Senior Technician

dnata is one of the world's largest air services providers offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents. We operate in 38 countries and 136 airports globally.
As a Senior Technician, you will as directed by the supervisors, lead a team of Technicians to provide required support to Operational teams, carrying out all scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance, servicing, fault finding and repair of all equipment /vehicles and plant maintained by various dnata Technical Services Workshops to ensure functional reliability to meet the 24 hour requirements of the operations. The job holder should be capable to work independently to ensure maximum serviceability of the equipment.
In this role, you will:

• ·Plans activity on a daily basis in their area of work to deliver assigned tasks, supporting Technician & Junior Technicians as required.
  
• ·Ensures that relevant details of spares/tools required for carrying out maintenance activities are provided to the Supervisors/Maintenance Officer and/or Planning Staff well in advance to facilitate timely procurement of the same.
  
• ·Leads perform scheduled maintenance as per set standards (includes manufacturers recommendation, ISO certification requirements, safety standards, Civil Aviation Authority, Local & DM requirements) on the various equipment/ vehicles and plants to ensure reliable/ optimum utilization of the same.
  
• ·Trains and develops the team of technicians on maintenance, fault finding and safety procedures.
  
• ·Inspect all equipment/vehicles and plant in their area of responsibility, daily for operational reliability & safety, to help plan for corrective maintenance and to prevent accidents in the work area. Also carries out mandatory safety & quality checks of equipment/vehicles prior to releasing the same after completion of maintenance / repair.
  
• ·Ensures standard safety procedures are followed by the team of technicians/drivers during maintenance activities to prevent any personal injury or equipment damage. - - Diagnoses and repairs faults/defects effectively on equipment/vehicles and plants under breakdown ensuring that down time is minimized.
  
• ·Continuously suggests and implements modifications on the equipment/vehicle based on the required approvals from manufacturer & higher authorities to reduce maintenance costs and improve performance & safety of the same.
  
• ·Ensures good housekeeping is maintained in the workshop & other work areas and take proper care of tools.
  
• ·During scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance of equipment/vehicles and plant, identifies any potential or existing faults/failures and highlight same to Supervisors to initiate corrective action.
  
• ·Ensures all work-related activities carried out during the shift are recorded in the log book/work order to help planning staff log the details of work done in the Maintenance Management System.