Defect Control Engineer

• Permanent opportunity / Melbourne Office Location
• Immediate access to world class staff travel benefits for yourself and your travel companions
• 12 hour day, 4 on/4 off day shift

Love travel and all things Aviation? You're in the right place. At Jetstar, you get to takeoff at work, and in real life.

As a team, we're lucky we get to do both for a living - and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what we're all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky's the limit.

Jetstar Engineering: A team that takes off together

We rely on our engineers to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They're the trouble-shooters, glitch-fixers and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely.

As part of our investment in our future, we launched our Melbourne Engineering Precinct as the main maintenance hub of our network and have now welcomed over ten new A321 NEO's into our fleet. Our team supports not only the maintenance of Jetstar aircraft, but also that of Qantas Group A320, and A321 Freighter aircraft and Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA's) in Singapore and Japan.

Ready for your next adventure?

Reporting to the Manager Defect Control, the primary function of the Defect Control Engineer (otherwise known as Maintenance Operations Control Engineer) is to manage the A320 and B787 aircraft fleet health. You will work with within the Jetstar Maintenance Operations Centre to ensure defect rectification activity is prioritised, planned and rectified effectively across the maintenance network and unplanned maintenance items are resolved in a timely manner. You will also work closely with the Duty Technical Managers, Predictive Maintenance engineers, Maintenance planning, Material Support and Fleet teams to identify and address recurring defects and to isolate rogue components which may be affecting fleet performance.

Your main accountabilities include:

• Identifies parts, specialised troubleshooting needed to rectify defects and monitors via TRAX
• Maintains a comprehensive log of TS efforts, rectifications, parts replacements on every Aircraft
• Inputs Maintenance requirements to populate Auto EMN
• Uses Skywise, CHRONICX, AHM etc. to mitigate aircraft reoccurring defects
• Assists our AMO team with troubleshooting aircraft defects
• Re-plan deferred defect tasks
• Liaise with LMP, AAC and AMO for hangar slots and manpower requirement for overnight and all day lay up defects
• Set priorities in ports for overnight defect acquittal.

We are on the hunt for the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrated experience in a Heavy or Line Maintenance environment on company aircraft as an AME or equivalent; OR Higher education equivalent
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels within a team;
• Demonstrate knowledge of PART 145 / 42 regulatory framework;
• Understanding of TRAX, Skywise, AHM, AIRNAV, Rocade and Microsoft Office applications;
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment;
• Proven record in initiative, determination, and achievement.

Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other

Put the craft in aircraft: There's a new fleet of A321LR NEO's waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group's A320/1, B717 and A321 Freighters, plus Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA's) in Singapore and Japan.

Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There's a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.

We're Jetstar. Let's takeoff together and we can't wait to hear from you.