About Airways: Our people manage New Zealand's 30 million square kms of airspace, providing air traffic control, surveillance, communication, flight inspection, mapping, and airspace design services. We work with government, regulatory authorities, airlines, airports, and the general aviation community to ensure pilots, passengers and goods reach their destination - safely. At Airways, our values underpin all that we do.
We value Safety, One Airways, Excellence and Success in all that we do. Our organisation is made up of operational business groups that are supported by governance and corporate services functions. To learn more about our people and organisational structure, check out www.
airways.co.nz/about .
About the Team: The Technology Group is responsible for the effective delivery, management, and services of all technology disciplines within the air navigation services environment. These include Oceanic and Domestic Air Traffic Management, Security, National MPLS Network, National Operations / Maintenance and Specialist Support, Information Technology and Service Management, CNS and Meteorological Services, Project Delivery, Flight Inspection and National Engineering. The National Operations and Maintenance team provides the expertise and support in engineering design development and management for projects, installation, maintenance, and fault repair for Airways ground-based aviation infrastructure (control centres; control towers; communications, navigation, surveillance (CNS) and meteorological systems).
Operations and Maintenance includes teams located throughout New Zealand and a 24/7 National Operations Centre that monitors the infrastructure. Collectively they ensure the performance, reliability and availability of Airways infrastructure so they are available when required and are operating to defined specifications that meet agreed customer service availability. About the Role: Due to internal progression, we have an opening for someone to step into the Central Workshop Lead Technician role at our Christchurch based campus.
As the Central Workshop Lead Technician, youre responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Airways Central workshop, ensuring the smooth functioning of maintenance, repair, and testing of electronic systems and equipment critical to Airways NZ. Key responsibilities include: Managing the workflow, overseeing staff, and ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently, safely, and in accordance with regulatory standards. Leading the troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of electronic systems and components for communications, navigation, surveillance and ATM (air traffic management) systems, ensuring their reliability and operational performance.
Performing regular inspections, and testing of equipment to ensure that all systems operate according to required specifications. Ensuring that all electronic systems undergo detailed testing to meet operational specifications and tolerances. Playing an active role i.
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