As an Engineering Officer you will actively manage the maintenance of RNZAF aircraft and their mechanical, avionics and armament systems.

Other roles will have you applying your specialist technical training to research and development of aircraft and equipment modifications, planning tasks and schedules, budget and financial management, design of structural repairs, or monitoring engineering standards. As an officer, you’ll also be expected to undertake the full range of duties associated with military service. You’ll be responsible for the safety, airworthiness and availability of aircraft, and require flexibility as you will at times work across all of the different engineering disciplines. You’ll also be responsible for the safety and management of personnel and resources.

Job on Base

Technical Support – Staff Officer

As a Staff Officer you will be responsible for technical administration associated with maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft platforms and sub-systems. In this role you will provide technical advice to squadron personnel and liaise with numerous equipment and aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Bell Augusta to name a few.

Squadron Duites

In the squadron environment you will be a Maintenance Flight Commander in charge of maintenance personnel. In this challenging role, you will be required to deploy from time to time with the aircraft to areas of operation, typically leading a small maintenance crew. Further to your squadron duties you will be responsible for ensuring all maintenance activities carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with airworthiness requirements.

Job on Deployment

The NZDF deploy aircraft throughout New Zealand and rest of the world, often operating in extreme environments. As an Engineering Officer you will be required to deploy with the aircraft to provide engineering advice to ensure the aircraft remains serviceable to complete the task. The role of Engineering Officer while on deployment is both challenging and exciting, as you will be responsible for the maintenance activities, which are often carried out in trying conditions and on some ocassions you may be be required to lisiase with other foreign militaries to utilise whatever resources are available. While deployed you will be the flight commander in charge of the maintenance team, in this role you will be required to provide leadership, engineering advice and ensure that maintenance personnel have the required support to allow them to safely maintain aircraft.

Career Progression

On completion of IOTC you will be appointed to positions within the various engineering units and squadrons. During this period you will be introduced to the roles and requirements of an Engineering Officer. All Engineering Officers will attend the General Engineering Officer Training (GEOT) Course, this course is a 12 month full-time residential course undertaken at RNZAF Base Woodbourne. The GEOT course covers aspects of aircraft engineering and maintenance, including aerodynamics, principles of flight, aircraft structures, aircraft avionics systems and the fundamentals of airworthiness requirements. On completion of the GEOT course you will be posted to the various bases, units and squadrons. Engineering Officers may undertake post graduate training mainly in the United Kingdom, specialising in Thermodynamics & Propulsion, Aerospace Vehicle Design and MSc Avionics Design.

The minimum remuneration you will be paid from enlistment is $35,694. On completion of your Initial Officer Training this will increase to $38,586 and when you graduate from your Officer  Commissioning Course this will increase again to $48,000. Your remuneration will then continue to increase throughout your career based on promotion and seniority.

• You must be at least 17 years of age.

• You must be a NZ citizen or have permanent residency and have lived in New Zealand for five years.

• You must be of good character – assessed by a study of testimonials and a police record check.

• You must be free of any criminal convictions.

• A degree in Engineering, Science or Technology with Majors in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical or Aeronautical Engineering. Depending on your engineering experience we may consider your application if you have a Level 6 diploma in Engineering (Mechanical, Maintenance, Production, Electrical or Aeronautical).

• You will be required to meet medical standards for general health, eyesight and hearing.

Woodbourne, near Blenheim