Controller, Maintenance

Challenge yourself in this unique, highly-skilled position
- Opportunity to play a key role in contributing to Simulator Maintenance procedures
- Permanent Full-time 24 hour rotating shift roster based in Brisbane

We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

Our administration function plays an important role in ensuring around 300,000 flights every year to 86 destinations around the world are completed successfully. We do this with the best in customer service and operational efficiency, creating the best experiences for our customers. We won’t settle for anything less than the best outcome. We’re a high performing team, and we each have the opportunity to add value and make an impact on the business.

In your new role as Maintenance Controller you will implement Policy and Procedures in particular create and/or contribute to the drafting of Simulator Maintenance procedures (e.g. Risk Assessment Procedure for working on electrical systems). In addition to CASA requirement, you will also ensure that all activities are completed in accordance with manufacturer specifications and recommended practices. You will perform activities associated with corrective and preventive maintenance, crash support, overhaul, repair, and modify electronics and computer hardware, software support, mechanical tasks, electrical tasks, hydraulics, and pneumatics. It is imperative that you also provide ongoing technical expertise to find solutions to long term simulator maintenance issues as well as provide maintenance advice on multiple simulation and aircraft systems, as well as hands on maintenance support. You will be responsible for coordination of the maintenance activity throughout the BNE port to ensure maintenance servicing and reliability of the assets is not compromised.

To be successful you will possess
- Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft systems from a Flight Crew (pilots) point of view, and from an Aircraft Maintenance Engineers point of view: Airbus A330 and A380, Boeing B737, B767, B787, Bombardier Dash 300, and Q400 series
- Experience in technical purchasing or provisioning of maintenance services to support operations
- Good understanding of planning, purchasing and inventory control principles
- Demonstrated understanding of Group procurement and finance policies
- Ability to delegate and manage effectively
- Experience in developing relationships between commercial firms
- Ability to think across multiple dimensions and link to financial outcome
- Proven history of integrating maintenance, operational, safety and cost outcomes to enhance efficiency
- Ability to work under time and volume pressures to deliver financial outcomes
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong attention to detail and an operational focus.
- Experience, commitment and inclusiveness are valued in our people. Put together, these will help you earn opportunities to do more.
- Why Qantas?_
- You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully._
- There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless._
- The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel._
- _ We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays._
- _ We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including up to 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options._
- _ We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and _entertainment. You_ can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships._
- _ We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan._

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