Two Zimex pilots seen from behind on the flight deck of a Twin Otter, one reaching up to the overhead panel.

Careers

Not for everyone. That’s the point.

Some airlines hire pilots to fly aircraft. We hire people to solve problems, and the aircraft is how they do it.

300People
35Nationalities
~4 in 5Work directly on the aircraft: pilots, crew, engineers
1Operations centre that always picks up

What the job is like

One month you may be training crews for surveillance flying in northern Europe. A few weeks later you’re in Central Africa. After that, perhaps several weeks living in a container in the desert, far from the nearest town. Our pilots have flown in Suriname, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, the DR Congo, Denmark, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, often on the same contract as colleagues from six other countries.

A converted shipping container with a veranda roof, crew accommodation on a deployment in Port Vila, Vanuatu. — Crew accommodation, Port Vila

Two Twin Otters in red-cross markings in front of an open hangar on a red-earth apron at Kajjansi, Uganda. — Field maintenance, Kajjansi

Two engineers working on the open engine of a Zimex Twin Otter on a red dirt strip as a thunderstorm rolls in at dusk (illustration).

“Operation Normal”

That’s what our crews call it when the plan has fallen apart, the weather has turned and the spare part is in the wrong country. They say it with a smile, because it’s usually just another Tuesday. The people who do well here aren’t the ones with the most hours. They’re the ones who stay calm, stop complaining and ask what’s next.

“There is one thing nobody told me before joining ZIMEX: this job becomes addictive.”

José A. RivaTraining Captain

Read “Why ZIMEX Is Not for Everyone”

And then you go home.

Rotations mean long stretches away, and long stretches at home. Real time off, for family, projects and sleeping in your own bed.

Who we hire

In the air.
Twin Otter and ATR captains and first officers. EASA licences, and often non-EASA too.
On the ground.
B1 and B2 licensed engineers and mechanics, at Altenrhein and in the field.
In the office.
Operations control, planning, CAMO, sales, compliance, purchasing and logistics.