course of maintenance activities and report any additional defects found to the supervising LAE. Issue extension work cards as required to ensure a sufficient breakdown of tasks or recording of additional defects. Upon completion of tasks, deliver completed worksheets to the supervising LAE for inspection.
To be particularly responsible for the maintenance of aircraft tasks allocated to them by their supervisor.
The control of any material or Company equipment provided for the task. Maintaining full compliance to tool control and loose article procedures during the course of aircraft maintenance.
Ensuring all test and ground support equipment is in a serviceable/calibrated condition and fit to carry out its function before use.
Ensure that cleanliness and tidiness of facility, equipment, tooling and employee facilities is maintained within the working areas.
Assist in conducting monthly workplace inspection and the reporting / rectification of any findings.
To assist in ground movements of aircraft as assigned by their supervisor.
Upon occasions there maybe requirements to support aircraft maintenance activities away from the home base.
Any other duties that are reasonably requested by management within the capability of the incumbent.

Experience / Skills / Qualifications

Personal Skills/Abilities -

Good technical English (written and spoken) & basic mathematics
Aircraft Engineering Apprenticeship which included modules such as English, Maths and Physics
Experience of service or commercial aircraft engineering/operations (desirable)
Ability to work safely in line with risk assessments and technical instructions
Good dexterity and an ability to use basic maintenance hand tools in a safe manner
Trustworthy, motivated team member and physically fit to undertake manual tasks around and on board the aircraft
Medically fit and able to perform maintenance tasks within the scope of the organisation
Team oriented
Good motivational qualities
An ability to work safely while maintaining tight delivery deadlines
Customer focussed with exceptional personal and communication skills
Self-motivated, Confident, and assertive
Able to adopt and follow the principles of continuous improvement
A demonstrated capability to work within and adhere to a defined set of organisational values
A willingness to work flexible hours to assist in aircraft recoveries

Educational Vocational Qualifications -

Aviation Experience (Essential)
Experience on pressurised and/or Un-pressurised aircraft.
IT literacy with previous experience of the MS Office suite
Security cleared to meet current UK and ITAR requirements in support of the business
Human Factors knowledge
Safety conscious
Able to work without close supervision
Trustworthy and dependable
Excellent communic

About the Company

Draken works with leading technologies and a specialised and varied fleet of crewed and uncrewed aircraft to complete highly regulated adversary training and complex data-gathering missions effectively and safely. With bases in the UK and the US, our company’s primary role is to train military personnel to defend themselves in multi-domain theatres of war. Draken’s Next Generation Electronic Warfare training services and Red Air adversary training marry the Live and Synthetic domains, delivering a highly realistic blended t... Know more

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