Air Traffic Safety Electrical Engineer Jobs in UK | Bournemouth Airport

About Bournemouth Airport

Bournemouth Airport is an important regional aviation hub that connects passengers with destinations while supporting safe and efficient aircraft operations. The airport depends on skilled professionals to maintain its essential infrastructure, including the electrical, communication, navigation, and surveillance systems that support air traffic services.

Through a commitment to safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement, Bournemouth Airport provides opportunities for engineering professionals to contribute to critical aviation operations.

Role Overview

As an Air Traffic Safety Electrical Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and supporting essential air traffic engineering systems. These include communications, navigation, surveillance, Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL), and meteorological data-gathering equipment.

Working with the Senior Air Traffic Engineer and other operational teams, the engineer will help ensure that safety-critical systems remain reliable, compliant, and available to support aircraft movements.

This role is suited to an electrically or electronically qualified professional with strong fault-finding skills, a practical approach to engineering, and an interest in working in a safety-critical aviation environment.

Key Responsibilities as Air Traffic Safety Electrical Engineer

• Install, maintain, and repair communications, navigation, surveillance, and other air traffic engineering systems.
• Maintain Airfield Ground Lighting systems, including runway and taxiway lighting, approach lights, stop bars, signage, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and corrective repairs according to engineering schedules and operational requirements.
• Diagnose technical faults and restore equipment using approved testing and diagnostic methods.
• Monitor system performance and respond to equipment failures, outages, and operational incidents.
• Support the installation, commissioning, upgrading, and improvement of airport engineering systems.
• Maintain accurate technical records, maintenance logs, safety documentation, and competency records.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with relevant Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) requirements, CAP 670, applicable EASA standards, ICAO standards, and airport procedures.
• Work with Air Traffic Control, Airfield Operations, contractors, and suppliers to coordinate engineering activities.
• Participate in on-call arrangements to support operational continuity when required.
• Assist with safety audits, inspections, investigations, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Report hazards, defects, unsafe conditions, and operational risks through the airport’s reporting systems.
• Support engineering responses during airport incidents, emergencies, and periods of reduced operational capability.
• Contribute to risk assessments, management-of-change activities, infrastructure improvements, and continuous improvement programmes.
• Follow safe systems of work, permit procedures, relevant codes of practice, and airport safety policies.

Shift Pattern & Pay

• Starting salary: £56,000 per annum.
• Working hours: 40 hours per week on average.
• Salary progression: The starting salary increases to the current Air Traffic Engineering salary upon completion of Level 2 equipment training.
• Additional pay: On-call retainer.
• Shift requirements: Flexible shift working, including nights, weekends, and on-call duties once qualified.

Start Your Career With Bournemouth Airport

Joining Bournemouth Airport as an Air Traffic Safety Electrical Engineer offers the opportunity to work with specialist technology that supports safe aircraft movements and reliable airport operations. The role combines hands-on engineering, technical problem-solving, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with aviation professionals.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK, be willing to undertake a criminal record check, and provide five years of checkable referencing history.

Apply Now by sending a CV and covering letter to the recruitment email address provided in the official vacancy. Applicants who do not hear back within four weeks should assume that their application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.