At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to ensure safe and reliable aircraft operations.
- Company: Hevilift, a leading aviation operator in Papua New Guinea.
- Benefits: 3 weeks on/3 weeks off roster, flights, accommodation, meals, and laundry included.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a collaborative and hands-on environment.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in aviation safety and compliance.
- Qualifications: Extensive aircraft maintenance experience and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 103500 - 126500 $ per year.
- DEPUTY ENGINEERING MANAGER
- About Hevilift
Hevilift is an established aviation operator in Papua New Guinea, providing rotary-wing and fixed-wing charter services across PNG.
We are seeking an experienced Deputy Engineering Manager to strengthen our engineering leadership team and work alongside the Engineering Manager.
The Role
This is a hands-on senior engineering leadership position focused on supporting safe, compliant and reliable aircraft operations.
Key responsibilities include
- Support and complement the Engineering Manager in the day-to-day leadership of the engineering function.
- Support the Engineering Manager in the oversight and management of the Company’s Part 145 Approved Maintenance Organisation.
- Support the management of regulatory audits, surveillance activities, and findings raised by CASA PNG, CASA, and other regulatory authorities.
- Assist in the development, review, and continuous improvement of engineering policies, procedures, and maintenance systems.
- Provide senior technical and operational oversight of aircraft maintenance activities.
- Coordinate engineering personnel, resources and maintenance priorities.
- Provide leadership and guidance to LAMEs, AMEs and engineering personnel.
- Support maintenance planning and resolution of technical and operational issues.
- Maintain strong standards of airworthiness, safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
- Support aircraft availability and operational requirements.
- Work closely with Operations, Safety, Quality and other key functions.
- Provide engineering management coverage and continuity as required.
About You
We are looking for an experienced aviation engineering leader with
- Extensive aircraft maintenance and engineering experience.
- Previous senior engineering or maintenance management experience.
- Previous Engineering or Maintenance Postholder experience highly desirable.
- Relevant aircraft maintenance engineering qualifications and/or licences.
- Strong knowledge of aviation regulatory, airworthiness, safety and quality requirements in a Part 145 environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading engineering and maintenance teams.
- Strong operational, technical and problem-solving capability.
- A practical, collaborative and hands-on leadership style.
- PNG, Pacific, remote or similar operational experience would be advantageous.
- 3 weeks on / 3 weeks off touring roster
- Flights provided to and from PNG
- Full accommodation, meals and laundry services provided for the duration of each tour
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