Job Description

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager (Powerplants) and responsible for delivering operational excellence in support of the airline’s vision to become one of the world’s greatest service brands by ensuring the Cathay Pacific Fleet is safe, compliant, reliable, on-time and defect-free.

The Technical Services section is responsible for Engineering activities related to the airworthiness, safety, reliability, operational disruption and commercial cost effectiveness of all aircraft types operated by Cathay Pacific Airways and its customer airlines.

Responsible for: 

• Provide the operation with specialist technical support
• Driving continuous improvement, processes and procedures
• Manage technical investigations and implement corrective actions
• Conduct AD assessment and implement compliance mechanism
• Manage aircraft modification configuration, justification and budget
• Compile Off-wing engine and component work scope
• Manage Engine OEM technical relationships to ensure they effectively support the Engineering Vision and Goals
• Perform engines and APUs fleet technical management including removal forecast and shop visit plan
• Perform defect management (e.g. ADD/RDF) 
• Keeping abreast of industry best practice ideas and developments - adopting these where appropriate 
• Representation of the HKAR-21 design organisation as a DE or CVE

Using Reliability Centred Maintenance Philosophy to:

• Ensuring an efficient effective maintenance programme to be safe, compliant and consistently achieve optimal levels of aircraft availability at the lowest cost
• Manage operational key drivers and KPI’s
• Review and develop the aircraft maintenance program
• Review OEM documentation and industry best practices

• Typically 6 years' experience in Engineering role 
• Degree in Engineering or aerospace discipline or an equivalent professional qualification. Strong aviation engineering knowledge and experience, preferably in Powerplants disciplines
• Holder of (or capable of obtaining) Design Engineer (DE) position in an HKAR-21 subpart J Design Organisation
• Strong supplier management experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to interact and influence across Engineering sections, OEM’s, other operators, industry experts and regulators

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Skills Required

• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Design Engineering