Location: Carterton Airtanker Training School, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world’s largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in maintaining UK CAA accreditation on the STE
• Conduct all preventative maintenance activities in accordance with the Maintenance Programme for the STE and Classroom equipment, and any corrective maintenance activities
• Ensure that all maintenance activities are recorded.
• Ensure that any Simulator Failures are logged on the fault management system.
• Ensure that the inventory management system for spares and their repair cycles is maintained.
• On a monthly basis assist in the preparation of the reliability and availability statistics for the STE and Classroom equipment.
• Assist with ensuring the performance of the validation/CAA checks of the STE, including running 100% of the Qualification Test Guide per year.
• Assist with the implementation of software backups and recovery processes
• Attend any staff development training as required
• Ensure that the instructor operating station and ownership databases are updated as per supplied digital aeronautical flight information file
• Incorporation into the delivered Terrain Database updates to the visual databases limited to runway markings only
• Ensure consumables are replenished when required, in accordance with the respective STE manufacturer processes for consumable replenishment.
• Ensuring that tools and test equipment are fit for use and sufficient for the task and report any deficiencies to supervisor.
• Comply with the correct engineering practices and procedures, e.g. the appropriate Health and Safety precautions are observed and the necessary documentation records are completed.
• Ensuring no unauthorised modification is carried out on any equipment under their control.
• Comply with all maintenance and administrative activities in accordance with the relevant CAA, ATrS and Company regulations.
• Ensure that all outputs are fit for purpose and achieved at the most economic cost.
• Comply with the security awareness programme within their area of responsibility.
• Dispose of all consumable parts and waste products in accordance with national and local legislation and Thales Company policy.
• Ensure the work area under their control, is maintained in a clean and tidy condition.
• Assist in the control of Spares, tools, test equipment and undertake any secondary tasks as required for efficient running of Site maintenance operations.
• Notify the Site Engineering Manager of any personal issue that may affect the Site operation or staffing arrangements.
• Report to the Site Engineering Manager within 60 minutes, full details of catastrophic failure or of a critical situation.