Engineer Powerplant Aviation (M/F/X)

at  Deutsche Post DHL

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European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH (EAT) officially started operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport in spring 2008 as an aircraft maintenance company and registered cargo airline. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DHL Group and belongs to the DHL Express division. In cooperation with DHL Air Austria and DHL Air UK Ltd., EAT covers the majority of the European DHL network.
For more information, please visit: European Air Transport Leipzig - Hub Leipzig - Deutschland (dhl.com)

A quick overview of EAT:

• 55 nationalities from all continents
• Own state-of-the-art Aviation Training Center
• 35 own aircraft, Airbus and Boeing
• Hangar size over 22,000 square meters
• Over 3 million parts in our aircraft maintenance warehouse

The Powerplant Engineer is responsible for the dedicated systems of the fleet providing support for on and off-wing components. The role maintains the contact to the various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to provide Engineering support.

• Provision of technical support to other departments:
• Supporting the Maintenance Department in Trouble shooting, providing of information, research.
• Supporting other departments such as the Logistics in case alternative spare part units need to be defined, records department, etc.
• Supporting Finance department for accounting
• Provision of technical support within Engineering:
• Assisting in the production of reliability reports
• Responsibility for the technical build-up, review and adjustment of the aircraft and engine Maintenance Program (MP).
• Airworthiness management of the fleet and dedicated systems (Engines, APUs):
• Assistance with the follow-up of hard time components in such case they are part of the dedicated system
• Detection and solving of recurrent problems
• Review, analysis and preparation of specific working instructions or maintenance procedures based on guidelines from manufacturers (Service Bulletins (SBs) and/or airline authorities (Airworthiness Directives (ADs)).
• Administrative processing of maintenance data or recommendations
• Follow up of inspections or modifications, maintenance tasks done during the operation
• Producing of the necessary reports in case of technical investigations or analysis performed
• Engine Condition Monitoring: Review of the trends and definition of corrective and preventive actions
• Preparation of the Work Scope for the airframe and/or engines going into shop visit. Review of shop visit reports and proposal of changes for MPs
• Responsibility for specific technical projects
• Participation in cross-departmental projects
• Definition and improvement of departmental processes
• Detection and proposal of potentials for cost saving