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Aircraft maintenance engineer

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Air transportation engineer Aircraft maintenance engineer Aviation systems technician

Aircraft maintenance engineers make preflight and postflight inspections, adjustments, and minor repairs to ensure safe and sound performance of aircrafts. They inspect aircraft prior to takeoff to detect malfunctions such as oil leaks, electrical or hydraulic problems. They verify passenger and cargo distribution and amount of fuel to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Flying and navigating aircraft in accordance with established control and operating procedures;
(b) Preparing and submitting flight plan or examining standard flight plan;
(c) Controlling the operation of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment and ensuring that all instruments and controls work properly;
(d) Applying knowledge of principles and practices of flying in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work;
(e) Examining maintenance records and conducting inspections to ensure that aircraft are mechanically sound, maintenance has been performed and that all equipment is operational.;
(f) Signing necessary certificates and maintaining official records of flight;
(g) Obtaining briefings and clearances before flights and maintaining contact with air traffic or flight control during flight.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft
  • Electronics and automation
  • Electricity and energy
  • Engineering and engineering trades not further defined

Digital competencies

  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Interpreting technical documentation and diagrams
  • Testing vehicles
  • Presenting research or technical information

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Leading others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Science and engineering associate professionals

Physical and engineering science technicians

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

88

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

29,43%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-5,38% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

92,05%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

15,91%

Part-time contracts

1,04% Turnover index

20

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

47%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering associate professionals

25%

75%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Physical and engineering science technicians

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
34%
Between 1 and 2 years
9%
Between 2 and 4 years
27%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
10%
Activitats artístiques, recreatives i d'entreteniment
21%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
19%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
17%
Indústries manufactureres
11%
Informació i comunicacions
11%
Altres
21%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.