Special Helicopter Group (SHG)

The Special Helicopter Group (SHG) is a special operations unit within the Swedish Armed Forces' special forces system (FMSF) located at the Helicopter Wing in Linköping. SHG's primary tasks are tactical transport, intelligence gathering, and air support. Like other units within FMSF, SHG has high demands for availability among specially selected personnel, with extensive operational experience and high levels of training and competence.

About the position

As a CIVIL AVIATION TECHNICIAN at SHG, you will hold the role of aircraft technician in the unit's aircraft maintenance function, which is part of the unit's Combat Service and Support (CSS) company. CSS includes several supporting functions, including aircraft maintenance, communications/IT, logistics, and fuel.

As a civil aviation technician, your main task will be to perform aircraft maintenance on Helicopter 16. This primarily involves line and base maintenance as well as troubleshooting and major corrective maintenance. Readiness checks may also occur. The position also includes other operationally related tasks, including participation in exercises. You will work both independently and together with other civilian and military personnel.

You will be assigned to a combat position and trained as a combatant in your role as an aircraft technician. All personnel within the Armed Forces have an overseas obligation, which means that they may be called upon for missions abroad.

Main tasks

• Conduct line and base maintenance on Helicopter 16 to ensure high availability of the unit's helicopters.
• Contribute to the development of the combat unit and your own function.

Several other tasks will be added, and the work places very high demands on initiative, problem-solving ability, and the willingness to see and understand what needs to be done to develop the function's working methodology.

Qualifications

• Valid certificate according to EASA part 66 B1 or EMAR part 66 B1 certificate.
• Previous experience in aircraft maintenance work.
• Good ability to express oneself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English.
• Approved according to Fm FysS.
• Driver's license class B.
• Swedish citizenship.

Meritorious

• EASA part 66 certificate B1:3.
• EMAR part 66 certificate B1:3 or B2.
• Type course Helicopter 16.
• Completed GMU/military service with passing grades.
• Driver's license class BE, C, CE.

Personal qualities

• Service-minded and responsible.
• Good collaboration skills and also self-driven.
• Resilient and robust with the ability to handle rapid changes.
• Meticulous and structured.
• Safety-conscious.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability in connection with selection tests.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice, and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se (https://www.forsvarsmakten.se)).

Other

Employment rate: Full-time, scheduled working hours
Work location: Linköping
Start date: By agreement
Employment form: Civil permanent employment. The Armed Forces applies a six-month probationary period for those who are not already employed by the authority.

Information about the recruitment process

Applicants for the position at SHG, who after selection are deemed suitable, will undergo a selection process including additional tests, interviews, and medical examinations. Invitations to selection will be sent out tentatively during week 525 for the selection process in the autumn of 2025.

For inquiries about the position, contact: Hkpflj-rekrytering-SHG@mil.se (mailto:Hkpflj-rekrytering-SHG@mil.se)

Union representatives

OFR/O, Mats Häggström
Defense Union, Christoffer Willers
SACO-S, Anneli Helmersson
SEKO, Urban Hellqvist
All can be reached via switchboard 013-28 30 00

Application deadline

Welcome with your application no later than 2025-05-18. Your application should be sent via email and must include a CV and a completed application form (available at https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se (https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se)). Qualifications and current certificates should be included.

Save the application form as “FirstName_LastName_CivAviationTechnician”, fill it out, and email it along with your CV to Hkpflj-rekrytering-SHG@mil.se (mailto:Hkpflj-rekrytering-SHG@mil.se). Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Please note that this position cannot be applied for in ReachMee, only via email.