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We are delighted to be working alongside our highly established and very reputable client as they seek to recruit an additional member of permanent staff within their team on a full time basis. This is an excellent opportunity to join a great business who offer a very stable and secure place in which to work.
Aircraft Simulator Maintenance Engineer
Full Time Permanent role
Shift pattern - 4 on 4 off - this can consist of the either pattern - 4 days, 4 off, 4 nights, 4 off - repeat or 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off repeat
Shifts are 12 hours long - 7am - 7pm or 7pm to 7am
Holidays - 25 days per annum - this figure also incorporates bank holiday entitlement
Workplace - Burgess Hill - plenty of parking on site and close to the station area.
Salary £33000 - £40000 plus £2000 shift allowance, plus very good company benefits which include :-
Pension - company contributes 7% and employee must contribute a minimum of 3%, Life Insurance - 4 X Salary, Medical - which can include spouse and children (up to the age of 21)
The role:
The Simulator Engineer role involves day to day running and proactive maintenance of up to four commercial Full Flight Simulators based at the Burgess Hill Training Facility.
The Simulator Engineer will be required to comply with regulatory requirements and work in accordance with the procedures applicable to their tasks.
The Simulator Engineer is also required to make themselves familiar with, and comply with, all Health and Safety procedures and complete all courses in a reasonable time when requested. The Sim Engineer will familiarise themselves with risk assessments, method statements, COSHH procedures, LockOut TagOut etc.
Role and responsibilities:
Perform preventive maintenance tasks on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
Assist in diagnosing and correcting problems on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
Utilise the maintenance management system to record and track maintenance activities.
Perform secondary duties e.g. calibrations, tool inspections etc.
Perform pre-flight checks prior to the days operations.
Perform basic visual alignments.
Carry out minor repairs in the workshop to include soldering and crimping.
Perform logistics duties, including parts received, repair, and testing/validation
Run automatic and manual Qualification Test Guide (QTG).
Provide customer service support and address customer needs in a timely manner.
Perform housekeeping functions to maintain the simulators as required.
Perform logistics duties, including parts received, repair, and testing/validation.
Be aware of Part ORA and CS-FSTD(A) regulations.
Key skills and competencies required:
2 - 3 years experience working on simulators, preferably on Boeing and Airbus
The following knowledge and experience is essential for this role:-
- An understanding of Electrical / Electronic systems
- An understanding of fault finding principles and corrective measures techniques
- Working knowledge of Flight Simulator systems (to include some or all of the following; Avionics, Aircraft Systems, IO, Motion, Control Loading, Visual)
The following experience would also be an advantage:-
- Experience of CAE, FSI and/or Sim Industries, TRU, L3 Training Devices
- Experience gained in a customer support or client facing role
- Proactive completion of routine Preventative Maintenance activities
- Running of Qualification Test Guides (QTG’s)
The following qualifications would be beneficial:-
- HNC/HND in aircraft related discipline (Avionics)
- HNC/HND in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Please apply today for immediate consideration. Short-listing will start very soon!!
Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency on behalf of this vacancy
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job
