Jobs at South African Airways Technical (SAAT)

Job Purpose

• Senior License Technician will certify all maintenance work and defect rectification performed by him and work performed by uncertified staff.
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks which require self-inspection, servicing repairs, overhaul, testing, trouble shooting and modifications and certify tasks completed by him or uncertified team members.

Principal Accountabilities

• Service, inspect, certify and release as authorized repairs, overhauls, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting and modification to aircraft components in accordance with regulatory authority requirements.
• Operate support and specialized test equipment and ensure correct and serviceable tooling is obtained and utilized to perform overhaul/maintenance of components as per approved documentation and make recommendations for special tooling.
• Inspection of parts/components as per applicable regulatory authority requirements and institute corrective actions as required.
• Perform incoming inspections, preliminary inspections and create work packs, CM work scopes for components and parts.
• Assist in archiving completed work packs, be able to locate and retrieve work packs from archives.
• Plan and process parts and moving spares between workshops when required.
• Comply with Work Instruction Manual.
• Perform all reasonable tasks requested by the Production Leader
• Feedback to Production Leader on technical discrepancies and daily progress activities to ensure that productivity and safety standards are maintained.
• Optimize and improve utilization of equipment and time.
• Ensure that all tasks performed are signed and stamped and all relevant documentation is completed and compliant.
• Attend meetings/training/workshops as requested i.e. production meetings, safety meetings, green area meetings etc.
• Provide technical assistance in other areas.
• Ensure a safe working environment for staff in the work areas
• Assist in the returning of tooling equipment to stores and clean work area on completion of shift.
• Control calibrated tooling and equipment within work area and store to prevent tooling equipment reaching expiry dates.
• Control shelf-life material within workshop store and workshop
• Be able to GT/3 parts and materials as required.
• Be able to pick slip tooling and material, issuing and returning tools with AMOS and collecting spares from stores.
• Provide guidance and on the job training to certified and uncertified personnel
• Monitor standards of contract work outsourced to Vendors
• Carry out dual inspections
• Retrieve overhaul manual information and authorizing of spares required

Qualifications & Experience
 

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Passed an pplicable Aviation Apprenticeship and Trade test.
• Must hold current AME license
• Hold Full Shop Certification - Essential (any two combinations of the following aircraft - B737-300/400/500, B737-800 New Generation,600/700/900, A319/320/321, A330, 200/300, A340,200/300/600, A330-200/300
• Any other aircraft types advantageous - B777/787/A350/A380
• Have 4 years or more maintenance experience – excluding apprenticeship training, of which 12 months must be in a HUB & SVM/Projects/Line & Base environment
• Computer literate (AMOS)
• Have a valid Code B driver’s license

Knowledge and Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of Regulatory requirements. SACAA, EASA and FAA.
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Be a team player
• Have interpersonal skills

Attributes

• Demonstrate the SAA values: Customer Focus; Accountability; Integrity; Safety; Excellence In Performance; Valuing Our People
• Attention to details
• Pride in own workmanship
• Be prepared to work extended hours
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Information Seeking
• Achievement Orientation
• Initiative
• Organisational Awareness
• Impact and Influence
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Customer Service Orientation
• Integrity

Closing Date    
2026/03/16

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Job Purpose    

• A Management Accountant prepares, develops and analyses key financial information to ensure that an organisation's management makes well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability.

Principal Accountabilities    

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Align SAAT‘s financial budget to guidelines formulated by SAA corporate.
• Co-ordinate and assist SAAT Management with annual budget and forecasting process.
• Evaluate budget with cost centre managers.
• Consolidate budget per business unit
• Load the approved budget for the entire company on the SAP.
• Perform post budget analysis to ensure effective cost control and reliable activity base rates.

Variance Analysis

• Prevent incorrect postings
• Review monthly Operating costs against budget.
• Month-end reporting of cost centre costs to Managers.
• Variance analysis on all deviations - on income, expenditure and activities.
• Discuss business unit performance at the month end meeting.
• Correct all incorrect entries posted within a cost centre in order to conduct meaningful analysis of variances.

Reporting

• Perform monthly, quarterly and annual reporting of cost centre costs and profit centres to GM’s and Managers in terms of plan / actual.
• Report on all deviations from plan.
• Compare Forecast against actual and planned events and then report on all deviations.
• Project and business plan appraisals for ad-hoc projects
• Assist the business units with the costing, evaluation and appraisal of their projects.
• Monitor the actual project performance against plan and report on progress.
• Make recommendations for improvements where appropriate.
• Financial evaluation and analysis of all tenders.
• Attending operations meetings weekly per areas.
• Prepare the labour productivity report

Costing and Systems

• Assist Business units with costing of their activities
• Raise and manage accruals to optimise the cost flows within the business;
• Maintain tables in CO/PCA Module within SAP and related interfaces to ensure
• o reliable information to facilitate timeous month –end and compilation of reports
• Perform the month-end financial process with regard to settlement of order’s
• Perform correction action for all incorrect entries posted within cost centres in
• o order to conduct meaningful analysis of variances;
• Raise and manage Revenue reserves to optimise the cost flows within the
• o business.
• Product profitability analysis of projects.
• PCA creation and maintenance
• Run monthly settlements procedures
• Cost centre structure creation and maintenance
• SAP tables maintenance
• Assist with interface errors between SAP AMOS

Payments

• Review all expenditure authorisations to ensure that expenses are valid and are within budget.
• Approve payments as per Delegation of Authority.
• Ensure that expenses are paid in a timely manner.
• Ad-hoc
• Co-ordinate staff movement between business and HR
• Attending operations meetings weekly per area.
• Coordinate training with the Finance Department
• Prepare the labour productivity report

Qualifications & Experience    

• Diploma in Cost and Management Accounting (Essential)
• B-Com Degree (Advantageous)
• 3 years Finance experience  (Essential)
• 10 years Management accounting experience (Advantageous)
• SAAT IT Systems used (1 year)
• Knowledge of the business (1 years)
• Knowledge and Skills    
• PFMA
• Companies Act
• IFRS
• Financial reporting tools e.g. SAP, Oracle etc.
• Budgeting tools
• Inventory and logistics management systems e.g. Amos etc.
• Microsoft Office
• Communication
• Proactive, decisive and assertive

Attributes    

• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Information Seeking
• Achievement Orientation
• Initiative
• Organisational Awareness
• Impact and Influence
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Customer Service Orientation
• Integrity

Closing Date    
2026/03/16