About the Company
Toki Air aims to create opportunities for new encounters and exchange, and to help people achieve dreams they had given up for lack of freedom of movement, by carrying people and goods: to go where you want, when you want, opening doors to the world and connecting people. The company provides solutions suited to the management of regional aviation in Japan, working to strengthen the regional air network and to revitalise the regions around its airports.
Role Overview
You will work primarily in line maintenance. The main duties are inspections at the intervals specified by the manufacturer, rectification of defects, and monitoring of aircraft in service.
Duties after joining are assigned according to your experience. The company has its own in-house training curriculum and there are opportunities to sit the national licence examinations, so you can progress your career and significantly broaden your scope of work as a licensed engineer.
Key Responsibilities
- Aircraft maintenance and inspection work.
- Production control and process control for aircraft maintenance.
- Monitoring of aircraft in service and the associated related duties.
- Until the start of scheduled services, and in addition to the above, indirect work such as building the licensing and training system and arranging facilities, equipment and parts.
Requirements
Essential:
- Hold one of the following licences: First Class Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, First Class Aircraft Line Maintenance Engineer, or Second Class Aircraft Maintenance Engineer.
- Three or more years of aircraft maintenance experience, whether at an aviation operator or at an approved maintenance organisation.
Licences & Qualifications
Welcomed licences and experience:
- Experience as certifying staff.
- First Class Aircraft Maintenance Engineer licence for the ATR.
- Experience in production control and process control related to aircraft maintenance.
- Experience in monitoring aircraft in service, or in MOC work.
- Experience of ground tests and flight tests, for example for airworthiness certificate renewal inspections.
- Experience of acceptance inspections of new and used aircraft.
- Experience of acceptance inspections of aircraft after heavy maintenance.
- Experience of structural repair, including non-destructive testing.
What We Offer
- Qualification allowance: JPY 100,000 once appointed as certifying staff
- Commuting allowance
- Overtime allowance
- Night-shift premium
- Holiday working allowance
- Annual paid leave; year-end and New Year holidays
- Special leave (marriage leave, bereavement leave, relocation leave, public duty leave, disaster leave, work-injury leave)
- Childcare leave and nursing care leave schemes
- Awards and recognition scheme
- Social insurance (health insurance, employees' pension insurance, employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance)
- Salary: in accordance with company regulations
Working Location and Pattern
Working hours and days: shift work.
Holidays: approximately 120 days per year. For day-shift working: Sundays, company-designated Saturdays, national public holidays and other days designated by the company.
Work location (base): Niigata Airport, Okadama Airport, Kobe Airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport, or other locations designated by the company. Training may be carried out at domestic or overseas training facilities in order to obtain licences.
Employment type: permanent employee or contract employee, with a 6-month probationary period after joining. For contract employees, conversion to permanent employment is decided on the basis of the individual's wishes, aptitude and performance appraisal results.
How to Apply
Email copies of the following documents as PDF files:
- Curriculum vitae (standard commercially available form)
- Work history (career) record (free format)
Additional Information
- Application documents are not returned, regardless of the outcome.
- Personal information received is used only for recruitment activity and post-employment administration, and is not disclosed or provided to third parties without the applicant's consent.
- Enquiries about the progress of an application are accepted by email only; please refrain from telephone enquiries.
Contact and document submission: Toki Air Co., Ltd., Human Resources Group, saiyou@tokiac.com