Workshop Maintenance Engineer II

Job description / Role

About Emirates

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers 'Fly Better'. Emirates Engineering is a cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facility, GCAA CAR V approved, supporting Emirates' vast Airbus and Boeing fleet and thirty other airlines through third-party contracts. Our highly qualified team excels in maintenance, engineering, quality, planning, and logistics, setting industry standards with an unwavering commitment to safety and excellence.

Role Overview

The Workshop Maintenance Engineer II will carry out routine maintenance tasks and defect rectification of aircraft components as per company and associated regulatory procedures.

In this role you will:

Generic:

• Carry out aircraft components maintenance and servicing tasks in compliance with manufacturer and safety procedures. Ensure that assigned aircraft components are maintained as per latest revisions of approved authority technical publications such as CMM, aircraft documentation, technical notices, quality notices, and engineering procedures manual. Ensure that personal approvals/licences are valid and applicable to aircraft components type/scope.
• Determine if tooling/equipment used is serviceable and appropriate for the task and use specialised tooling where required. Ensure that troubleshooting procedures/tools used for fault rectification are carried out in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
• Ensure that all activities performed are carried out in accordance with all safety rules and regulations and in adherence to company procedures, highlighting deficiencies/requirements through the effective use of reporting tools. Ensure all work locations are kept clean and excellent housekeeping conditions are maintained during the shift.
• Maintain effective communication with colleagues including managers and senior engineers to ensure a seamless flow of information and to highlight any potential operational issues.
• Manage the performance of staff using performance review process and system. Ensure SMART goal setting, interim/annual reviews and development plans are in place for assigned staff members in accordance with company procedures.
• Attend training/recurrent modules as required to enhance skills and comply with CAR 145 requirements.
• With the introduction of new aircraft, explore new capability opportunities and assist in developing business case for the same.

Specific Functions for W&B:

• Responsible to perform, assist, and support all overhaul/repair/inspection tasks required for wheel & brake as well as any activity related to chapter 32 of CMM within wheel & brake shop.
• Responsible for corrective actions, root cause analysis and risk & opportunity analysis of any findings.

Specific Functions for Airframe Components:

• Proactively identify new capabilities build-up opportunities of aircraft components and conduct feasibility study, justify the requirement of establishing new capabilities via research and development (R&D), cost benefit analysis (business cases) to enhance the workshop's capabilities. Be conversant with 145 AMO regulatory framework. Liaise with company internal compliance monitoring teams for obtaining necessary regulatory approvals for shop activities.
• Lead the project to build up the agreed new aircraft components capabilities until it is approved by regulatory. Liaise with fleet technical management (engineering technical services - ETS), part 21 DOA, UAE GCAA MOA (manufacturing organization), component repair or reliability departments for gathering facts and solid justification data for the capability establishment. Define new standard operating procedures (SOP) or process instruction manuals, stage sheets, work order job cards that allow shop engineers to practice new capability deliverables. Develop and deliver training programs to enhance the technical proficiency of the workshop's staff. Introduce external training/refresher training to allow authorization approval scopes of certifying engineers remain valid. Liaise with technical publications, ETS and ensure all workshop publications (CMM, CMM-TR, SILs, CMM-ICA documents) are available for workshop personnel access.
• Coordinate with internal related stakeholders to implement the built/approved new capabilities in the workshop until the output of production is fully compliant with regulations. Participate in company internal compliance monitoring 145 audits, external EASA 145 or GCAA CAR 145 audits and demonstrate workshop regulatory compliance at all times.
• Be involved in any potential optimization and/or continual improvement if it's applicable for the newly built-up capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or honours (12+3 or equivalent) in aeronautical subjects/mechanical/avionics/electronic/tech engineering or aircraft maintenance engineering licence or engineering apprenticeship.
• 9 years of experience in aircraft maintenance engineering related fields.
• 4+ years as a certifying staff in the relevant area.

Engineering Workshops Experience:

Wheel & Brakes:

• Minimum of 2 aircraft type approvals for wheel and brake and minimum of 1 aircraft type approval for components (ATA chapter 32).

Airframe Components:

• Capable of AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CATIA V5 or similar CAD/CAM packages. Ability to produce own CAD drawings when need arises.
• 5+ years experience in MRO 145 workshop engineering streams as a subject matter expert of airframe mechanical systems (hydraulic components/pneumatic components/fuel & oil components/landing gears).
• Experience in hydraulic/pneumatic/fuel & oil/landing gears components capability build up, preferred B-777 and A-380 related components, and the approval for components.
• Project management experiences with 6 Sigma/Lean/aircraft component capability build up familiarization with PMP, Prince 2, Agile or Lean process engineering systems.
• Knowledge of latest technical developments and industry trends on respective technology example: 3D printing, additive manufacturing etc.
• Ability to analyse and synthesise technical information for implementation in cost-effective ways.
• Excellent drafting/report writing skills.
• Demonstrable experience in managing complex tasks and decision making in a fast-paced environment.

About the Company

A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide.