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Aircraft Mechanics

Aircraft mechanics specialise with time as mechanical engineers who service and overhaul the engines, airframes and basic electrical systems of aircraft, or avionics engineers who service and overhaul the electronic systems, instruments, flight control, navigation and communication systems of aircraft.

The work can be carrying out routine maintenance of the aircraft on the ground during the turnaround between flights, carrying out full servicing of the aircraft within the hangar at regular intervals, taking reports from the air crew and reading the technical log to identify difficulties experienced during flight, checking all parts which affect the safety of the aircraft, such as tyres, brakes, hydraulics and pneumatic systems, instruments, flight control systems and navigation and communication systems, repairing or replacing parts, using a range of hand and power tools, re-fuelling, completing worksheets and having these certified by a qualified supervisor.

Skills required are scientific and technical aptitudes, an accurate, methodical and systematic approach, a strong sense of responsibility, good observation skills, good concentration, agility and a head for heights, an awareness of the importance of health and safety regulations, ability to work carefully, accurately and at speed, work reliably, alone and as part of a team, pay attention to detail, work to deadlines.

To be promoted, you normally have to have the CAA Licence and the EASA Part 66 licence. You must have these to be able to certify that aircraft are airworthy.

Avionics Engineers

Avionics engineers and aircraft technicians (avionics) are responsible for the complete range of cockpit instrumentation and electronic systems on aircraft, including equipment for radar, communication, navigation, weapon aiming and delivery, flight control, and image and data acquisition systems. They also maintain the electrical generation and distribution systems on the aircraft.

Aircraft Designers

Licensed Aircraft Engineers

Production/Manufacturing/Planning Engineers

Program/Project Engineers

Aircraft Project Engineers co-ordinate engineering activities on an aircraft outfitting project, monitor and supervise these activities in terms of workflow, schedule and cost to improve communication between all stakeholders, management of cross department subcontracting issues (e.g. Production, Engineering), project monitoring to ensure timely corrective engineering actions, support decision making process, efficiency of inter-engineering departments activities, on time delivery of engineering departments.

Aircraft project engineers need strong interpersonal communication, Team Player, Coaching & Mentoring, Organisation & quality orientation, Strong analytical skills and an efficient approach of working.

Quality Inspection Engineers

Aircraft Sheet Metal Workers

Stress Engineers

Aircraft Stress Engineers, Airframe Stress Analysis Engineers carry out strength, fatigue, and vibration analysis of airframe and installation modifications and produce supporting documentation. Aircraft Stress Engineers, Airframe Stress Analysis Engineers have airframe stress experience and are competent in the use of Finite Element Analysis tools.

Aerospace Systems Engineers

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Tel: 08700 600 822

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Technical staff

We help you to secure the right skills to bring into your business at the busiest times. Because relatively few MRO providers are authorized to perform a D-Check, a proportion of the workforce has to have mobility.

Before a widebody jet like a Boeing 747-400 has to go into the dock for overhaul, it will have spent at least six years in intercontinental service, put in more than 30,000 flying hours and flown a distance of some 15 million miles, the equivalent of more than 30 trips from the earth to the moon and back. This is one more example of the enormous progress that has been made in aviation technology. As recently as in the fifties it was not uncommon for aircraft flying across the Atlantic ocean to experience technical problems. Even at the beginning of the jet age in the early sixties, jetliners like the four-engine Boeing 707 had to go into the shop for a major inspection after only a few long-haul flights.

Under the guidance of program and project engineers, aircraft mechanics reduce the cabin to its component parts at the D-Check.The external paint is removed for an inspection of the outer skin. Engines, landing gear and landing flaps are removed. Finally, all instruments, electrical and electronic equipment are removed by avionics engineers, and hydraulic and pneumatic components are dismantled by aerospace systems engineers. They all go to separate workshops for a thorough inspection by quality inspection engineers and any repairs that are required. When only the aircraft's bare framework is left standing, the outer skin with its tens of thousands of rivet holes and the aircraft's load-bearing structure can be inspected for hairline cracks and corrosion. Body parts subject to especially high stress are x-rayed by stress engineers, e.g., the frames of windows and doors. Aircraft sheet metal workers rectify adverse findings.

All these processes require an important ingredient... experience. Licensed aircraft engineers often know better than the manufacturers where to look for weak points in the different aircraft types.

Whether it is aerospace design and development professionals or highly experienced MRO teams, finding the right people at the right time, particularly when other businesses are competing for the same skills, is becoming a greater challenge to any manager.

In India, for example, they are preparing to exploit the future opportunities the aeronautical market will offer. The Aeronautical Design and Development Center (ADDC) aims at addressing this opportunity. ADDC will create a single source of design and development capabilities within India, not currently a location where you find a large number of aerospace design and development professionals. ADDC capabilities across the product lifecycle include: Design and Development of Structures / Systems for new Platforms, Performance Studies and Virtual prototyping, Aircraft Sustenance Engineering, Manufacturing Support, Production and After Market Support, Life extension / Upgrade Programs, Avionics and Mission Critical Software Development.

Whether planning a long term major development programme, such as a new aircraft series build or responding to an AOG support situation for an existing ‘in service’ fleet, available skills is a constant problem which we deal with on a daily basis.

Aerospace recruitment

TAC Europe has become one of the largest specialised providers of aerospace professionals and aerospace technical personnel operating in the UK recruitment market today.

With two main operating divisions, TAC Europe and Technology Project Services have over 30 years recruitment experience within the Aerospace sector.

TAC Europe put the right people in the right place at the right time.