BA Cityflyer Maintrol Engineer in Manchester

BA Cityflyer is an airline with a difference. We serve a business and leisure market from London City, a single-terminal airport just east of Canary Wharf. Our diverse and dedicated team really feel like they are part of a family when they join us.

The role: Maintrol Engineer

Leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the BA Cityflyer fleet by seamlessly coordinating Line, Base, and third party maintenance activity. Acting as the central hub guiding flight crews and engineering teams, maintaining real time oversight of aircraft status, planning data, and fleet performance to keep our operation moving with precision and confidence.

Salary: Up to £73k (inclusive of shift pay). The Maintrol team support our 24/7 operation working 12-hour shifts (combination of Days and Nights on the 5-5-4 shift pattern).

What you’ll do:

• Acts as the central coordination point between Line Stations, third party maintenance providers and Flight Technical teams to ensure safe and reliable daily operations.
• Manages scheduled and unscheduled Line Maintenance activities, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and maintenance programme requirements.
• Controls and monitors Acceptable Deferred Defects (ADDs), driving timely rectification and coordinating required spares, tooling and documentation.
• Supports aircraft recovery through technical guidance, logistics coordination and oversight of crew duty time limitations.
• Provides real time technical assistance to flight crews and engineers during in flight or ground based operational issues.
• Coordinates information flow following aircraft incidents and contributes to recovery planning.
• Allocates aircraft in line with operational, engineering and maintenance priorities.
• Responsible for improving aircraft and Engineering performance through proactive use of Aircraft monitoring and prognostic tools.
• Analysis and actions safety reports and repetitive defects.
• Provides on-site specialist technical support as required with due regard for safety, technical, regulatory and commercial requirements.
• Sources and provides required approved data necessary to ensure safe maintenance / repair / modification of BA aircraft engines, components or products.
• Responsible for following laid down Technical procedures to deliver aircraft, engine and component technical, safety and cost performance targets along with continuous improvement of aircraft technical performance, engineering processes and procedures.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex technical information.
• Effective influencing and communication skills.
• High level of situational awareness and decision making capability.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload in a high pressure operational environment.
• Collaborative approach with internal and external stakeholders.
• Professional courage and sound technical judgement.

Your experience:

• UK/EASA Part 66 B1 or B2 Licence.
• Experience in a maintenance or maintenance control environment.
• Proven ability to deliver cost effective solutions.
• Experience improving efficiency and reducing operational costs.
• Strong attention to detail and adherence to processes.
• Good understanding of airline operations and procedures.
• Computer literate, ideally with experience in MS Office and maintenance systems.
• Experience working on Embraer 170/190 or similar technology aircraft is desirable but not essential.

What we offer:

We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. On top of your basic salary, you’ll receive:

• Shift pattern: 5-5-4 shift pattern, guaranteed 2 weekends off per month (days and nights).
• A range of salary sacrifice schemes: electric vehicle scheme, cycle to work scheme.
• Gym & retail discounts.
• From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on worldwide British Airways flights.
• You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted Hotline airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.

At BA Cityflyer you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress. We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity

At BA Cityflyer we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work. Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA Cityflyer as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.