Date of Advert: 07/01/2025
Job Title: Certifying Engineer
Place of Work: Biggin Hill Airport
Code: 1202
Job Purpose: Responsible for carrying out aircraft maintenance in compliance with company procedures, aircraft technical data, local authority regulations and EH & S practices.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Reports directly to the Maintenance Manager
- Holds CAA issued Maintenance License or accepted equivalent (B1.1, B1.2, B3 and/or B2)
- Is able to work off trade, in order to support the varying demands of maintenance and the other trade certifiers
- Helps to maintain clean and presentable facilities for all planned work, ensuring that the highest industry standards are met in terms of husbandry and working environment
- Assists with the coordination of the hangar activity to ensure smooth and effective control of maintenance.
- Supports the Maintenance Manager with the daily maintenance activity
- Supports, promotes and drives the On Time Delivery for every base maintenance. Ensuring that all resources and staff shortfalls are reported
- Responsible for the correct and timely recording of maintenance
- Reports any errors or near misses, and support in the investigation and preventative actions
- Responsible for ensuring discipline of personal tool control on the shop floor
- Responsible for risk assessments of tasks undertaken (self) within area of operation, including Line maintenance
- Support company EH & S discipline and expectation
- Delivers strategic projects as defined by the Maintenance Manager
- Carry out continuous improvement investigations and root cause analysis investigations as requested to reduce quality escapes and COPQ
- Carries out any reasonable request by the Maintenance Manager
Qualities & Knowledge:
- Reasonable leadership & man-management skills
- Ability to provide strong drive and motivation
- Knowledge of planning
- Solid problem-solving ability and organisational skills
- Flexible and able to manage varying demands and workloads
- Excellent communication and literacy skills
- Understanding of continuous improvement philosophies
- Understanding of EH&S practices and policies
- Knowledge of human factors, human performance and limitations
- Knowledge of logistic processes
- Knowledge of organisational capabilities, privileges and limitations
- Knowledge of Part-145 & any other relevant regulations
- Knowledge of relevant parts of the maintenance organisation exposition and procedures
- Knowledge of occurrence reporting systems (mandatory & internal) and understanding of the importance of reporting occurrences, incorrect maintenance data and existing or potential defects
- Knowledge of safety risks linked to the working environment
- Knowledge of Safety Management Systems and Just Culture
- Knowledge of CDCCL when relevant
- Knowledge of EWIS when relevant
- Understanding of professional integrity, behaviour and attitude towards safety
- Understanding of conditions for ensuring continuing airworthiness of aircraft and components
- Understanding of his/her own human performance limitations
- Understanding of personnel authorisations and limitations
- Understanding critical tasks
- Ability to consider human performance and limitations
- Ability to determine required qualifications for task performance
- Ability to confirm proper accomplishment of maintenance tasks
- Ability to identify and properly plan performance of a critical task
- Ability to prioritise tasks and report the discrepancies
- Ability to process the work requested by the operator
- Ability to properly process removed, uninstalled and rejected parts
- Ability to promote the safety policy
- Ability to properly record and sign for work accomplished
- Ability to understand work orders, work cards and refer to and use applicable maintenance data
- Ability to use IT systems
- Resources management and production planning skills
- Teamwork, decision-making and leadership skills
- Ability to encourage a positive safety culture and apply a Just Culture
Experience:
- Previous experience of working within a Part 145 organisation
- Previous experience of communicating with customers and HNWIs.
- Computer literate
- Read & write in fluent English
Desirable:
- Have the right to work in the UK without restriction
- Full UK driving license
Equal Opportunities:
- Oriens Maintenance Services has an Equal Opportunities Policy and all employees are expected to develop an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities
For further details please contact [email protected] enclosing your CV.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel co classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.