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Airbus • Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Mechanic

Employment type:  Full time

Job Description

Job Description:

  • The Aircraft Mechanic will be responsible to ensure optimal service support for maintenance and flight line activities to achieve the excellent fleet availability with highest quality and safety standards. The Aircraft Mechanic will also be responsible to perform detailed inspection, assembly, installation, repair or replacement of aircraft components and systems, maintenance (both scheduled and unscheduled) or refurbishing of aircraft and function check of components. The Aircraft Mechanic will perform OJT on location as required.


LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Comply with all Aviation, Safety, Quality and Export Control Regulations and Procedures
  • Comply with all Airbus Helicopters Management Systems, Policies and Regulations
  • Work as part of a team, specific duties will include the satisfactory performance of both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the helicopter fleet, within a customer environment
  • Undertake individually or as part of a team, the aircraft maintenance, repair and inspection tasks, troubleshooting, quality checks and the completion of documentation in accordance with Company and Customer procedures
  • Undertake individually or as part of a team, all daily preventive, corrective, servicing and routine maintenance works required to release the aircraft to fly
  • Perform all scheduled and unscheduled activities to be on time, on cost and on quality while maintaining all safety requirements
  • Conduct operational implementation on flight line (daily servicing, refueling, helicopter towing)
  • Check every time before to start any maintenance activity tools/GSE´s for condition and expiration date, and ensure their correct use
  • Check every time before starting any maintenance activity the components and parts for conditions (damages, leaks etc.) and that the applicability of the documentation is correct
  • Determine and perform maintenance requirements for parts, clearances, tolerance, fuel and hydraulic leaks and corrosion damage
  • Interpret blueprints and technical publication
  • Determine repair procedures necessary to correct defective equipment
  • Solve maintenance problems and deficiencies of components such as rotor heads, landing gear, rotor blades, transmission including controls and rigging
  • Diagnose reoccurring malfunctions and recommend corrective action by initiation or material deficiency reports
  • Perform repair of components
  • Ensure that all work performed is recorded on the appropriate paperwork and signed for on a progressive basis
  • Ensure the correct use and control of aircraft parts and materials
  • Verify that the aircraft status regarding scheduled tasks and deferred items is updated, the aircraft condition is serviceable and in accordance with applicable AHA Management System
  • Perform duties as assigned by the Site Manager, ensuring that all work is completed in a timely fashion and meets the delivery quality requirements of the AHA Management System
  • Conduct on-the-job training activity as required
  • Train personnel on the use of maintenance manuals
  • Train personnel in all safety directives and FOD procedures
  • Perform other duties as assigned


This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Helicopters Arabia for Aircraft Maintenance

Employment Type:
Fixed term
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Flight line

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Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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4 office days / week

Fully flexible hours

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165000

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