Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Ref No: ES1091 Licensed Aircraft Engineers

*AW 109 maintenance experience
*UK CAA BCAR licence or European EASA Part 66 licence
*Preferably type rated upon 109 and / or one of B212/B412/AS350


Location: RAF Shawbury (Shropshire)

Our client is an organisation specialising in the provision, operation and support of helicopters for military and governmental applications world-wide and is seeking to appoint a Licensed Aircraft Engineer to their facility at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.

The Licensed Aircraft Engineer's duties will include:

*Undertaking maintenance tasks on Civil Owned - Military Registered aircraft allocated to the operation in accordance with the requirements of EASA Part 145.
*Supervising technical and non-technical staff allocated by the Chief Engineer for specific maintenance and / or non-maintenance related tasks.
*Reporting of unserviceabilities relating to aircraft, systems and services identified during the course of duty.
*Ensuring cleanliness and tidiness of the work place.
*Ensuring compliance with established 'Tool Control' procedures.
*Undertaking secondary duties allocated to him by the Chief Engineer, e.g. POL management, publication control, and tool inventory administration.
*Complying with internal auditor duties as directed by the Chief Engineer.
*Fulfilling any other tasks as Delegated to him by the Chief Engineer.
*Aircraft flight servicing inspections (DFS).
*Scheduled inspections and maintenance requirements.
*Fault diagnosis and rectification work.
*Component replacement, planned alterations and modifications.
*Participation in aircraft maintenance test flights and subsequent analysis of results, e.g. vibration data.
*Assisting in the daily ground handling/aircraft movement tasks of the Section including refuelling/defuelling, post starting checks for faults, leaks, security of doors, panels etc. and cleaning/washing of aircraft when required.
*Aircraft Documentation, to conduct inspection of aircraft documentation to ensure all relevant entries in regards to the work carried out by himself have been made and are correct.

Qualifications/Licences/Experience:

*AW 109 maintenance experience
*UK CAA BCAR licence or European EASA Part 66 licence
*Preferably type rated upon 109 and / or one of B212/B412/AS350

Shift work is required and benefits include free life assurance, personal pension scheme and 30 days holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays.

Salary: c£40,000

This Job Description is not to be considered exhaustive. You are expected to contribute to other activities outwith the scope of this Job Description.

Forces Recruitment Services (FRS) is acting as employment agency for the above position.