Shift Manager – Base Maintenance
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Date posted
October 16, 2026
Hiring location
Sharjah UAE
Career level
Management
Qualification
Applicable aircraft maintenance licence or relevant engineering qualification with required approvals
Experience
Aircraft maintenance leadership and base-maintenance experience
Quantity
1 person
Gender
Any
Description
Coordinate base-maintenance activities and support the maintenance manager in delivering checks, repairs and defect rectification on airline and third-party aircraft. The shift manager leads engineers and technicians, plans manpower and resources, and keeps work progressing within approved procedures and regulatory requirements. The role also aligns maintenance with planning, maintenance control and quality teams while protecting task continuity, documentation quality and safe aircraft release.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the shift team, allocating work according to approved competency, licence and authorisation limits.
- Work with maintenance control, planning, engineering and quality teams to organise daily hangar activities and resolve constraints.
- Monitor aircraft defects, technical-log information and troubleshooting tasks to support timely rectification.
- Confirm that work is properly performed, certified and recorded in line with approved maintenance procedures.
- Manage manpower, tooling and material requirements to improve productivity without compromising safety or quality.
- Ensure third-party maintenance agreements and service commitments are delivered by appropriately trained and authorised personnel.
Requirements
- Demonstrate experience supervising aircraft maintenance teams in a base-maintenance environment.
- Understand approved maintenance procedures, airworthiness documentation and the limits of staff authorisations.
- Be able to manage workload, resources and handovers during a busy maintenance shift.
- Maintain high standards of safety, human-factors awareness and quality compliance.
Qualifications
- Relevant aircraft maintenance licence, aircraft engineering qualification or equivalent technical background.
- Experience with heavy checks, hangar operations or third-party maintenance coordination is valuable.
- Leadership, coaching or shift-supervision experience is important.
Skills
- Shift leadership and workforce allocation
- Base-maintenance coordination
- Defect rectification oversight
- Safety and quality assurance
- Planning and stakeholder communication
Employment Details
- Employer: Air Arabia
- Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Employment type: Full-time position; work schedules may vary by department and operational needs.
- Salary and benefits: confirm the current package during recruitment.
- Applicants must meet the role-specific licensing, medical, legal and eligibility requirements that apply to the position.
Application
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