Line Maintenance Engineer - Military Veterans
at General Dynamics
Responsibilities for this Position
Location: Riyadh, Riyadh, SA
Flexible Work Arrangement: Onsite
Career Level: Professional
Requisition Id: 3037
Position Summary
The LAME is accountable for modifications, maintenance, repair, or installation of aircraft systems as assigned by the Director MRO Operations to regulatory, customer and company requirements.
Main Responsibilities
Quality, Safety and Environment
- Ensure maintenance performed on aircraft systems is conducted in compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Certification of work and release of aircraft systems complies with relevant License Categories.
- Actively participate and comply with Jet Aviation WH&S and Environment programs and Aviation Safety Management System.
People Leadership
- Operational management of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (Fitters) providing clear directions for allocated maintenance.
Commercial Management
- Daily management and control of assigned aircraft maintenance.
- Responsible for the adequate allocation of resources available for timely completion of assigned aircraft systems modification, maintenance, repair, or installation.
- Ensure parts are ordered at correct timeframe to meet project or job deadlines whilst maintaining appropriate cost structure.
- Review job packs for assigned projects or jobs and ensure they are complete and reflect customer requirements.
- Review daily reporting on estimated versus actual hours and act as directed to correct or prevent over runs.
- Provide input to customer projects including quoting for labour and materials.
- Using the company ERP to ensure time and attendance is correlated with projects.
Sales and Customer Management
- Provide regular feedback to the General Manager Operations ME on the progress of planned system modification, maintenance, service, or installations.
- Provide input into response to customer queries and complaints.
Main Responsibilities Cont.
Regulatory and Compliance
- Ensure maintenance performed on assigned aircraft system is conducted in compliance with the relevant Civil Aviation regulations, Military or OEM requirements.
- Accountable for updating knowledge on regulatory requirements.
Key Challenges
- Ensure smooth workflow on assigned jobs with minimal disruptions by effective use of allocated manpower and resources.
- Aircraft work packs and logbook entries are completed in compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
- Ensure assigned modification, maintenance, repair, or installation performed is carried out in compliance with company policies and procedures and relevant Civil Aviation Regulations
- ASRs (Over & Above defects) are raised at time of identification of additional work and are accurate.
- Track progress of work to ensure budgetary control is maintained.
- Provide directions to AMEs and Technicians to assist them to meet budgets and customer delivery schedules.
- Implement remedial action to correct project or job overruns.
- Provide input into parts ordering for assigned projects to ensure parts are available to meet scheduled delivery times.
- Regular audit of project documentation to ensure accuracy and integrity of data.
- Provide input into customer queries and/or complaints.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience working in an aircraft maintenance facility performing system maintenance and modifications.
- Demonstrated understanding of Aviation regulatory requirements for Aircraft systems maintenance.
- People Management skills in an operational environment.
- Experience in a Customer Focused Work environment with multiple priorities and project deadlines.
- Company and Customer focused.
- Results Focused.
- Proactive.
- Self-motivated.
- Team Player.
- Computer Literate at basic level in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, or sit. The employee is occasionally required to climbs or balance, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds over their heads. Specific vision required for this job include, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust and focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must be able to work in both a heavy maintenance environment and in upscale customer areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with occasional high volume when aircrafts arrive/depart. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. Occasional fuel fumes may permeate the workplace. Employee must be willing and able to work in all types of weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The Hangar environment may be extreme hot and cold during certain seasons of the year.
Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Jet Aviation, where individuals are hired, employed, recognized, and advance based upon their individual skills and abilities and without regard to an individuals race, color, national origin, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), status as a protected veteran or any status or characteristic protected from employment discrimination under applicable federal, state and local laws (EEO status). This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, promotions, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, and opportunities for training and advancement.
PI251371197
Riyadh, Riyadh Province

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company.
Our portfolio spans the realm of the world's most technologically advanced business jets, wheeled combat vehicles, command and control systems and nuclear submarines. We offer these through our five business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Information Technology, Mission Systems and Marine Systems.
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