Advantage Technical Resourcing

formerly TAC Europe

Global Aerospace Contract Recruitment

t. +44 (0)8700 600822 aerospace@taceurope.com

Bring the right skills into your business at your busiest times!

Advantage Technical Resourcing specialises in the recruitment and supply of global contract personnel to the aviation gindustry. With legal compliance recruitment across all countries where we operate, we offer risk free personnel solutions to our customers. Employment law varies across all countries, so compliant personnel solutions to aerospace contract recruitment or aerospace permanent recruitment is our business.

Advantage Technical Resourcing has aerospace personnel companies around the globe with a notable presence in  Europe and the Middle East with offices in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. Advantage Technical Resourcing aerospace recruitment Middle East has over 15 years combined experience specialising in technical recruitment.

Licensed engineers

Advantage Technical Resourcing and it’s specialist division, Technology Project Services (TPS), have delivered millions of man-hours worked by licensed engineers for a variety of programmes:

· licensed airframe engineers

· licensed electrical engineers

· licensed avionics engineers

· aircraft fitters

· avionics fitters

· aircraft engineering quality inspectors

 As a specialist supplier within the aviation and aerospace sector Advantage Technical Resourcing is a focused organisation.

Aircraft fitters

Avionics fitters or avionics technicians are responsible for the complete range of cockpit instrumentation and electronic systems used on aircraft, including equipment for radar, communication, navigation, weapon aiming and delivery, flight control, and image and data acquisition systems. They also maintain the electrical generation and

distribution systems on the aircraft. Initially, they often train as Aircraft Maintenance Mechanics, gaining valuable experience of working around aircraft and being part of a team preparing aircraft for take-off, as well as checking them for damage and wear after they return from a flight. During this phase, they are given the opportunity to assist with the replacement of both mechanical and avionic components, regardless of future technician trade.

Following a period of further training, as qualified Avionics Technicians, they will able to carry out the full range of responsibilities of the job, including diagnosing and repairing more serious faults and carrying out complex maintenance tasks. There is a similar progression for licensed airframe engineers and licensed aircraft electrical engineers.

MRO teams

Advantage Technical Resourcing provide bespoke service solutions which offer maximum efficiency  and effectiveness whilst offering genuine cost benefits. In addition to the supply of personnel on an hourly basis, Advantage Technical Resourcing offer complete aircraft mro teams to perform major maintenance and modifications on a fixed price basis working at various locations worldwide. The key here is to continually review pay rates and conditions to ensure the retention of top maintenance personnel, the majority of whom have served loyally over many years.

Aircraft engineering quality inspectors

Quality Inspectors' functions range from fabrication of tools, detail parts, aircraft harness, subassembly/assembly parts and components to aircraft delivery and  have to be carried out systematically and effectively in accordance with the international standards.

Terminology includes Tool Verification and Proof Load: Proof loading of manufactured tools is realized to determine whether the produced end items conform to engineering requirements or to ensure detected deficiencies are corrected and product quality is guaranteed from the beginning.

In their work quality inspectors use various tools like Coordinate Measuring Machines, Portable Coordinate Measuring Machines, Laser Tracker Systems and Photogrammetry Systems. This equipment is used for the dimensional verification of detail parts, sub assemblies, assemblies, aircraft components and tools.

Quality inspectors come into their own with Interchangeable Replaceable Parts Inspection (I-R): I-R parts such as; doors, covers, control surfaces, which need to be changed with each other without any problem, are tested when they are first produced. Later, these parts are periodically tested on various aircraft for verification of I-R requirement. In case of nonconformance, installation of these parts on aircraft is halted until the necessary corrective actions are taken.

Detail parts, sub-assemblies and aircraft wiring harnesses require visual, dimensional and non destructive inspections such as fluorescent penetrant, eddy current and tap inspection. These are performed in all stages of the production and modification activities in order to ensure product quality. Aircraft Harness Board Inspections: Harness boards used in electrical harness fabrication are controlled at the manufacturing stage, ensuring that all engineering and production requirements are met.

Aircraft have pre-Flight and post-Flight Inspections: Pre-Flight inspections of aircraft released for flight and post-flight inspections of aircraft that have completed their flights are conducted and detected deficiencies are corrected.

