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 80-100%
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 travel occasionally, 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
Über uns
Gegründet im Jahr 1969, steht ZIMEX seit jeher für spezialisierte weltweite Einsätze in abgelegenen Regionen. Mit Sitz in der Schweiz verfügt die ZIMEX Group über ein Schweizer Luftverkehrsbetreiberzeugnis (AOC), einen eigenen Instandhaltungsbetrieb (Maintenance Repair Facility) sowie eine Aviation Training Organisation (ATO). Mit rund 250 Mitarbeitenden betreiben und warten wir eine moderne Flotte von Turboprop-Flugzeugen nach den europäischen EASA-Luftfahrtstandards. Führende Unternehmen der Erdölindustrie, internationale humanitäre Organisationen, Regierungen, UN-Agenturen sowie Expressfracht- und Postkunden vertrauen auf die bewährte Professionalität, das umfassende Luftfahrt-Know-how, die eigene Ersatzteillogistik, die hervorragende Sicherheitsbilanz und die hohe Einsatzzuverlässigkeit von ZIMEX.