Aircraft Mechanic

KLM UK Engineering Ltd is a leading UK based aircraft maintenance repair organisation (MRO) offering aircraft maintenance from its head office location at Norwich Airport, with over 40 years of experience on many aircraft types and 6 fully equipped, modern, heavy maintenance bays across 3 hangars.

Due to continual growth, we have exciting career opportunities for Aircraft Mechanics to join our friendly team, based at Norwich Airport.

These positions are permanent, full time, operating on either a seasonal working pattern of Monday - Friday, 6 months Summer 07:30-14:36 and 6 months Winter 07:30-16:36.

Our Successful Candidate

Within this role, you will have safety and compliance at the forefront of your mind and efficiently perform aircraft maintenance tasks in accordance with our regulatory and employment standards.

Your key tasks will be:

• Accurately documenting all work performed on an aircraft
• Ensuring all your tools are effectively maintained and controlled according to company policy
• Looking after the aircraft and your colleagues, by adhering to our company Health & Safety policies and raising airworthiness and personal safety concerns through our internal reporting system.
• Taking pride in your work by ensuring good housekeeping and a clean working environment at all times.
• Ensuring effective handovers to your colleagues
• Always following approved instructions

Requirements

Essential

• Right to work in the UK without Visa Sponsorship
• Civil Aviation Apprenticeship, Armed Forces Aircraft training or Basic Engineering Apprenticeship
• Basic knowledge of EASA/CAA, HSE legislation
• Basic IT knowledge/experience
• Appetite to learn and to continuously develop and improve own performance
• Be flexible to support business needs including supporting aircraft at Outstations
• Be open, honest and trustworthy with a ‘can do’ attitude
• In line the Company’s values & behaviours, demonstrate the skills required to meet, promote and encourage those values associated with your position
• Good level of written and spoken English

Desirable

• Human Factors, Fuel tank safety training and EWIS training
• Experience with Boeing 737NG and Embraer 170/190

Salary & Benefits

• Salary £34,000
• Onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual leave increasing with continuous service
• Stakeholder pension scheme matched up to 5% by Company
• Life assurance at 1X annual salary for all staff, increasing to 3X annual salary if contributing to the Company Stakeholder Pension.
• Social Club
• Buy additional summer leave
• Employee Assistance Programme – Provides confidential counselling, online support, legal and financial advice.
• Online discounts available.
• Opportunities to develop through our Authorised Mechanic scheme through our link with the Technical Training College

Job Types: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: £34,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 4509