Merlin Helicopter Force Air Engineering Technician

The ZigZag Career Pathway is an innovative Defence initiative that offers novel ways of entry into the Armed Forces. It’s a pilot programme that opens the door for people from a range of backgrounds to apply their professional skills in meaningful Defence roles.

This opportunity is open to civilians, veterans and reservists. Whether you’ve never served before or are looking to return, the ZigZag Career Pathway offers you the chance to work in fixed term military roles that are matched to your qualifications and experience.

Key Responsibilities

• To work in liaison with and provide specialist advice to the Duty Engineer, Watch Chief Petty Officer (WCPO) and other Watch Trade Leads.
• To act as a Watch Maintenance Controller within their respective trade.
• To stand in for the WCPO as required.
• To assist the Trade Chief Petty Officer in the co-ordination of MF760/765 within trade.
• To take part in Squadron Pilot debriefs associated to aircraft faults within their trade boundaries.
• To ensure appropriate trade cover is available during the period of planned flying for any aircraft faults reported on the line by the Aircrew.

Skills & Qualifications

A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Experience conducting or supporting aircraft maintenance activities on the Merlin Mk2 aircraft.
• Experience allocating engineering personnel to tasks and managing work progress in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience providing fault diagnosis and technical advice within the avionics trade on the Merlin Mk2 aircraft.
• Effective leadership and communication skills which should include the ability to receive and deliver verbal aircrew de-briefings and compilation of a written trade handover log.
• Ability to assess engineering problems, identify trends, and propose sound engineering solutions impacting airworthiness, particularly when under time-pressure.