About the Role
The Aircraft Support Equipment Electrician is responsible for installing, connecting, configuring, testing, troubleshooting, repairing, and modifying electrical systems related to aircraft support machinery and bench-test equipment. This role requires working from approved technical data, drawings, wiring diagrams, procedures, and established processes to ensure that all equipment is safe, serviceable, properly documented, and compliant with contractual and regulatory requirements.
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Primary Responsibilities
- Install and connect aircraft ground-support machinery, shop equipment, and bench-test equipment to facility or approved mobile electrical power sources.
- Route, terminate, identify, and verify conductors, cables, connectors, control wiring, grounding, and bonding in accordance with approved technical instructions and electrical requirements.
- Assemble, disassemble, configure, and modify support-equipment systems by changing, removing, replacing, or upgrading electrical and electromechanical components.
- Inspect equipment and verify voltage, phase, frequency, polarity, continuity, insulation integrity, grounding, and protective-device operation before energization.
- Troubleshoot electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and related mechanical interfaces to isolate faults and repair or replace defective components.
- Perform functional checks and operational tests after installation, connection, repair, or modification; verify that equipment meets applicable acceptance and serviceability criteria.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, technical orders, maintenance manuals, engineering instructions, and manufacturer data.
- Apply lockout/tagout, electrical safe-work practices, foreign-object prevention, tool control, and other site safety requirements.
- Coordinate installations and system interfaces with aircraft maintenance, facilities, engineering, quality, and safety personnel.
- Document installations, inspections, repairs, test results, modifications, discrepancies, and corrective actions using established processes.
- Inspect completed work and support verification that repairs and modifications satisfy contractual, regulatory, quality, and operational requirements.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Work may be performed in hangars, shops, equipment areas, and flightline environments. The position may require:
- Standing, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in confined or elevated areas.
- Handling tools and components, and wearing required personal protective equipment.
- Ability to work around operating machinery, aircraft support equipment, electrical hazards, noise, weather, and mission-driven schedules.
Specific lifting and schedule requirements should be established by the hiring organization.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)
- Experience installing, terminating, testing, troubleshooting, or repairing industrial electrical equipment, aircraft ground-support equipment, or comparable machinery.
- Ability to use digital multimeters, insulation testers, clamp meters, phase-rotation meters, and other approved electrical test equipment.
- Ability to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, equipment manuals, and written technical procedures.
- Working knowledge of grounding, bonding, overcurrent protection, motor controls, transformers, disconnects, connectors, and common alternating- and direct-current systems.
- Ability to work safely around energized systems and comply with required electrical safety, personal protective equipment, and lockout/tagout practices.
- Ability to accurately document work and communicate technical findings to maintenance, engineering, quality, and operations personnel.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Formal electrician, electrical-maintenance, electromechanical, or military technical training, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Journey-level electrician credential, recognized electrical license, or relevant military occupational qualification.
- Experience with aircraft ground-support equipment, aerospace manufacturing or maintenance environments, flightline operations, or bench-test equipment.
- Experience connecting and commissioning three-phase machinery and diagnosing motor-control circuits.
- Familiarity with aviation technical orders, configuration control, quality inspection, foreign-object prevention, and maintenance documentation.
- Experience working in a regulated, safety-critical, or government-contract environment.
Other Job-Related Information
- This is an International Local Hire Employee (ILHE) position.
- Compensation and benefits follow local Qatari regulations and will be determined according to experience and qualifications. Employment is contingent on satisfying Qatari labor and immigration requirements.
Language Requirements
Not Applicable
Education
Not Applicable
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position does not require a Security Clearance.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer is willing to sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award.
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