B1 Aircraft Engineer
One of the world's largest engineering product manufacturers in Oxfordshire have a number of exciting new opportunities available for B1 Aircraft Engineers The aircraft are engaged in a variety of tasks and will need to have maximum availability for the customer. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in aircraft engineering in a challenging and dynamic environment.
Main Responsibilities
* Ensuring aircraft are prepared for the day's flying activity.
* Line maintenance activities.
* Defect rectification and fault diagnosis
* Production duties on site as and when directed by the chief engineer
* Flexibility will be key in this role and there will be on-call periods, as well as early starts with early finishes or at times late starts and late finishes.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Experienced aircraft engineer with extensive experience in rotary.
* Pragmatic and flexible but with a keen attitude towards safety and regulatory compliance.
* Good knowledge of part 145 regulation.
* Methodical in approach to engineering problems with good fault diagnosis abilities
* Able to work closely with the customer and build relationships to achieve objectives
Education, Qualifications or Training
Essential
* Military training or civilian apprenticeship/qualification in aircraft maintenance
* B1 Licensed
Desirable
* Licensed and type rated on the BK117D-2/3 helicopter
Additional Requirements
* Due to the nature of this position, you will require DBS Security Clearance and be eligible for SC clearance.
* Applicants must meet any/all requirements of ITAR and Export Compliance Regulations.
The Reward
* Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - single cover for employees paid by the company
* Pension
* Share Incentive Plan and ESOP. Annual share schemes at company discretion.
* Success Share, Discretionary Group bonus scheme (conditions apply)
* Bikes to Work (up to 3,000) (employee purchase scheme)
* Technology (employee purchase scheme)
* Mydrive (employee car purchase scheme)
* Den-Plan (employee purchase scheme)
* Health-care Cash Scheme
* Personal Accident Insurance (employee purchase scheme)
* Health Assessments
* Travel Insurance
* Financial/Legal Advice (eg, Will-writing; Lasting Power of Attorney)
Please apply today and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss your application further.