- Full-time
- Melbourne
Jetstar 2026 Engineering Apprenticeship Program
- Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd
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2026 Jetstar Engineering Apprentice Program
- Apply now and join us in January 2026 – express your interest today!
- Receive a full-time salary whilst earning a nationally recognised qualification funded by Jetstar
- Get your mates and family onboard and takeoff to your favourite destination with our family staff travel discount.
Do you want to takeoff in a career that soars and put travel on your bucket list? Well, you’re in luck as at Jetstar we’re on the search for our future engineers to join our 2026 Apprentice Program, giving you the chance to do both. Helping our teammates soar is what we’re all about, and with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky’s the limit.
Spread your wings into Engineering
As part of our commitment to growing our pipeline of future engineers, we’re excited to be searching for committed, team players to join our 2026 Engineering Apprentice Program, commencing in January 2026.
We’re offering a program that will see you trained across all the skills necessary to carry out aircraft maintenance. You’ll be coached and mentored by some of the best engineers in the industry and rotate through a range of engineering tasks – all designed to develop your technical skills and help you takeoff in your new career as a Jetstar Engineer. In 2026, we are seeking apprentices in the aviation trade streams of Structural, Mechanical and Avionics.
Jetstar Engineering: A team that takes off together
We rely on our engineers to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They’re the trouble-shooters, glitch-fixers and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely.
Our Melbourne Engineering Precinct, which is the main maintenance hub of our network, remains the proud home of Jetstar’s Apprentice Program. This year however, we’re also excited to offer a limited number of Apprentice roles based out of Sydney Airport. Our engineers are uniquely placed to enjoy a career that sees them developing skills across all functional areas of maintenance – line, intermediate and base activity. Our team also has the opportunity to work not only on Jetstar fleet, but customer aircraft – A320/21, B787 and A320 Freighter.
Ready for your next adventure?
We’re searching for someone who:
- Brings a Year 10 School Certificate or equivalent, however a Year 12 School Certificate will give you a great advantage
- Able to commence full time employment with Jetstar in Melbourne or Sydney in January 2026
- Work experience is desired, but most importantly we are seeking individuals who bring a genuine curiosity and interest to learn about all things aviation and how we work as team to ensure that our aircraft take to the skies safely
- Has an ability to work a rotating roster across a 24/7 shift pattern, including night shift
- Is a Permanent Resident or Australian/NZ citizen at application.
This is your opportunity to help us learn about you – don’t forget to submit a cover letter and current resume.
Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other
Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our Engineering Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.
Learn fast, takeoff faster: Our Apprentice Team takeoff immediately with a paid fast-tracked development plan – both on the job and in the classroom. In up to four years, you’ll have achieved a nationally recognised qualification in the aerospace industry.
Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.
Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.
There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.
We’re Jetstar. Let’s takeoff together
We can’t wait to hear from you. Boarding closes: Strictly 2359 Sunday 6 July 2025.
We're Jetstar
We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.
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We're Jetstar
We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.
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