Final Inspections of Completed Aircraft. to ensure defect-free delivery to the ustomer, final inspection is performed on aircraft which have completed test flights and are ready for delivery.

Time Compliance Parts Inspectors follow-up, control or manage replacement of time-compliance parts on aircraft to ensure flight safety.

Special inspections of aircraft include boresight adjustment, weight and balance measurement, fuel operations, symmetry control, compass swing, engine run inspection, control of fuel and oxygen before loading, One-Time Inspection (OTI) and Foreign Object Damage FOD Control are performed.

Composite Part Inspections are both dimensional inspections and non-destructive control of composite and metal bonding parts.

Ultrasonic Inspections are performed to control delamination, debond, foreign material, void and bonding effectiveness especially in composite manufacturing parts. Automated Ultrasonic Squirter Systems are used for ultrasonic inspection.

Aerospace NDT technology requires the aircraft quality inspectors to have a knowledge of a range of NDT equipment. Liquid Penetrant Test Systems are Used for the determination of open surface cracks on metal parts which occur during machining, forming or welding operations. Eddy Current Inspection is Used for not only the determination of open and under surface cracks around fastener holes of aircraft parts, but also the measurement of coating thickness and conductivity of the parts. Magnetic Particle Test Systems are used for the determination of open and under surface cracks of ferromagnetic parts which occur during machining, forming or welding operations. Photogrammetry Systems are A new optical measurement technology is used in the dimensional inspection of components and aircraft. Dimensional Inspection Systems measure The dimensional characteristics of most of the parts are verified by using Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM).

The dimensional characteristics of parts and tools with larger sizes than the CMM capabilities and components are verified by Photogrammetry or Laser Tracker Systems or the combination of both systems.

Aircraft manufacturing engineers

Aircraft manufacturing engineers provide production support in assembly and systems installation.  Develop, establish, and guide requirements for assembly, tooling simulation, systems integration and manufacturing configurations on structures.  These structures can, of course, be composite structures fabricated by composite engineers, sheet metal structures fabricated by sheet metal workers, titanium

structures. Manufacturing engineers may incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. They inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action for problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.  They develop manufacturing

processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.  They provide guidance to engineers regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best use equipment and manufacturing techniques.  They confer with management and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, etc. to facilitate production processes.

Aerospace e-commerce solutions

In these cost conscious times where the successful airlines are budget airlines (by definition streamlined), aerospace e-commerce solutions are instrumental in the achievement of competitive operations. Single-source suppliers for aerospace consumable hardware and inventory management solutions serving OEMs, airlines, MROs, flight service centres and distributors worldwide are all at the cutting edge of this streamlining. From the industry’s broadest offering of standard and proprietary aerospace consumable parts to comprehensive and customizable supply chain services, the solution is to deliver the right parts, in the right place, at the right time. E-commerce professionals are in demand.

The job includes the management of active databases of consumable parts, and products globally from large numbers of manufacturers and suppliers, standard OEM parts, hard-to-find parts and proprietary materials, maintaining a comprehensive cross-referencing databases to identify alternative part numbers in order to meet short leads time and support AOG demand. 

Logistic and fulfillment services are also a good part of the solution.  Programmes can be customized to manage the broad scope of an integrated supply chain including forecasting, ordering, and auto-bin replacement and full inventory management, value at every step in the integrated supply chain process and aimed at reducing inventory and life cycle costs.

The aerospace recruitment process

When recruitment is your core business and you are able to access candidates very quickly via internal databases, researchers, and other external databases. Advertising is cheaper to manage when you advertise daily in a variety of media. Initial interviews as well, all this saves clients a vast number of hours in terms of processing and

interviewing time. Services offered include aerospace Permanent Recruitment and Aerospace Temporary to Permanent Recruitment. Travel and accommodation requirements, visa applications, work permits, travel, sickness and accident insurance all require specialist knowledge.

Advantage Technical Resourcing's business is characterised by its rigorous selection and interview process, which allows an exact match of skills and client requirements.

Advantage Technical Resourcing,

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