Base Engineer - Line Maintenance

About the role

The Base Engineer supports the Maintenance Manager Line and Outstations in managing and monitoring Line Maintenance activities on Air Arabia and third-party aircraft, ensuring work is performed, certified and recorded accurately and in line with GCAA regulations. The role covers cost-effective, timely and adequate allocation of manpower and performance to meet business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Main contact for stakeholders such as MCC, Development and Planning Engineers and the Quality Assurance team on day-to-day maintenance tasks.
• Lead a team of engineers and technicians in aircraft maintenance and defect rectification, using MCC instructions, troubleshooting, technical log-books and input from cabin crew and pilots.
• Supervise the execution of third-party service level agreements, ensuring engineers and technicians are trained and licensed.
• Ensure safety measures, working procedures and regulations are followed, including transfers to the Base Maintenance Hangar for heavy maintenance.
• Review daily aircraft operational status reports, coordinate with MCC on pending problems and provide guidance, monitoring and performance assessment to the team.
• Monitor licenses, approvals and renewals, keeping records up to date and flagging performance issues to management.
• Maintain Line Maintenance manuals, facilities, offices, machinery, equipment and tools, and manage the D-Store and administrative work such as rosters and overtime sheets.
• Implement new technical projects, generate daily reports on planned maintenance, AOG and accidents, attend monthly Technical Review meetings and communicate with MCC and Engineering Planning.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Aircraft Engineering/Aeronautics, or a diploma in Aircraft Engineering/Maintenance or E&M certificate from a recognised institute, with experience.
• EASA/GCAA aircraft maintenance licence and GCAA type-rating; A320 qualification is preferred.
• 9+ years in line or base maintenance, including 3 years supervising and managing aircraft maintenance and 2 years leading teams independently.
• Experience with civil aviation authorities (preferably GCAA), audits, SLAs and airline operations.
• Ability to obtain a UAE driver's licence.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to use technology systems.
• Very good English.
• Project management certificate or equivalent experience; cost control, compliance, budgeting and quality assurance training is an added value.