Shift Manager - Base Maintenance

About the role

Air Arabia is looking for a Shift Manager for Base Maintenance in Sharjah. The role supports the Manager Base Maintenance in managing and monitoring base maintenance activities on Air Arabia and third-party aircraft within the specified type rating, ensuring work is performed, certified and recorded accurately and in time, in line with company procedures and regulatory requirements. It also supports manpower planning and allocation.

Key responsibilities

• Support and deputize the Manager Base Maintenance in leading a team of engineers and technicians in line with procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Act as main contact for stakeholders such as MCC, Development and Planning Engineers and Quality Assurance on daily maintenance tasks.
• Lead engineers and technicians in maintenance work and defect rectification using MCC instructions, troubleshooting, technical log-books and input from cabin crew and pilots.
• Supervise third-party service level agreements, ensuring engineers and technicians are trained and licensed.
• Ensure safety measures, working procedures and rules are followed, and manage human factors and handovers to protect continuity of critical tasks.
• Review maintenance plans and operational status reports, coordinate with MCC on pending problems and protect airworthiness so aircraft are dispatched in a compliant condition.
• Guide, monitor and assess the performance of engineers and technicians, and track licenses, approvals and renewals.
• Maintain base maintenance manuals, facilities, equipment and tools, implement new technical projects and support other operational teams and flight crews professionally.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Aircraft Engineering/Aeronautics, or a diploma in Aircraft Engineering/Maintenance or E&M certificate from a recognised institute, with experience.
• GCAA type-rating EASA Part 66 or GCAA CAR 66 B1 license, qualified for company authorization; additional aircraft types an advantage (A320 preferred).
• 9+ years in line or base maintenance, including 3 years supervising and managing aircraft maintenance and 2 years leading teams independently.
• Experience with civil aviation authorities, leading high-workload teams, and exposure to audits, SLAs and airline operations.
• Very good English, ability to obtain a UAE driver's licence, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.