- Full-time
- Cairns
Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Cairns Airport
- Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd
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- Cairns Airport Location
- Permanent Opportunity
- LAME B1 License Required
Love travel and passionate about all things aviation. You’re in the right place. At Jetstar, you get to takeoff at work, and in life.
As a team, we’re lucky we get to do both for a living - and we want you to be part of where we go next. 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.
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. 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.
Your next opportunity to take off:
We are now seeking a qualified B1 LAME to join our Cairns based Engineering team, with the critical responsibility of carrying out maintenance on Jetstar and Qantas Group aircraft in a timely and safe manner, in accordance with company requirements.
We are seeking an independent LAME capable of working amongst a smaller yet very capable team to support our Cairns maintenance operations. In this role you must be willing to make independent and educated decisions aligning with Jetstar and Qantas Group standards and procedures.
Reporting to the Cairns Port Supervisors, some of the key responsibilities of this role include:
- Carry out maintenance on Jetstar Airways and customer aircraft
- Ensure timely and correct certification of all work carried out
- Quality Control for aircraft presentation - upon completion of maintenance and prior to release
- Provide positive and supportive supervision of staff under your direct control
- Comply with Jetstar’s Safety Management System
- Required to work at other ports (including international locations) as required
- Comply with all Jetstar training and compliance requirements
Ready for your next adventure? We’re on the hunt for someone who:
- Is a B1 LAME with minimum 8 years aircraft maintenance experience
- Holds a CASA Part 66 licence with B1 type rating for A320/321 (essential)
- A320 Freighter experience highly desirable
- A320 NEO experience highly desirable
- B787 experience highly desirable
- Has excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills supported with the ability to assess and interpret options and develop solutions for the line environment
- Has proven experience working in a line maintenance environment.
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate across all levels
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of, and demonstrated experience in being actively involved in SMS activities (such as fatigue management, workplace inspections, reporting, etc)
- Has the ability to work a rotating shift pattern as required by business needs
- Offers proven and demonstrated ability to manage a team as well as actively delegate and provide feedback on work tasks
- Has a thorough working knowledge and experience with TRAX (or similar), Airbus manuals and Microsoft Office
Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other
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. Apply by Sunday 1 December 2024.
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.

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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