Flying Spanner

Brussels Airlines is the national airline of Belgium with its home base at Brussels Airport. Our mission is to be the most reliable airline, making everyone feel at home. We are passionate about what we do, whether it’s on board, in an office, in the hangar or at an airport. Our people are recognized for always going above and beyond and for constantly challenging themselves.

The FSE is responsible to ensure the technical handling of our aircraft in all his aspects in outside stations and/or conveying flights and to return this aircraft to Brussels in accordance with all maintenance procedure and rules from Brussels Airlines technical department. He must try to solve any operational or technical issue to protect our operation in the best possible time.

The Flying station engineer or Flying spanner performs in the following Key Result Area’s:

Key Result Area 1: Conveying flight to our African destinations

• Accompanying the flight from the homebase airport till the return of this flight at the homebase.
• Providing technical assistance to the aircraft for the duration of the conveying flight, including all stops

Key Result Area 2: Duty in our African outstations

• Remaining in outstation on arrival of the Brussels Airlines flight on the location of the outstation for 1 or more consecutive days to take the responsibility for performing technical assistance to the aircraft at landing and departure in this outstation.
• Accompanying the flight departing at an airport different than the homebase and arriving at an airport different than the homebase. The FSE is responsible for providing technical assistance to the aircraft for the duration of the conveying flight, including all stops, and in accordance with the regulations and applicable procedures.

Key Result Area 3: Aircraft maintenance

• Excecute regular routine inspections according to instructions during base maintenance
• Controlling of the required inspections after maintenance and repair
• Interprets and analyzes technical issues, conducts troubleshooting, advises aircraft technician with restorations and engineering with preventive measures.
• Follow-up Troubleshooting
• Solving of ATL (Aircraft Technical Log Problems)
• Deliver a release to Service in a conscientious, fast and quality manner
• Fill in A/C documents in a correct way and enter technical logs in AMOS
• Perform all tasks in accordance with the regulations and applicable internal procedures.
• Take care of the maintenance of ground equipment material (cars, tools) and workplaces

Key Result Area 4: Supporting tasks in outstation

• Supervision of the refueling procedure
• Inspect outstation parts/ tooling/ GSE

Your profile

• Hold a current EASA Part 66 B1 License with type rating on A330 RR Trent 700
• Min 4 year of experience in civil aviation
• Min 2 year of experience as B1 or B2 (Last 3 year practical experience in line maintenance.)
• Experience in structural assessments
• Borescope and full power run experience is a plus
• Fluent in English spoken and written is essential (Dutch or French is a plus)
• Knowledge of AMOS is a plus
• Highly motivated, flexible and pro-active
• Stress resilient
• Assertiveness when required
• Hands-on problem solver
• Communicative
• Safety and result oriented
• Autonomous
• Team player

Brussels Airlines, member of Lufthansa Group, is Belgium’s national airline. We connect the capital of Europe to more than 70 destinations. Maintenance & Engineering is at the core of our operations: we make sure our birds stay in the air! As we are on the path to growth again, with fleet expansions and the newest type of aircraft joining, we offer real career opportunities and the ability to learn different aspects of running an airline. In addition to an attractive salary package (may differ depending on the seniority level), we also offer a lot of other perks:

• Flexible reward scheme which lets you tailor your remuneration to your needs
• Large discounts to fly on all Lufthansa Group airlines
• Meal vouchers
• Eco cheques
• Cheap hospitalisation insurance