Senior Engineer – Cabin & IFE at Kenya Airways

Brief Description        

The candidate will ensure world class standards of the cabin and IFE systems for guest satisfaction and revenue growth.

Detailed Description        
Principal Accountabilities (Responsibility)

• Serviceability - Deliver both cabin & IFE serviceability at 100% to delight our guests and internal customers. Align manpower, materials, method and machines.
• Productivity- Track staff productivity to attain 100 % utilization of available manpower resource.
• Quality standards - Deliver cabin quality standard as per the non-technical product audit findings.
• Safety & staff engagement - Drive Safety Management System (SMS) & risk awareness through team self-audits and meetings.
• Control cabin overhead costs - Review & update Standard Operating Manuals (SOMs) to identify and reduce process wastes.
• Improve troubleshooting skills- by coaching and mentoring technicians to reduce No fault Found (NFF) and drawn not used (DNU)
• Daily compliance of the bill of works for 100% task execution with nil task deferrals.

Job Requirements        

Qualification (Minimum)  

• DUAL LICENCED and current in all mandatory KCAA/EASA courses.
• Engineering Diploma or relevant engineering course from recognized institution.
• Approvals on two aircraft types, IFE systems and passenger seats. 
• Has completed required mandatory online recurrent trainings.
• EASA B1/B2 license.
• 10 years in aircraft and Cabin/IFE maintenance.
• Safran /Zodiac seats maintenance.
• Panasonic IFE maintenance.
• Knowledge on stretcher removal/installation.
• Knowledge on KCAA/EASA/FAA/KQ procedures.

Additional Details        
Other Skills

• Influencing and management skills. ·
• Ability to monitor, record and investigate non-routine, long term defects and recurring defects.
• Knowledge on aircraft residual disinfection.
• Adaptability/Decisiveness.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Stress Management.
• Organizational Skills