Operations Technical Support Engineer - Maintrol

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.

The Role

At this time we are looking to recruit highly motivated candidates that will be joining our MAINTROL team within the Engineering organisation. Our MAINTROL engineers support the whole BA Mainline fleet as well as the BA Euroflyer fleet. The successful candidates will be offered a position in our Integrated Operations Centre (IOC), based at the BA HQ in Waterside (Heathrow airport).

Based in the BA IOC, Maintrol is the key team that provides 24/7 engineering coordination and management for the whole operating fleet world-wide, leading professionals (internal and external suppliers), liaising directly with operating crews, Global Operations, Ramp / Line Maintenance, Aircraft Maintenance production areas and 3rd party service providers to ensure a safe, reliable and consistent operation. Maintrol is at the very heart of the BA Engineering Operations and provides a great exposure to almost all activities within BA operations.

All Maintrol engineers are responsible for leading the Engineering activities to prevent and/or recover AOGs worldwide, driving safe, efficient and expedient actions in support of Engineering and Airline operational needs.

We are looking for licence engineers who have experience in aircraft maintenance (as a B1/B2 license holder) or within experience in Maintrol Control Centres within Operational environments.

The candidate will need to have an Engineering technical background as a license engineer 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 / Part21 CCE or CVE approvals will also be a qualification to highly consider for the role.

Should you be willing to take 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 MAINTROL you will get the opportunity to participate in specialist training including type training, manufacturer delivered systems training and several internal career development options.

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 employee contribution of 5%).
• Life Insurance benefit paid by the company.
• BA Healthcare Plan for employee, 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 price 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.