B1.2 Licensed Aircraft Engineer (UK CAA)

About the Company

Skyborne is an aviation training academy with a mission to Build Better Pilots. It operates three training facilities: its UK head office at Gloucestershire Airport, Bournemouth International Airport in the UK, and Vero Beach, Florida. Skyborne partners with major airlines including British Airways, SkyWest, DHL, Jet2.com and easyJet, and its culture is built on the values of Creativity, Humanity and Quality.

Role Overview

Skyborne is recruiting a Licensed Aircraft Engineer for the Maintenance department at its Gloucestershire base. The role is primarily responsible for ensuring all Diamond DA42 aircraft are maintained in the safest, most efficient and fully compliant manner. This is a new role created by the department's expansion, in an evolving maintenance department. Permanent position.

You may be required to travel to the Bournemouth base or wherever Skyborne aircraft are displaced; a fleet vehicle is available for this.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out scheduled maintenance on fleet aircraft
• Identify and rectify defects and provide AOG support as required
• Oversee and certify maintenance carried out by Fleet Support Technicians
• Ensure health and safety and regulatory standards are met at all times
• Support the flying programme by completing work in line with the fleet maintenance schedule to minimise downtime
• Support compliance with UK CAA regulatory responsibilities under the approved Exposition
• Achieve the highest standards of airworthiness, applying human factors principles
• Produce accurate maintenance records
• Support hangar cleanliness and organisation
• Support the operation with aircraft handling and stand placement, refuelling, and aircraft valeting and detailing

Licences & Qualifications

• Essential: valid UK CAA Part-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence with either Category B1.2 with a full Group 3 rating and no limitation excluding composite-structure aeroplanes, or Category B3 endorsed for piston-engine, non-pressurised aeroplanes of 2,000 kg MTOM and below with no limitation excluding composite-structure aeroplanes
• Completed DA42 aircraft, engine and systems training, or equivalent documented knowledge and experience; applicants without DA42-specific training must be willing to complete familiarisation, differences or competency training

Experience

• Practical maintenance experience on Diamond DA42 or comparable twin-engine, piston-powered composite aeroplanes
• Competence in scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, defect diagnosis, troubleshooting, component replacement and operational testing
• Extensive experience using approved maintenance data: AMM, IPC, WDM, SRM, maintenance programmes, work instructions and component maintenance documentation
• Understanding of Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins, mandatory requirements and other continuing-airworthiness information

Requirements

• Adaptable and positive in response to changes in aircraft availability, maintenance priorities, technical information and operational requirements
• Sound technical judgement, recognising when defects, findings or decisions require escalation

What We Offer

• £60,000–£70,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 25 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, with an additional leave purchase scheme
• Enhanced sick pay
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Private health insurance with discounted family plans
• Life assurance of 3x annual salary
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance programme
• Free mortgage advice
• Free on-site parking
• Rewards and recognition scheme
• Access to state-of-the-art training facilities and resources
• Free barista-style coffee

Additional Information

For questions or an informal chat, contact Skyborne's recruitment team by email.