B1 Licenced Aircraft Engineer

Saudi Arabia

All Locations

Saudi Arabia

Position

Engineering

Vacancy Type

Permanent

Function

Engineering

The Role

Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter.

We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people.

Draken also 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 a B1 Licensed Engineers for our base in Saudi Arabia. The position is to assist Chief Engineer, for the safety, regulatory compliance and operational performance of all Part-145 aircraft maintenance activities within the Aircraft Maintenance department and detached locations, essential to the effective delivery of customer contractual requirements. In addition, the LAE will provide support to the team with engineering decisions and provide guidance regarding personal and team development.

This position will require regular travel to support operations at detached locations within Saudi Arabia away from the main operating base

Key Responsibilities will include:

Carry out tasks to a high standard, supervise and certify any work within the terms of the Company authorisations in technical logs or on Company worksheets/work cards
Carry out scheduled / unscheduled maintenance inspections, defect rectification, modifications, service bulletins on company and customer aircraft as directed
Ensure compliance with published maintenance documentation and company procedures.
Complete worksheets/work cards as soon as the task is completed and write any additional defects found on to additional worksheets/work cards and hand the completed worksheets to his supervisor
Notify the Supervisor of any critical defects immediately and then work with the supervisor to develop solutions.
Liaise with those departments necessary to complete all tasks allocated
Ensure and monitor that all tooling used is controlled and calibrated as required in accordance with company procedures.
Carry out any other task as instructed by their supervisor
To be particularly responsible for the maintenance of aircraft allocated to their control by the supervisor.
Assuming overall responsibility for all trades engaged in work on an allocated aircraft
The movement of spares to and from Stores
The ground movements of aircraft

Experience / skills / qualifications

Unrestricted B1/B2 UK Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence
Challenger CL604 Type Rating is highly desired but not essential
Sound knowledge of regulatory requirements related to aircraft maintenance
Approved apprenticeship or equivalent
Ability to be security cleared to SC level
Computer literate
Self-starter who looks for lateral solutions
Good leadership & Motivational Qualities
Needs to understand and deliver customer service, whilst representing the company interests
Needs to be able to enjoy working within a small team
An ability to work safely while meeting expected delivery schedules
A willingness to work flexible hours, to meet operational requirements and assist in aircraft recoveries/deploy on short notice detachments when required

Our employee values

Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.

At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken Europe team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect.

We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications.

In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required.

About Us

Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off.

Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.

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