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Technical Engineer – Structures

🏢 British Airways 📍 Heathrow, England 💼 Company - Public
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£50,000 - £60,265
£4,167 - £5,022 / mo
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Location Base
Heathrow, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Technical Engineer - Structures

This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else.

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

As a Technical Engineer at British Airways you will have a very broad opportunity across our diverse and modern fleet to provide operational technical support or expert discipline specific fleet management technical support functions in aircraft, engine and/or cabin products. You will move between teams and have the opportunity to develop and broaden your technical expertise.

You will provide technical leadership and to the wider business with specialist responsibility for managing specific elements of the fleet safety, reliability and operational performance with significant influence on the total operating cost of our fleet.

It is a role that will allow you to design and develop innovative technical solutions to problems affecting our fleet by working collaboratively with the manufacturers, component and systems suppliers and your colleagues across the airline. The diverse and extensive fleet means you must be ready to embrace new technologies, learning and leading every day in the implementation of new and better maintenance methodologies and processes. You will manage and develop elements of the approved maintenance programme, carry out safety and technical investigations and implement fleet inspections or modification programmes in consideration of the manufacturer’s recommendations and regulatory requirements.

We welcome people who want to develop their career in both the aircraft maintenance field and the wider aviation community. You will be given support and training to gain appropriate company technical engineer approvals including Part M, Part CAMO, Part 145 and Part 21 design approvals. This is a management grade role with the potential for career development in a broad range of leadership & management roles across the company.


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.

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2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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