Zimex Aviation is looking for an organised, detail-focused administrator to strengthen our Technical Services team at our Base Maintenance facility in Altenrhein. In this office-based role you prepare and manage the maintenance work packages for our Base Maintenance line (work preparation / AVOR) and support the continuing airworthiness of our third-party CAMO customer fleet.
It is a varied, multifunctional position that combines maintenance planning, technical documentation and customer coordination – ideal for someone with a genuine technical interest in aviation, strong administrative skills and good foreign-language ability. You report to the CAMO Manager (NPCA) and work closely with the Hangar Manager on project planning.
CAMO & Maintenance Planning Administrator
ZimB Altenrhein
Full-time
Permanent employee
What we are looking for
Your main tasks
- Prepare detailed work packages for Base Maintenance, including the inspection documents for the engineers
- Check inventory and order the material required for each scheduled work package
- Review Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and Service Bulletins (SBs) before work starts and integrate them into the work package when due
- Ensure the required technical documentation and manufacturer’s instructions (maintenance manuals, SBs, SLs, illustrated parts catalogues) are available, and monitor their revision status
- Monitor work in progress – open and completed tasks – and determine the cost of sales
- Check the job cards for completeness, close the work packages and prepare the work reports
- Prepare invoices based on the quotation, purchase order, correspondence and work reports
- File and archive completed work packages
- Monitor the accumulated hours / cycles of the customer aircraft in our CAMO and keep the aircraft status, hours / cycles and master data up to date in our maintenance & CAMO software
- Prepare quotations for new projects and for additional findings, and coordinate with customers during work in progress
- Support the purchasing department with warranty claims towards the aircraft manufacturer
- Carry out further administrative and coordination tasks as assigned by the Technical Manager
Your qualifications
- At least 2 years’ experience in technical aviation, preferably in continuing airworthiness
- Good business English; German is a clear advantage
- Good PC skills (Microsoft Office / SharePoint)
- Independent, reliable and structured way of working, with commercial awareness
- A strong team player who integrates well within a small team
- Willingness to work flexible hours and to travel occasionally
- Willingness to learn and to undertake continuous training in your area of expertise
What we offer
- A varied, multifunctional role in a modern Base Maintenance environment at Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland
- Responsibility across both maintenance planning (AVOR) and CAMO customer support
- Initial and continuous training, including user training for our maintenance & CAMO software and Zimex procedures
- A small, experienced and highly professional team
- Work carried out within the framework of the Zimex CAME and MOE
About us
Established in 1969, ZIMEX has continuously delivered specialised worldwide remote field operations. Based in Switzerland, the ZIMEX Group holds a Swiss Air Operator Certificate, owns a Maintenance Repair Facility and an Aviation Training Organization. With around 250 employees, we operate and maintain a modern fleet of turboprop aircraft under European EASA Aviation Standards. Major petroleum industry companies, international humanitarian organizations, governments, UN agencies, express cargo and mail customers rely on the proven professionalism, extensive aviation know-how, in-house spare parts logistics, excellent safety record and high dispatch reliability of ZIMEX.