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 from specially selected personnel, with extensive operational experience and a high level of training and competence.

About the Position

As a MILITARY AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN at SHG, you will hold the role of aircraft maintenance technician in the unit's aircraft maintenance company. The company includes several supporting functions, including aircraft maintenance, aviation material, and flight safety material.

The work as an aircraft maintenance technician at SHG is varied and takes place at different tempos, situations, and environments. Your main tasks will be to perform preventive and corrective maintenance on aviation material and flight safety material both nationally and internationally, during exercises and missions. In the long term, you will have the opportunity to help drive and develop the combat unit within your own function as well as in other areas.

Main Responsibilities

• Conduct preventive and corrective maintenance on aviation material and flight safety material both nationally and internationally during exercises and missions.
• Be responsible for the unit's UE/RD.
• Contribute to maintaining a high availability of the unit's assigned helicopters.
• Participate in developing the combat unit and your own function.

Several other tasks will be added, and the work places very high demands on initiative, problem-solving skills, and the willingness to see and understand what needs to be done to develop the function's work methodology. The position involves maintaining readiness for national and international operations, sometimes with short notice.

Qualifications

• Specialist officer, SO 6-7.
• Good ability to express oneself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Approved according to FM FysS.
• Driver's license class B.
• Swedish citizenship.

Meritorious

• Valid certificate according to EASA part 66 B1 or EMAR part 66 B1 certificate or in training.
• EASA part 66 certificate B1:3.
• EMAR part 66 certificate B1:3 or B2.
• Type course helicopter 16.
• Driver's license class BE, C, CE.
• Military driver's license.
• Previous international service.

Applicants from all branches of the armed forces are welcome to create increased competence breadth.

Personal Characteristics

• Service-oriented and responsible.
• Good collaborative skills and also self-driven.
• Resilient and robust with the ability to handle rapid changes.
• Meticulous and structured.
• Security-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 value of all people, justice, and equality and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Other

Employment rate: Full-time, scheduled working hours
Work location: Linköping
Start date: Spring 2027

Information about the Recruitment Process

Applicants for the position at SHG, who after selection are deemed suitable, will undergo a selection process involving various tests at Malmen during week 636. In connection with any summons for selection, details regarding working hours, travel, equipment, and preparations will be provided. For inquiries about the position, contact: [email protected]

Union Representatives

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

Application Deadline

Welcome with your application no later than 2026-05-17. Your application should be sent via email and must include a completed application form and CV.

Save the application form as “FirstName_LastName_MilFlygtekniker”, fill it out, and email it along with your CV to [email protected]. Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Note that this position cannot be applied for in ReachMee, but only via email.