Gulf Air recruits Aircraft Engineers in India

Gulf Air, the pan Gulf carrier in the Middle East region, owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain, has invited applications from Licensed Aircraft Engineers for the post of Duty Engineer to be based at Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai and Delhi.

According to the advertisement of the airline, the main duties of the Duty Engineer will be to:

• Carry out all routine and non-routine maintenance of GF aircraft within the scope of the approval (including A&C and Avionics).
• Carry out all routine and non-routine maintenance on third party aircraft for which the jobholder is holding type approval (including A&C and Avionics).
• Carry out all routine and non-routine maintenance of Ground Handling Equipment.
• Perform duties when deemed necessary to meet with the schedule changes at short notices by accompanying aircraft for the purposes of carrying out both routine and non-routine maintenance.
• Travel when required for recovery of aircraft during an AOG (aircraft on ground) situation and as a flying spanner to handle pre-departure check for GF and other cusomer aircraft .
• Responsible for up keeping of the workshop, bonded store, office admin to ensure a clean, tidy and serviceable condition.
• Maintain the station manuals up-to-date as per Company requirements.
• Ensures accurate, timely debriefs of stations messages to Maintenance Control Centre on aircraft departure, technical delay, defect rectification, ADDs/MDDs raised and ETS during prolonged technical delay.
• Deputize for the Station Engineer when the need arises.

Qualifications and Experience:

• College/university graduate with Aeronautical Engineering and holding a JAR66 or equivalent ICAO type II Licensed Aircraft Engineer.
• Minimum 3 years experience in the aviation industry as certifying engineer, with background in line and base maintenance.
• Minimum 2 full courses plus coverage on at least 2 types of aircraft with the Gulf Fleet B767-CF6, A320-CFM, A330-Trent and A340-CFM.
• Have good English language with good communication skills.

To read the notification in full and to apply online, visit the career section of the airlines’ website.

04/11/09 Gulf Air