Maintenance Control Engineer

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We're Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we've flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often. Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight. Our people are the real jet stars

Job Description

We now have an opportunity available for a Maintenance Control Engineer (MCE) to join the Maintenance Watch team. The Maintenance Watch team play a critical part in the success of the Jetstar Engineering business and seek an energetic person who is self-motivated and enjoys working in a dynamic environment. Your primary focus will be the management of the technical and engineering aspects of daily operations. This includes disruption recovery, technical, MRO and Flight Crew support, defect monitoring and compliance control.

• Provide leadership and guidance to all MOC staff
• Manage the day to day support roles within the MOC to align with daily operational priorities
• Provide daily compliance control of both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activity
• Provide management & support of the Jetstar narrow body and wide body fleet with regards to daily technical aspects
• Engage and educate non-technical stakeholders throughout the business
• Fleet technical support

• An Australian Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Licence in the Mechanical or Avionics category
• Hold a B1 and/or B2 A320/321 or another Airbus type rating on your CASA licence (essential)
• Hold a B1 and/or B2 B787 or another Boeing type rating on your CASA licence (desirable)
• Previous experience in a Maintenance Watch, Heavy or Line Maintenance environments as an MCE or LAME
• The ability to communicate effectively across all levels of airline operations
• Demonstrate knowledge of PART 42 / 145 regulatory framework
• Solid capabilities in the use of the Microsoft suite of products
• An understanding of TRAX, Skywise, SHM, ROCADE, AHM and MyBoeingFleet would be beneficial
• Unrestricted working rights in Australia

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There's a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.

We're Jetstar. Let's takeoff together. We can't wait to hear from you. Apply by Wednesday 10 September 2025.

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Airlines and Aviation

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