Operations Technical Support Engineer - TSG Heathrow, England
Job description
British Airways has been flying for over 100 years and our success has been driven by our teams passion and drive for excellence. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story.
Great journeys require first-class aircraft. That’s why our world class engineering function is so important to the British Airways customer experience. In our team, you get to work in unrivalled facilities on one of the most diverse fleets around. Get ready to push your engineering skills to ensure our customers fly in the safest, most reliable aircraft in the skies.
In return for keeping our fleet at the forefront of the sector, you’ll receive great rewards and lots of scope to develop your engineering skills and progress your career.
The Role
At this time we are looking to recruit highly motivated candidates that will be joining our Technical Support Group (TSG) within the Engineering organisation. Our TSG engineers support the whole BA Mainline fleet as well as the BA Euroflyer fleet. The successful candidates will be offered a position based at the BA Engineering Base in Heathrow airport.
We are looking for licence engineers who have experience in aircraft maintenance (as a B1/B2 license holder) or experience in Engineering & Technical Support environments.
As a TSG engineer you will have direct involvement and responsibility in managing repetitive defects across all our fleets, definition of proactive and preventive maintenance actions, in-depth troubleshooting guidance, repair design, air safety report triage and initial response, and delay root cause analysis. TSG engineers are the principle point of contact between the aircraft manufacturers (OEMs) and the British Airways Maintenance Organisation. No two days are the same in this dynamic role.
The candidate will need to have an Engineering technical background with the ability to hold CAA / EASA approvals and BA company approvals, hold an HNC / HND or equivalent in an Aerospace Engineering subject, recognised Aircraft Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent industry experience, B1 / B2 Licence without Type rating, the ability to hold and exercise EASA. Part 145 Technical Engineer / Part 21 CCE or CVE approvals will also be a qualification to highly consider for the role.
Should you be willing to take on the challenge, this is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career in a very dynamic and demanding role.
Please note these positions are shift-based roles. As your career develops in TSG you will get the opportunity to participate in specialist training including type training, manufacturer-delivered systems training and Part 21 repair design.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary with bonus opportunity (subject to company and personal performance)
- Annual Management Performance Bonus scheme.
- Additional Premium pay when working on Bank Holidays due to Shift Roster.
- Company Pension scheme (with company contributions of up to 11% of the basic pay, with an employee contribution of 5%).
- Life Insurance benefit paid by the company.
- BA Healthcare Plan for employees, with the possibility to get it extended to family members.
- Staff Travel benefit, including an additional Annual Booking Concession (ABC tickets) ticket per year.
- Access to Hotline tickets (discounted price in firm BA tickets).
- Access to Childcare vouchers scheme and dedicated benefit schemes available to TMGs (i.e. Electric Car scheme, Dental Insurance, etc).
- Access to special prices and discounts in hotels, car rentals, etc for airline staff.
- Free parking at work and options for parking whilst on holiday.
Access to dedicated training and professional development through our Global Learning Academy.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity at British Airways. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
