After Sales Mechanical Technician – Fernelmont

Line Up Aviation is a specialist aviation and aerospace recruitment company that has been operating worldwide for more than 35 years. We work with some of the industry’s best-known companies who demand the highest standard of service.

We are currently recruiting for the following position on behalf of our global aviation client, a leading aerospace tooling support company. Our client is a world-renowned specialist in the design, manufacturing, and servicing of aircraft tooling, engine tooling, engine stands, and aviation ground support equipment. If you are a dynamic, services technician we would like to hear from you.

Job Title: After Sales Mechanical Technician
Location: Fernelmont, Belgium
Contract Type: Permanent, Fulltime
Package: Competitive salary

As part of the After-Sales Service team, reporting to the Customer Service Manager, you will provide technical expertise to ensure that service activities meet their quality, cost and delivery objectives.

2. Key responsibilities
Your main duties will involve repair and technical maintenance operations. You will have the opportunity to carry out technical assessments, functional testing, load testing, and assembly and fitting work on aerospace maintenance tooling, primarily mechanical and hydraulic equipment.

You will also be responsible for quality checks on completed work before dispatch, as well as preparing and shipping customer orders.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Technical assessment and fault diagnosis: Inspecting and diagnosing equipment, including ground support equipment (GSE), lifting equipment, support tooling and measuring instruments.
• On-site repairs: Carrying out minor tooling repairs at customer sites.
• Disassembly and reassembly: Dismantling, reassembling and marking tools undergoing repair.
• Calibration and testing: Performing periodic calibration and functional testing of tooling.
• Quotations and commercial offers: Preparing quotations and commercial proposals in coordination with the service manager.
• Quality control: Inspecting completed work before equipment is dispatched.
• Order preparation and shipping: Preparing and dispatching customer orders.

3. Candidate profile
You will have a technical qualification in mechanical engineering, at a minimum, and some initial experience in the mechanical sector, such as automotive, machine tools, manufacturing engineering or mechanical tooling.

Required skills

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Applied mechanical engineering skills.
• Strong practical knowledge of mechanical processes, including specialist processes, machining, turning, milling, welding and repairs.
• Good interpersonal skills and adaptability.
• Ability to work independently.
• Good organisational skills.
• Technical English.

Desirable additional qualifications:

• CACES 3 forklift truck certification.
• Slinging and lifting equipment training (élingage).

These additional qualifications would be advantageous but are not stated as mandatory.

4. Location and working conditions

• Location: Fernelmont, Belgium.
• Travel: Travel to customer sites is required, including engine manufacturers and aviation maintenance facilities at Zaventem Airport. Occasional international travel will also be necessary.
• Contract: Permanent employment contract (CDI).