Summary
Air Arabia is recruiting a Cabin Engineer to carry out and supervise cabin appearance maintenance on its aircraft and third-party aircraft. The role includes inspections, defect rectification, maintenance records and task certification within the engineer’s authorization, as well as coordinating and guiding technicians. Applicants should have workshop experience and at least two years of qualified maintenance experience on the Airbus A320/A321 family, or four years in base or workshop maintenance; an aircraft maintenance licence is an advantage. Candidates must be available to attend an invitation-only recruitment event in Portugal in late October 2026 if shortlisted.
The posting
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Special Note – Portugal Recruitment Event
This vacancy is linked to Air Arabia’s upcoming invitation-only Engineering Recruitment Event in Portugal. Candidates should apply to this vacancy only if they are available to attend the recruitment event in Portugal late October 2026, subject to being shortlisted and invited by Air Arabia. Full event details, including venue, date, timing and interview schedule, will be shared only with shortlisted candidates prior to the event.
If you are interested in similar Air Arabia opportunities but are not available to attend the Portugal event, please apply separately to the relevant non-event vacancy on the Air Arabia careers site.
Job Purpose
Carries out and supervises Cabin Appearance Base-level maintenance tasks on Air Arabia and Third-party aircraft within the corresponding License Category, ensuring the required work is performed, certified and recorded accurately and timely in accordance with Air Arabia and regulatory requirements.
Key Result Responsibilities
Operational Excellence
- Constantly verifies and ensures compatibility and readiness of cabin appearance components as per approved standards and quantity to be used as and when needed.
- Reviews assigned task cards with the Workshop Supervisor to gain full understanding of the work, priorities, documentation requirements and cautions, prior to starting work.
- Prepares and performs scheduled cabin appearance maintenance according to assigned task cards, ensuring feasibility and cost effectiveness; ensures that the required documentation, parts, tools and GSE are obtained and used per issued instructions (wherever applicable).
- Carries out component (cabin appearance) test and inspection tasks to the standard necessary to fully identify and record any defects or damage in accordance with approved maintenance procedures.
- Performs defect rectification in accordance with Aircraft Approved Data and instructions provided by the Engineering Department.
- Signs of maintenance tasks performed or supervised within the scope of own authorization, verifying that the task card and associated documents have been completed to the required standard following completion of all maintenance.
- Manages communications with other Engineers and Technicians related to the assigned tasks, ensuring proper coordination, continuity and handover of work
Safety
- Manages the safety of assigned maintenance tasks, ensuring all published mandatory precautions are taken prior to commencing work and during task execution.
- Take positive steps to protect self and other people in the area of maintenance activity from any possible injury, including the use of proper GSE and protective equipment.
- Manages human factors aspects of maintenance, ensuring that the continuity of critical maintenance tasks is protected, by avoidance of task interruption and the proper use of handover procedures.
Reputation and Teamwork:
- Internal Customer Service: provides positive support to other operational teams in ABY, provides proactive and helpful professional advice, suggestions and solutions.
- Leadership: provides sound supervision and guidance to Technicians assigned to support their own tasks. Ensure they are adequately briefed to perform the non-certifying maintenance tasks.
- Representing Air Arabia: presents a positive and competent image of technical professionalism to ABY Flight Crews, other companies’ personnel and ABY customers.
Cost Awareness
- Maintains positive awareness to the cost of aircraft maintenance including use of time and materials.
- Minimizes unnecessary waste of consumable material and part repair cost by avoiding unnecessary damage and repeat work during maintenance.
- Working Relationships/Communication.
People Management:
- Provides direction, coaching and guidance to team members for their career and professional development.
- Creates a conducive working environment to build and sustain a performance driven, engaged, and committed team.
- Ensures people management responsibilities are handled effectively in line with company procedures.
Qualifications (Academic, training, languages)
- Holds / has held a valid EASA/GCAA/CAA/ICAO Maintenance Engineer’s licence is an advantage.
- Ability to use a computer (Microsoft Office).
- Ability to obtain Driver’s License in work location.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English to a very good standard for technical communications.
Work Experience
- Extensive working experience in similar role in a workshop.
- With at least 2 years’ experience qualified maintenance technician on the Airbus A320/A321 family of aircraft or at least 4 years’ experience in a Base Maintenance or Workshop Maintenance environment.