Avionics Engineer

Overview

As an Avionics Engineer at Gloucestershire Airport, you maintain and repair advanced avionics and electrical systems on rotary aircraft, ensuring safety and airworthiness. You’ll work with the maintenance team to support plans, milestones and regulatory compliance, tackling technical challenges daily. The role blends hands-on troubleshooting with documentation and liaison duties to keep aircraft serviceable and ready. This is a chance to contribute to operational excellence in a dynamic aviation environment and grow your expertise.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible working
• Be Kind Day

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned line and base maintenance activities on rotary aircraft and avionics systems
• Rectify deferred and carry-forward defects in accordance with approved maintenance procedures and the Minimum Equipment List
• Diagnose, troubleshooting and repairing avionics and electrical systems to maintain aircraft availability and airworthiness
• Ensure serviceable tools, equipment, materials and airworthiness data are available to support maintenance activities
• Liaise professionally with colleagues and customers while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality and regulatory compliance

Key requirements

• Experience maintaining and repairing aircraft avionics systems within a line or base maintenance environment
• Proven fault-finding and rectification experience on avionics and electrical systems
• Knowledge of aviation maintenance procedures, tooling control and ground support equipment
• Understanding of Safety Management Systems and aviation flight safety principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to complete technical documentation accurately
• Must hold a valid CAA part 66 B2 AML (preferred with EC-135 and/or H-145 type ratings)
• Basic IT Skills
• Valid UK driving license
• Line/Base Avionic Maintenance experience
• Rotary experience
• Security Clearance (BPSS) required

• clear written and spoken communication
• professional liaison with colleagues and customers
• safety-consciousness
• avionics and electrical systems fault finding
• maintenance procedures and MEL
• tooling control and ground support equipment

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