Maintenance Technician

Job purpose

dnata is one of the world's largest air services providers offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents. We operate in 38 countries and 136 airports globally.

To perform maintenance activities on powered and non-powered ground support, material handling and workshop equipment in accordance with dnata standards and procedures. Independently handle most maintenance activities while being supervised or guided by seniors for complex maintenance issues.

In this role you will:

Generic accountabilities:

• Ensure assigned work team maintains good housekeeping in the assigned work area, cleanliness of asset being worked on and that all allocated tools are fit for use.
• Ensure standard safety procedures are followed by self and team during maintenance activities to prevent any personal injury or equipment, vehicle, and plant damage.
• Ensure the calibration and certification of all tools and lifting equipment used are current and highlight any discrepancy or damage to such tools to relevant team member.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency, cost reduction, asset reliability and safety, by escalating ideas to the master level technician for review.

Specific accountabilities:

• Carry out express servicing, minor, intermediate and major preventive maintenance as per checklist provided on equipment, vehicles, plant and machinery as allocated relevant allocation team.
• Diagnose breakdown reasons and carry out repairs and corrective maintenance on equipment, vehicles, plant and machinery, components and sub-assemblies under breakdown to minimise downtime.
• Guide junior or entry level team members to carry out maintenance activities and repairs to equipment, vehicles, plant and machinery, components and sub-assemblies under breakdown.
• Perform daily inspection of all equipment, vehicles, plant and machinery for operational reliability and safety and report findings to the master technician.
• Assist with the refurbishment and modification program execution or assistance.
• Report condition of asset during execution of preventive maintenance activities and highlight repetitive faults to help plan and schedule any corrective maintenance requirement.
• Support the master technicians during the annual asset evaluation program to provide inputs to the asset replacement and or refurbishment program for capital budgeting.
• Ensure electrically operated equipment are provided with charged batteries.
• Ensure all work-related activities carried out during the shift by self and team are recorded accurately and legibly in the work order to help planning staff log the details of work done in the maintenance management system.
• Identify need for spare parts and tools needed to ensure safe and timely completion of all maintenance tasks and inform relevant stakeholders on requirements.
• Provide operational support to ensure smooth material flow (cargo and baggage) within the automated material handling system.

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

Degree or diploma from recognised institution in any of the below engineering disciplines:

• Automotive
• Electrical
• Electronics
• Mechanical
• Hydraulics
• Diesel engine

Experience: In the field of maintenance preferably in below industries.

Degree holders with 2 to 4 years of experience or diploma holders with 4 to 6 years of experience in the field of maintenance in below industries:

• GSE and cargo workshops in other airports
• Baggage handling in airports
• Automobile workshop (cars, pickups, vans, small buses)
• Heavy equipment (earth moving, trucks, buses, construction, waste management, heavy material handling)
• Process and manufacturing industries (refineries, aluminium processing, food processing, automated material handling, paper and plastic products are few examples)
• Transportation industry (rail, metro etc.)

Knowledge and skills:

• Certificate in other professionally recognised technical courses like welding, hydraulics, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), fabrication, battery handling etc.
• Training from ground support and material handling equipment suppliers, established automotive and automotive component manufacturers.
• Driving licence preferred in order to gain ADP.
• Proficient understanding of maintenance practices.
• English language skills level 3.
• Proficient communication skills.

Our services on the ground keep the world in the air. We're one of the largest air services providers in the world, and you'll find us in over 80 countries offering expertise in ground handling, cargo, travel and flight catering. We're growing fast, and we're looking for people with imagination and creativity to join our team of more than 40,000 people. We want potential stars to help us deliver on the promises our customers make. Be a part of our success story.

Salary and benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it's like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.