Repair Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. Etihad Airways scores B on the Alion truth index.
Synopsis
To provide technical and commercial engineering oversight and control of aircraft component repairs, ensuring repair decisions are technically justified, commercially optimized and aligned with safety, regulations, reliability, contractual commitments and maintenance cost objectives.
Accountabilities
- Evaluate complex aircraft component repair quotations and validate repair scope, pricing and engineering recommendations, while negotiating the best price vs. quality.
- Assess Repair versus Replacement (BER), alternative repair solutions and repair strategies.
- Review AMM, CMM, IPC, SRM, SB, SIL, EO and Shop Findings Reports (SFR) to support decisions.
- Investigate Repeat Defects, Fail-on-Fit (FOF), No Fault Found (NFF) and perform root cause analysis and recommend and implement improvements.
- Review of Customer Induced Damage (CID), Over & Above (O&A), PBH/FH entitlements and repair contract technical aspects and propose cost reduction measures.
- Monitor Maintenance Performance Guarantees including DMC, TPG and Engine Guarantees.
- Analyze supplier performance, component reliability and maintenance trends and propose measures for improvement.
- Support engineering procedures, governance, automation and AI-enabled quotation review.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s in Engineering or equivalent professional qualification or experience (min. 5 years)
- Experience in evaluating complex aircraft component repairs, repair quotations and maintenance cost optimization
- Good understanding of aircraft maintenance documentation (AMM, CMM, IPC, SRM), repair schemes and engineering practices.
- Good understanding of PBH/FH agreements, repair contracts, supplier commitments and maintenance performance guarantees.
- Strong analytical, technical and commercial judgement with the ability to challenge repair scope and engineering recommendations using engineering evidence.
- Good stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work across Engineering, Supply Chain, Fleet Management and external repair organizations
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